tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post6878262018950026139..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: More Media Matters on John LottAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-67998520158903263612011-02-10T09:42:20.044+01:002011-02-10T09:42:20.044+01:00Laci, You're absolutely right there's big ...Laci, You're absolutely right there's big hypocrisy there. But it's even worse than that. John Lott continues to be in the spotlight of the gun debate, as Jadegold pointed out, while Michael Bellesiles is all but unknown nowadays.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-41262332612728553362011-02-09T21:51:05.131+01:002011-02-09T21:51:05.131+01:00From what I've read of the "More Guns = L...From what I've read of the "More Guns = Less Crime" study, it appears there is almost no substantial change in the rate of violent crime when the people are allowed to carry concealed firearms.<br /><br />The reason is simple enough. There's no proven direct correlation between rate of gun ownership and crime, or gun control changes and crime.<br /><br />If guns don't CAUSE crime, they aren't going to LOWER crime either.<br /><br />Neither will changes to gun control laws.<br /><br />...Orygunner...Orygunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829265216321634830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-86024322172488743972011-02-09T14:41:52.954+01:002011-02-09T14:41:52.954+01:00Lott's ethical and fradulent transgressions go...Lott's ethical and fradulent transgressions go far beyond this particular instance. <br /><br />Here's the deal: almost all gunloons know John Lott is a fraud. They've followed the debates and the revelations; they know Lott has been caught playing fast and loose with his 'studies.' They're also aware of the whole Mary Rosh foolishness. Can you imagine the outrage from gunloons if a Paul Helmke had pretended to be a woman for the purpose of pimping Paul Helmke?<br /><br />Anyway, as I sagely noted, gunloons are fully aware of Lott's baggage. So why do they insist on citing him? The reason is pretty simple: they understand the vast majority of people aren't immersed in the gun policy debate; they understand 98% of the population has never heard of John Lott and have certainly never heard of his ethical issues. Since there is hardly any science or studies that support the pr-gunloon agenda--Lott becomes very useful to the NRA quislings.Jadegoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219212637582238275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-24261078361301728382011-02-09T14:30:24.691+01:002011-02-09T14:30:24.691+01:00There's a lot of other surveys that show simil...There's a lot of other surveys that show similar findings:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.guncite.com/kleckandgertztable1.html</a><br /><br />We need a REALLY comprehensive RECENT study. When I win the lottery, I think I'll finance one.<br /><br />...Orygunner...Orygunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829265216321634830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-32979820783488756482011-02-09T14:03:40.816+01:002011-02-09T14:03:40.816+01:00Lott's a prevaricating container of feces; his...Lott's a prevaricating container of feces; his research is "biblical" in its propensity for conflating previously reached conclusions with whichever facts seem to support them. What's not to like about him?--if you're answer to any "threat" in life is a gun.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-73371717406023955262011-02-09T13:38:35.346+01:002011-02-09T13:38:35.346+01:00Isn't that the same sort of activity Michael B...Isn't that the same sort of activity Michael Bellesiles was accused of doing?<br /><br />What's worse, Lott's activities are at least as well known as Bellesiles's.<br /><br />Me smells massive hypocracy here!Laci the Chinese Crestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371541369012938298noreply@blogger.com