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how-americas-lax-gun-laws-help-mass-murderers-and-cripple-minority-communities-706-1436214304-crop_lede[1] — 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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More Guns, More Crime: Yet Another Study Debunking the Myth

Jun 26, 2015, 1:45 PM 19

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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Debunking the Gun Free Zone Myth: “Mass Murder Magnets”

Jun 19, 2015, 3:11 PM 47

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…

Outrage In Missouri Town After Police Shooting Of 18-Yr-Old Man

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Debunking the “Good Guy With A Gun” Myth: Guns Do Not Make You Safer

Jan 27, 2015, 7:01 AM 37

**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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Debunking the Defensive Gun Use Myth

Jan 15, 2015, 7:11 PM 69

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…

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A Lott More Lies – Debating More Guns Less Crime

Dec 31, 2014, 6:31 PM 29

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…

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Guns and Children: A Tragic Combination

Jun 20, 2014, 1:23 PM 33

I have a new article out in Slate Magazine, one of the most shared columns in the last several months. It is reproduced below. Co-authored with Devin Hughes Caroline Sparks was 2 years old. Her 5-year-old brother was playing nearby…

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Campus Gun Control Works- Why Guns and Schools Do Not Mix

Jun 7, 2014, 12:51 PM 31

Had a long article published over at the Boston Review. The column is reproduced in full below: Why Did Chris Die? After his son Christopher was gunned down near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara on May…

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Why Stop-and-Frisk Does Not Work

Apr 16, 2014, 8:03 AM 6

The Inconsistency of Our Outrage The stop-and-frisk debate is instructive in that it spotlights the inconsistency in outrage that both conservatives and liberals display over the violation of constitutional rights. Many conservatives appear completely insensitive to the empirical reality…

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Do We Have a Gang Problem or a Gun Problem?

Apr 4, 2014, 7:57 AM 14

Hey friends, Devin and I just published an article over at the HuffingtonPost. It has been reproduced below. Guns, Not Gangs In a scathing critique of ABC’s recent report “Young Guns,” Dana Loesch stated that most gun deaths were the result…

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Debunking the Defensive Gun Use Myth

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Campus Gun Control Works- Why Guns and Schools Do Not Mix

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Why Stop-and-Frisk Does Not Work

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