Friday, October 2, 2015

Live on CNN on Gun Control - My Prefutations of John Lott

Today at 10:30 ET/9:30 CT AM I an going to be on CNN, talking about the latest campus shooting. I am being paired with John Lott, who argues that more guns cause less crime. His work has been widely and consistently discredited by much better statisticians than me, both his partisan opponents and non-partisan fact checkers. Here are some relevant prebuttals.
Other important studies
Case Studies
Let's not blame mental health.
Tune in to CNN with Carol Costello to see how it goes. I'm not really one to shout at my debate adversaries, but I do have some things I want to say.