Nice:
I would ask gun control advocates one question: name a single place in the
entire world where murder rates fell after gun control laws were passed.
It's essentially the same as what I have been asking since 2004.
Also from this review of his new book:
Another reason that a third edition is essential is that
critics have had twelve years to critique Lott’s proposition. As Lott states,
however, “not a single refereed study finds the opposite result, that
right-to-carry laws have a bad effect on crime.” Lott’s latest edition also
addresses the impact of “Castle Doctrine” laws, which refer to the adage that “a
man’s home is his castle” and make it unnecessary for potential crime victims to
retreat as far as possible before using a firearm in self-defense.
Also addressed by the new third edition is the federal
“assault weapons” legislation, which took effect in 1994 but terminated in
2004. Gun control advocates predicted an explosion in murder and violent crime
when the ban expired, but rates actually declined substantively. As Lott notes,
“rarely do we get a chance to look at the impact of gun laws when they are first
passed and then when they are eliminated.”