5fish
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Here is the NRA shield... @rittmeister , @O' Be Joyful , @jgoodguy , @Wehrkraftzersetzer , @Tom , @diane ... He makes up data to support pro gun laws and is used in courts...
www.thetrace.org
Last year, a federal court addressed the question of whether California could ban such guns. The state was one of eight, along with the District of Columbia, that had a prohibition in place. Multiple plaintiffs, including a handful of gun-rights groups, argued that the statute was useless, relying on the statistical expertise of an economist named John R. Lott Jr.
Without Lott, there would be no counter-narrative for those who have come to need one. Gun rights represent a way of life, an identity tied to ideas about individualism that, for many Americans, fill a void. Republicans like Cruz recognize the potency of the issue, and use it to mobilize voters, reinforcing the notion that they are protecting society by arming themselves — a noble calling. During the pandemic, Americans have bought more firearms than ever before, and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gun homicides have surpassed their all-time peak, reached in 1993. In Philadelphia, the number of permits issued rose from 7,400 in 2020 to 52,000 in 2021. Last year, there were 561 murders in the city — the highest number ever recorded there. The violence has been normalized. In October, a 15-year-old boy shot to death four adults and a teenager in a middle-class neighborhood in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event hardly registered.
The Right's Favorite Gun Researcher
Since the 1990s, John Lott has provided the empirical justification for looser firearms laws. Do his claims stand up to scrutiny?
www.thetrace.org
Last year, a federal court addressed the question of whether California could ban such guns. The state was one of eight, along with the District of Columbia, that had a prohibition in place. Multiple plaintiffs, including a handful of gun-rights groups, argued that the statute was useless, relying on the statistical expertise of an economist named John R. Lott Jr.
Without Lott, there would be no counter-narrative for those who have come to need one. Gun rights represent a way of life, an identity tied to ideas about individualism that, for many Americans, fill a void. Republicans like Cruz recognize the potency of the issue, and use it to mobilize voters, reinforcing the notion that they are protecting society by arming themselves — a noble calling. During the pandemic, Americans have bought more firearms than ever before, and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gun homicides have surpassed their all-time peak, reached in 1993. In Philadelphia, the number of permits issued rose from 7,400 in 2020 to 52,000 in 2021. Last year, there were 561 murders in the city — the highest number ever recorded there. The violence has been normalized. In October, a 15-year-old boy shot to death four adults and a teenager in a middle-class neighborhood in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event hardly registered.
