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John R Lott Jr.
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John R Lott Jr.
@JohnRLottJr
President @crimeresearch1,"More Guns,Less Crime"(UChicago Press, 3rd ed);10 books, 100+refereed articles. PhD Econ,
Past Sr Advisor USDOJ,UChicago,Wharton,Yale
- Would be Mass Public Shooter Stopped by an Employee with a Concealed Handgun Permit On Friday, June 23rd, 2023, an employee at Turnberry Towers near Karen and Paradise shot a gunman who walked in and fired shots at the front desk. Fortunately, an employee at the building with a
00:00 - JD Vance’s grandmother, who raised him, had 19 loaded handguns in her home when she died.
- My mom died at 7:20 AM ET this morning. She wasn’t able to attend he birthday party yesterday. She was in conscious all day. She never regained consciousness this morning.
- Dear @ericswalwell: If you are afraid to debate @DLoesch, how about me? Neither I nor the @CrimeResearch1 nor any of the academics in our group have gotten $1 from the @NRA for our research. I would love to point out all the false claims that you are making. #2A #guncontrol #NRA👋🏼 Ms. Loesch — I see you’ve spent another day blowing up my Twitter. Thank you for following! But here’s the deal, you’re an @NRA mouthpiece. I don’t aim down, so I don’t debate mouthpieces. But send me your president, @OliverLNorth. I’ll debate him anywhere. #EnoughIsEnough
- Why are there no mass public shootings or attack of any kind at the thousands of schools with armed teachers and staff?
- Replying to @JohnRLottJrHere are dozens more similar examples of law-abiding citizens carrying guns who stopped mass public shootings. Compiling Cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped likely mass public shootings crimeresearch.org/2023/02/uber-d… #2A #DGU #GFZ #guns #guncontrol
- The New York City murderer who killed five people broke numerous gun control laws—he openly carried a rifle that was already illegal to possess in the city. Meanwhile, the law-abiding victims were defenseless, disarmed by the city’s strict regulations. Again and again, diaries
- 749 police officers have been injured so far in the riots, 20 people have been killed by rioters and some of those are police.
- In October, TMZ reported Harvey Weinstein claimed that Oprah called to support him and that she would do so publicly if he stepped forward to defend himself. Oprah spokesperson later denied.
- Democrats ordered a study to try to show how easily prohibited people could buy guns off the “Surface Web” and the “Dark Web.” Yet, in every single attempt to do the sting the project failed. 72 attempts. 72 failures. foxnews.com/politics/2018/…
- New Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Just Released: Violent crime (Rape, Robbery, and Aggravated Assault) Soaring Under Biden-Harris. crimeresearch.org/2024/09/new-bu… @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @VP @GovTimWalz #Crime #IllegalAliens @BJSgov @FBI #Violentcrime
