Dr. John Lott debated Michael Shermer at FreedomFest in July 19, 2019. Because of copyright restrictions this post only provides Dr. Lott side of the presentation. Dr. Lott won the audience vote by 83% to 17% and won the jury vote by 10 to 2.
On the Chris Salcedo Radio Show: To Discuss Biden’s Classified Documents Investigation and “Zero Tolerance” Policy
Dr. John Lott talked to Chris Salcedo on Houston’s KSEV 700 AM about the investigation on Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents after his vice presidency. They also discussed Dr. Lott's new op-ed at Townhall on how the Biden administration is destroying and...
Dr. Lott’s presentation is spot on. The police cannot protect citizens from violence. Tighter Gun Controls promote increased violent crime.
I am betting Dr. Lott is probably kicking himself though for failing to mention this following point. When Shermer in his usual smirking style put up those two pictures, one of a group of navy seals followed by same size group of “regular joes”. Followed by the comment would one (joes) have a chance against the other (seals). I would have said how many navy seals are there (~2000); how many gun owners are there (~80-100 million). So easily a thousand to one in favor of joes vs seals. So how would 5 Navy seals do against 5000 regular joes?