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Friday, November 20, 2009
 
 
BOOKS
The Bias against Guns
Why Almost Everything You've Heard about Gun Control Is Wrong
 
 
Regnery Publishing, Inc.
 
 
Hardcover
 
9.5'' x 6.36''
 
300 pages
 
ISBN: 0895261146
 
 
Examination Copies
Slicing through the emotional--but factually wrong--arguments of gun control advocates this book busts a number of myths, demonstrating with hard statistical data and riveting anecdotes.
 

In his bestselling classic, More Guns, Less Crime, John R. Lott, Jr., proved that guns make us safer. Now, in his stunning new book, The Bias against Guns, Lott shows how liberals bury pro-gun facts out of sheer bias against the truth.

With irrefutable evidence, Lott shoots gun critics down and gives you the information you need to win arguments with those who want to ban guns.

John R. Lott Jr. was a resident scholar at AEI.

 

 
Table of Contents

Part I: The Pervasive Bias

  • Introduction: Why Almost Everything You've Ever Heard About Gun Control Contains Bias
  • The Good and the Bad 
  • The Media on Guns
  • How the Government Works Against Gun Ownership
  • The Shifting Debate: Terrorism, Gun Control Abroad, and Children

Part II: Examining the Evidence

  • Evaluating Evidence on Guns: How and How Not to Do It
  • Acts of Terror with Guns: Multiple Victim Shootings
  • Guns at Home: To Lock or Not to Lock
  • Do Gun Shows and Assault Weapons Increase Crime?
  • Conclusion

Appendix 1: Some Recent Evidence on Guns and Crime
Appendix 2: Other Measures of Gun Ownership
Appendix 3: Supplemental Tables for Chapters 6, 7, and 8