The War on GunsThe War on Guns
Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies
Title rated 0 out of 5 stars, based on 0 ratings(0 ratings)
Book, 2016
Current format, Book, 2016, , Available .eBook
Also offered as eBook, Available. Available
The Second Amendment defender John R. Lott Jr., Ph.D., economist and gun rights advocate, goes beyond philosophical arguments to confront opponents of gun ownership with the facts. Through rigorous research and analysis of data, he has been able to show that increased gun possession can actually make people safer and reduce crime. Terrorists and mass murderers consciously pick targets where they know victims will be unable to defend themselves, and the push for more gun control only makes the types of attacks that we fear more likely to occur. The War on Guns has well-documented data, statistics, practical, legal, and moral arguments to support the natural right to self-defense. He looks into the many ways that anti-gun 'statistics' and 'research' have been used to perpetrate utter falsehoods and misleading propaganda, using the best evidence availabledata from natural experiments on the effects of gun regulationsto compare the effects of alternative policies. Arrayed against him are the entire public health establishment and much of the media, but he carefully analyzes many of the arguments made against gun ownership and shows using both statistical and anecdotal evidence that they are incorrect. He also shows that wealthy opponents of gun ownership finance much fallacious "public health" research on the effects of guns. This is a valuable guide to a more balanced understanding of the issue of gun control.
Title availability
About
Subject and genre
Details
Publication
- Washington, DC : Regnery Publishing, [2016]
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
There are no quotations from this title
There are no quotations from this title
From the community