The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You'Ve Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong

by John R. Lott Jr.

Overview

"If you want the truth the anti–gunners don't want you to know…you need a copy of The Bias Against Guns" —Sean Hannity of Fox News Channel's Hannity&Colmes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596986695
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2003
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	744,608
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

The list of Regnery authors reads like a "who's who" of conservative thought, action, and history.

Table of Contents

Part I	The Pervasive Bias
	Introduction: Why Almost Everything You've Ever Heard About Gun Control Contains Bias	3
Chapter 1	The Good and the Bad	15
Chapter 2	The Media on Guns	23
Chapter 3	How the Government Works Against Gun Ownership	49
Chapter 4	The Shifting Debate: Terrorism, Gun Control Abroad, and Children	61
Part II	Examining the Evidence
Chapter 5	Evaluating Evidence on Guns: How and How Not to Do It	89
Chapter 6	Acts of Terror with Guns: Multiple Victim Shootings	97
Chapter 7	Guns at Home: To Lock or Not to Lock	137
Chapter 8	Do Gun Shows and Assault Weapons Increase Crime?	191
Chapter 9	Conclusion	223
Appendix 1	Some Recent Evidence on Guns and Crime	227
Appendix 2	Other Measures of Gun Ownership	245
Appendix 3	Supplemental Tables for Chapters 6, 7, and 8	261
	Notes	275
	Bibliography	327
	Acknowledgments	333
	Index	335

Editorial Reviews

Following up on his controversial study More Guns, Less Crime, economist Lott argues that widespread gun ownership prevents crime. He cites survey data and news reports to argue that the fear that victims might be armed strongly deters criminals, and that guns are used in self-defense or to ward off criminal threats about 2.3 million times a year. Because they impede law-abiding citizens' access to guns, even mild gun-control regulations-assault weapons bans, "one-gun-a-month" laws-actually increase crime, according to Lott, while right-to-carry laws lower crime and help prevent (or violently terminate) terrorist attacks and "rampage" shootings. Even measures to keep guns away from children, like "gun-free school zones" and "safe storage" laws that require guns to be locked away, are misguided because children need guns for self-defense (he cites news reports of kids as young as 11 gunning down criminals). The benefits of untrammeled gun availability are clear, Lott insists, and only the anti-gun bias and selective reporting by the media and government officials have kept this fact out of public consciousness. Lott supports his bold claims with elaborate statistical analyses that tease sometimes small effects out of the welter of factors that influence crime rates; there are lots of graphs and tables, and much space is devoted to scholarly discussions of statistical methodologies. Many readers will find these sections rough going, but Lott's provocative thesis is sure to stir interest among second-amendment stalwarts and gun-control supporters alike. (Mar.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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