The War on Guns
eBook - ePub

The War on Guns

Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The War on Guns

Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies

About this book

When it comes to the gun control debate, there are two kinds of data: data that's accurate, and data that left-wing billionaires, liberal politicians, and media want you to believe is accurate. In The War on Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies, nationally-renowned economist John R. Lott, Jr. turns a skeptical eye to well-funded anti-gun studies and stories that perpetuate false statistics to frighten Americans into giving up their guns. In this, his latest and most important book, The War on Guns, Lott offers the most thorough debunking yet of the so-called "facts, " "data, " and "arguments" of anti-gun advocates, exposing how they have repeatedly twisted or ignored the real evidence, the evidence that of course refutes them on every point. In The War on Guns, you'll learn:

  • Why gun licenses and background checks don't stop crime
  • How "gun-free" zones actually attract mass shooters
  • Why Stand Your Ground laws are some of the best crime deterrents we have
  • Women now hold over a quarter of concealed handgun permits
  • How big-money liberal foundations and the federal government are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into "public health" studies, the sole purpose of which is to manufacture false data against guns
  • How media bias and ignorance skew the gun debate—and why it will get worse
  • From 1950-2010, not a single mass public shooting occurred in an area where general civilians are allowed to carry guns

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Changes in Public Perception
  7. 2. Academic “Experts” and Media Bias
  8. 3. The Tidal Wave of Public Health Research
  9. 4. Why Licenses, Regulations, and Background Checks Don’t Help
  10. 5. Police and Gun Ownership
  11. 6. Doctoring the Polls and Fudging the Data
  12. 7. How Does the U.S. Compare to Other Countries?
  13. 8. Do Countries with More Guns Have Higher Homicide Rates?
  14. 9. Does Australia Show That Gun Control Works?
  15. 10. Mass Public Shootings: The Myths Debunked
  16. 11. Bathtubs and Motor Vehicle Regulations
  17. 12. Background Check Myths
  18. 13. Stand Your Ground Laws
  19. 14. Background Checks on Private Gun Transfers
  20. Conclusion
  21. Appendix 1
  22. Appendix 2
  23. Notes
  24. Index