Dr. John Lott testimony before House subcomittee
Complete textDr. John Lott Jr., president of the nonprofit Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), testified before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security last week for a hearing dedicated to “Examining Uvalde: The Search for Bipartisan Solutions to Gun Violence.”
Dr. Lott delivered a lot of information but he began with three basic facts that everyone should know about gun-related violence in America.
Here they are:
1) Over 92% of violent crimes in America do not involve firearms. ...
2) While the US media doesn’t give much, if any, coverage to mass public shootings in other countries, mass public shootings per capita are relatively low in the United States compared to the rest of the world.
3) Like many other mass public shooters, the Buffalo shooter targeted defenseless people. He even wrote in his manifesto: “
Attacking in a weapon-restricted area may decrease the chance of civilian backlash. Schools, courts, or areas where CCW are outlawed or prohibited may be good areas of attack. Areas where CCW permits are low may also fit in this category. Areas with strict gun laws are also great places of attack.” The national media refuses to report other explicit statements by attackers explaining why they pick the targets they do. Nor do they report the fact that 94% of mass public shootings occur in places where civilians are banned from having firearms.
