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- Fewer guns, less crime: Evidence from Brazil https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/epolic/eiab005/6128503 42 comments
- ‘More Guns, Less Crime’? Stanford RTC Study Suggests Otherwise https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-06-11/-more-guns-less-crime-stanford-rtc-study-suggests-otherwise 111 comments politics
- More Guns Mean More Violent Crime--or Less? A Researcher Aims at Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-guns-mean-more-violent-crime-or-less-a-researcher-aims-at-scientific-american1/ 18 comments politics
- Harvard Study: No Correlation Between Gun Control and Less Violent Crime http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/08/27/harvard-study-shows-no-correlation-between-strict-gun-control-and-less-crime-violence 16 comments politics
- In 1972, the Republican platform supported gun control, abiding by a simple proposition with which many of us in the reality-based community agree: fewer guns, less crime. http://www.thenation.com/blog/172125/how-nra-became-organization-aspiring-vigilantes-part-2 37 comments politics
- Shooting Down the "More Guns, Less Crime" Hypothesis http://islandia.law.yale.edu/ayers/ayres_donohue_article.pdf 5 comments politics
- The author of "More Guns, Less Crime" had to cancel his appearance at UT due to shooting http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2010/09/28/more_guns_less_crime_author_pl.html 109 comments politics
- The Discredited Nonsense That Gave America The ‘More Guns, Less Crime’ Myth http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/06/13/3787491/discredited-nonsense-gave-america-guns-less-crime-myth/ 31 comments politics
- Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claims states where people carry guns have less crime http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/03/dan-patrick/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-claims-states-where-peopl/ 13 comments politics
- John Lott, author of 'More Guns, Less Crime' has been 'thoroughly discredited as a serious academic researcher'. http://www.mediamatters.org/research/2012/12/17/who-is-gun-advocate-john-lott/191885?ee 9 comments politics
- No, concealed weapon laws do not result in less crime despite what gun advocates might say http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/do-concealed-weapon-laws-result-in-less-crime/2012/12/16/e80a5d7e-47c9-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_blog.html?tid=sm_btn_reddit 11 comments politics
- NRA home page headline: "More guns, less crime in Virginia". http://home.nra.org/ 8 comments politics
- FBI: More Guns Equals Less Crime http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/society/2009/1223/more-guns-equal-more-crime-not-in-2009-fbi-crime-report-shows. 11 comments politics
- More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws http://www.press.uchicago.edu/misc/chicago/493636.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Lawful gun owners commit less than a fifth of all gun crimes, according to a novel analysis released this week by the University of Pittsburgh. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/27/new-evidence-confirms-what-gun-rights-advocates-have-been-saying-for-a-long-time-about-crime 36 comments politics
- John Lott, author of "More Guns, Less Crime," scheduled to speak at UT Austin. Unfortunately, the school is on lockdown after a gunman shot up a campus library. No crime! (politico.com) http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/more_guns.html?showall 6 comments politics
- Ten years ago, the Stanford Law Review utterly dismantled the "more guns, less crime" argument. Here are their findings. http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2240&context=fss_papers 3 comments politics
- Self defense argument at center of gun debate. Study showing that as a crime victim, if you have a gun you are less likely to be injured. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/25/self-defense-gun-debate/1945591/ 314 comments politics
- A non-profit group plans to hand out free shotguns to residents of Tucson, Arizona in an effort to show that more guns mean less crime. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/29/us-usa-guns-arizona-idusbre92s0ii20130329 8 comments politics
- Hard data indicates a correlation between restrictive gun laws and less crime (original research, x-post from r/Conservative) http://www.reddit.com/r/libertarian/comments/15tsft/how_i_feel_as_a_progun_rights_person_in_the_uk/c7pvvgp?context=3 10 comments politics
- Harvard study shows less guns do not equate less violent crimes. "Harvard study support the contention that among the nations studied, those with more gun control tend toward higher death rates". http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/08/27/harvard-study-shows-no-correlation-between-strict-gun-control-and-less-crime-violence 8 comments worldnews
- If owning guns reduce crimes why do the states with the highest gun ownership rate have the most deaths by guns and highest crime rates and the states with less gun ownership have less deaths and are safer to live? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJ_CydW9So 12 comments politics
- IRONY YOU JUST CANT MAKE UP: In light of the shooting that took place on the campus of the University of Texas, the UT club "Students for Concealed Carry on Campus" had to reschedule their event featuring a lecture by John Lott, author of the book “More Guns, Less Crime”. http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2010/09/28/more_guns_less_crime_author_pl.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_blotter 7 comments reddit.com
- People use Ethereum to Donate $20M in Less than 48h to Julian Assange to Fight a 175 Year Sentence for revealing War Crimes & Human Rights Abuses including Gunning Down of Civilians, Children and Reuters Journalists https://assangedao.org/ 528 comments cryptocurrency
- Discredited Gun Researcher Out at Justice Department: John Lott, who pushes the theory that “more guns = less crime,” was hired in October to advise on crime data. https://www.thetrace.org/2021/01/discredited-gun-researcher-out-at-justice-department/ 16 comments politics
- The Myth of the 'Gun Show Loophole': A Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report on “Firearms Use by Offenders” found that fewer than 1% of U.S. “crime guns” came from gun shows, with repeat offenders even less likely than first-timers to buy guns from any retail source. http://www.reason.com/blog/show/117229.html 14 comments politics
- Harvard finds less crime in areas with gun ownership: “If more guns equal more death and fewer guns equal less death, areas within nations with higher gun ownership should in general have more murders than those with less gun ownership in a similar area. But, in fact, the reverse pattern prevails” http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/08/30/harvard-gun-study-no-decrease-in-violence-with-ban/?? 48 comments politics