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posted by John Lott at 6:08 PM
Amazed how lucky I am that I have had jobs where I could just think about whatever I wanted to think about. This summer I will be moving to the University of Maryland. Previously I held positions at the University of Chicago, Yale University, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, and Rice and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988 and 1989. I have published over 90 articles in academic journals. I received my Ph.D. in economics from UCLA in 1984.
-Research finding a drop in violent crime rates from Right-to-carry laws
-Ranking Economists
-National Academies of Science Panel on Firearms
-Baghdad murder rate
-Arming Pilots
-Appalachian law school attack
-Sources for Defensive Gun Uses
-The Merced Pitchfork Killings
-Fraudulent website pretending to be run by me
-Steve Levitt's Correction Letter
-Ian Ayres and John Donohue
-Other issues regarding Steve Levitt
-General discussion of my 1997 and 2002 surveys as well as related surveys
-Problems with Wikipedia
-Errata for Gun Books
Economist and Law Professor David D. Friedman's Blog
Economist Robert G. Hansen's Blog
A debate that I had with George Mason University's Robert Ehrlich on guns
Lyonette Louis-Jacques's page on Firearms Regulation Worldwide
An interview concerning More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
The End of Myth: An Interview with Dr. John Lott
Art DeVany's website, one of the more innovative economists in the last few decades
St. Cloud State University Scholars
Bryan Caplan at George Mason University
Alphecca -- weekly review on the media's coverage of guns
Xrlq -- Some interesting coverage of the law.
Career Police Officer
Gun Law News
Georgia Right-to-Carry
Darnell's The Independent Conservative Blog
Clayton Cramer's Blog
My hidden mathematical ability (a math professor with the same name)
geekwitha45
My Old AEI Web Page
Wrightwing's blog
Al Lowe's blog
St. Maximos' Hut
Dad29
Sonya Jones takes on the Enviros
Eric Rasmusen
William Sjostrom
Dr. T's EconLinks.com
Interview with National Review Online
Updated Media Analysis of Appalachian Law School Attack
Journal of Legal Studies paper on spoiled ballots during the 2000 Presidential Election
Data set from USA Today, STATA 7.0 data set
"Do" File for some of the basic regressions from the paper
Straight Shooting: Firearms, Economics and Public Policy
Are Predatory Commitments Credible? Who Should the Courts Believe?
3 Comments:
I'll be looking to buy it and critique it: these are not favorable times for Illinoisans.
Does it include a mention of the GFSSZ Act (CFR Title 18) Gun Free Safe School Zone Act ?
This law makes teenagers the most vulnerable citizens to attack from maniacs. It also leaves teachers and other adults vulnerable to harm. The effect of the passage of this law dispels all the harm the gun ban movement has done to us.
This law convinces school officials that guns are bad, and empowers school principals beyond ever imagined; it further reinforces in them our children (my son) belongs to the government. The Gun Free Safe School Zone Act is the most devastating law ever against the safety of school age children.
This law makes more felons out of law-abiding parents than any other gun law. All out-of-state citizens must keep their guns in a locked container when driving past a school - ANY SCHOOL, INCLUDING PRE-SCHOOL, DAY CARE CENTER OR UNIVERSITY !!
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 44 > § 922(q)
Gun Free Safe School Zone Act (from IllinoisCarry.com)
I was never able to find this law myself, but thanks to a member at Illinoiscarry.com was able to read it.
Dr. Lott, can you describe your new book for us? There isn't much info on the Amazon page. Does it build on your other books, The Bias Against Guns and More Guns, Less Crime? Or is it something different?
Do you talk about the NAS study in the book?
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