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Note – This article originally appeared in VICE Gun Free Zones Don’t Attract Mass Shootings In the wake of the massacre at Charleston’s African Methodist Episcopal Church last month, gun rights advocates have been quick to seize the opportunity…
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Note- This column originally appeared in The Trace A Gallup poll taken last October found that around 63 percent of Americans believe that having a gun in the house makes their home safer. It’s a perception in keeping with…
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Note: This column originally appeared in The Trace In the wake of the Wednesday shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church that left nine people dead, John R. Lott Jr., the prominent researcher whose work is embraced in gun-rights circles, offered a…
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This is a response to Gary Kleck’s article in Politico. This response is attached as an addendum there: When Gary Kleck can’t defend, he attacks. Instead of offering new insight, Kleck instead baselessly speculates on our motives, suggesting we “hope…
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A YouTube video entitled, “Number One With A Bullet”, recently made rounds on the Internet. It defended American gun policy on the basis that, despite having high levels of per capita gun ownership, the United States has relatively low…
I was on the NPR program On The Media discussing the Myth of Defensive Gun Use. You can listen to the interview inside. We discuss aliens, social desirability bias, empirical attempts to quantify Defensive Gun Use Estimates, and the fact that…
**Note: This column appeared in Slate on 1/26/2015 ** Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association issued a passionate call to arms last year, painting a bleak picture of a dystopian America on the brink of collapse: We know, in the world…
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The Myth of Defensive Gun Use **Note – This article appeared in Politico on 1/14/2015 In the early hours of Nov. 2, 2013, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, a pounding at the door startled Theodore Wafer from his slumber. Unable to…
A Lott More Lies: Debating More Guns, Less Crime By: Devin Hughes and Evan DeFilippis John Lott and I had a debate on the David Pakman Show over the question of whether or not more guns decrease the crime…
By Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes More guns, less crime. Guns are used more in self-defense than in criminal acts. The vast majority of mass shootings occur in gun-free zones. Good guys with guns stop mass shootings. Guns make…
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