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His books aren't action thrillers, but they are very well documented and very readable if you like straightforward explanations of what lots of arcane data means.thankGod wrote:I just read the entire link. He's well spoken.
Has anyone read any of his books? Are they dry and statistical, or do they offer an apologist view against gun control?
Don't forget the spectacularly successful incident at the New Life Church in Colorado, where CCW licensee and church security volunteer Jean Assam stopped a rifle armed active shooter carrying 1000 rounds of ammunition and a pistol with well aimed fire from about 15 yards with her handgun.baldeagle wrote:I think this paragraph is extremely important.This is a complete indictment of the media. If they were reporting these events, public opinion would be demonstrably different. The mere fact that people ask these questions indicates the paucity of coverage of such events.Camp Hill, Pa.: How many mass shootings have been stopped by legally armed private citizens?
John R. Lott: The number is large, but we only really know about the events through media coverage and the media rarely reports these events when they occur. Often when an attack is stopped only about one percent or so of the news stories will mention it. In other cases where permit holders stop an attack before anyone is harmed the attack simply isn't considered as newsworthy. This latter type of case occurred just last month in Memphis, Tennessee. Another recent case took place at a mall in Utah (a gun free zone) where an off-duty police officer stopped the attack).
As far as school shootings go, the ones that were stopped before police were able to arrive include Pearl, Miss., and Edinboro, Pa. Another attack at a Virginia university that was stopped occurred in 2002 at the Appalachian Law School.