Who Is Behind the Lie That More Guns Makes Us Safe?

[flamin lib]

4. Yeah, it's all Lott's fault regardless of what the gun nuts say.

 Lott’s data and honesty have been repeatedly called into question by other academics. In one case, he claimed to have done a survey that found in 98 percent of cases when a weapon is used in self-defense, it was only brandished and not fired. When other academics asked for his data, Lott claimed he lost it as the result of a catastrophic hard drive crash.

Lott conducted the survey again, and of 1,000 respondents only seven people had used a gun in self-defense, six of whom did not fire. This statistically insignificant sample was still good enough for Lott to stand by his conclusion.

When it is pointed out that the increase in guns leads to an increase in gun violence the nutters all say that you can't show causation but throw them some bullshit 'data' and they eat it like pigs eat slop.

A pox on the house of Lott, but only a Small Pox please . . .