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Title: The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong by John R., Jr. Lott ISBN: 0-89526-114-6 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A thoughtful, provocative book
Comment: I enjoyed reading this book. It was fascinating and easy to read. I thought I was reasonably familiar with the facts about guns and crime in the US, but this book by John Lott taught me more. Few writers approach these issues from the point of view of economics.
Lott makes a variety of points in this book that the public should think about: eg, media bias, the link -- or lack of one -- between guns and terrorism. I was particularly captivated by the section on multiple shootings. The idea that even if only a small number of people carry concealed handguns, in a crowd of people, the probability of their being one armed person can be surprisingly high.
It's a real challenge to talk about econometric models in a way the lay reader can understand. I think Lott does a good job at presenting very complex material in this book.
There is a lot of pseudo-research on guns and violence. People have to be constantly on guard against being misled. This is particularly true in Canada. John Lott's clear, logical presentation is a delight to read. This book will help readers in sorting out the wheat from the chaff.
John Lott is one of the few researchers who has made his data sets available to anyone who asked for them. Not all of his critics are as honest and open as he is.
I would recommend this book unhesitatingly to anyone. Anyone who hasn't already made up their mind will find something to think about in this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Facts Drive The Anti-Gunners Nuts .... Again!
Comment: As a professor of statistics, I laughed out loud when I read an earlier reviewer write: "I can't believe John Lott has a doctorate and gets away with such flawed research. He 'randomnly' called a little over 1000 people and made a conclusion for the entire nation. Can't do it with such a small sample."
Flawed research? What an intellectual ignoramus! Not only can't he spell 'randomly' correctly, he doesn't understand anything about statistics. He puts randomly in quotes when even a beginning student in statistics recognizes that this is REQUIRED if sample information is to be credible and representative of the population being sampled.
And if 1,000 people aren't enough to draw a conclusion about the entire population, Mr. Einstein, how does the Gallup Poll forecast national elections with an accuracy of +/- 3% by talking with only 1,100 people?
The only thing flawed here is the reviewer's obvious anti-gun bias.
Like most closed-minded individuals, this reviewer proves himself to be Invincibly Ignorant
For like members of the Flat Earth Society, no matter how many facts and arguments against their positions they encounter, they simply refuse to admit that they might be wrong. Instead, they resort to name calling and character assassination.
I have read the book and find Dr. Lott's data and conclusions extremely compelling. I recommend this book to anyone that is open to the truth about the bogus intellectual underpinnings of the gun-control movement in America.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book
Comment: This book opened my eyes. There is no reason why crimes that were prevented with guns are never heard about. Read this book for the truth!
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Title: More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws by John R. Lott Jr. ISBN: 0226493644 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Seven Myths of Gun Control: Reclaiming the Truth About Guns, Crime, and the Second Amendment by RICHARD POE ISBN: 0761525580 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 12 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A Little Handbook on the Second Amendment: What the American aristocracy Does Not Want You to Know. by Joseph L. Bass ISBN: 0966935918 Publisher: The Downhome Enterprise Pub. Date: 03 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Guns, Freedom, and Terrorism by Wayne LaPierre ISBN: 0785262210 Publisher: WND Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Guns and Violence: The English Experience by Joyce Lee Malcolm ISBN: 0674007530 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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