2aguy
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Your saying so does not make it so…..Lott is the preeminent researcher into gun self defense issues which is why you guys need to take him out…when you aren't lying about him you lie about Dr. Gary Kleck…..both of whom were anti gun, Lott was more neutral but anti gun leaning, and Dr. Kleck, an honest to goodness ACLU liberal, was anti gun……and then they actually did research on the topic….and found out how often and how effective guns are at keeping normal, peace loving people safe from violent criminal attack.
Yes I'm sure lott was real liberal when he was making up gun surveys to try and prove more guns equals less crime.
Sorry…..you need to actually research the topic….I was around here when Lott released his first research into guns. He was an actual professor of economics at the University of Chicago….he noticed that each side in the gun debate cherry picked different locations to push their points on gun control. So, as someone who was neutral but believed gun control would be a good idea, he decided to actually do research that wasn't biased.
How did he do that….he took crime data from every county in the United States and followed the implementation of concealed carry laws…..and that is when he discovered that they lowered the crime rate…..and damaged his career by publishing the research.
Yep, the Chi Boys are KNOWN to be neutral in the economics department *shaking head*
Lott was formerly employed at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Maryland, College Park, and at the American Enterprise Institute conservative think tank.
Milton Friedman said that "John Lott has few equals as a perceptive analyst of controversial public policy issues."
Newsweek referred to Lott as "The Gun Crowd's Guru."
Charges that gun makers or the NRA have paid for Lott's research
In 1996 when Lott's research first received media attention,.. "The Associated Press reports that Prof. Lott's fellowship at the University of Chicago is funded by the Olin Foundation, which is 'associated with the Olin Corporation,' one of the nation's largest gun manufacturers. Maybe that's a coincidence, too. But it's also a fact.
Disputed survey
Lott claimed to have undertaken a national survey of 2,424 respondents in 1997, the results of which were the source for claims he had made beginning in 1997.However, in 2000 Lott was unable to produce the data, or any records showing that the survey had been undertaken. He said the 1997 hard drive crash that had affected several projects with co-authors had destroyed his survey data set,the original tally sheets had been abandoned with other personal property in his move from Chicago to Yale, and he could not recall the names of any of the students who he said had worked on it. Critics alleged that the survey had never taken place, but Lott defends the survey's existence and accuracy, quoting on his website colleagues who lost data in the hard drive crash
Mary Rosh persona
In response to the dispute surrounding the missing survey, Lott created and used "Mary Rosh" as a sock puppet to defend his own works on Usenet and elsewhere. After investigative work by blogger Julian Sanchez, Lott admitted to use of the Mary Rosh persona. Sanchez also pointed out that Lott, posing as Rosh, not only praised his own academic writing, but also called himself "the best professor I ever had".
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John Lott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yeah…..we have been through these attacks before, you are not the first anti gun extremist to try to smear Lott and you won't be the last….
Response to Malkin's Op-ed
people who say he gave them his info. easily
John Lott's website
David Friedman defends lott against various critics...
My_Comments_on_the_Lott_Controversy.html
zhou, donahue used the wrong numbers when they attempted to criticize lott...and then refused to admit their error....
Did John Lott Provide Bad Data to the NRC? A Note on Aneja, Donohue, and Zhang · Econ Journal Watch : Guns, crime, shall-issue, right-to-carry, NRC
Mother jones attack against Lottt…
John Lott's Website: Mother Jones joins the list of left wingers trying to discredit me and the Crime Prevention Research Center
So NO, you you don't refute Lott was paid by the gun makers, he couldn't back up his "study", he couldn't name a SINGLE student involved in the study OR that he falsely set up a sock puppet account to cheer-lead for himself
Thanks anyways Bubs
Okay...I emailed Dr. Lott through his Crime Prevention Research Center and he kindly emailed me back....here is what he sent......
None of my research has ever been funded by the NRA or any other gun group. I have never asked them for money. Ask them for evidence.
Dr. Lott is a very approachable person, so any more questions about his research and reputation should be sent to him through his site. As I said, he actually responded to my question. It was a cool thing for him to do......