"Critics cannot dismiss Lott's book as simply a political pro-gun rant.
His conclusions are so well supported that it will be difficult, if not
impossible, for anti-gun foes to prove him wrong. Of course, they'll
try.
Writing a book like this takes guts. Let's hope that those in the media
and the government who seem bent on keeping and holding an unfounded
bias on guns will have minds open enough to read "The Bias Against
Guns," if not the courage to start setting the record straight."
"
Moody criticized Lott for not submitting his latest work for peer
review but said his compliance with the other two points more than
compensates.
"On the other two criteria, he is way ahead of his competition," Moody
said. "He makes the data available, which means he is probably not
cheating. I've checked him out; he's not cheating, and he uses all the
requisite controls. "He does it right, and so, I tend to believe the
results that John has published in the back of the book.
"If you wish to be informed on the debate concerning guns and public
policy," Moody concluded, "you must have read John's book.""
Updated Media Analysis of Appalachian Law School Attack
Since the first news search was done additional news stories have been
added to Nexis:
There are thus now 218 unique stories, and a total of 294 stories counting
duplicates (the stories in yellow were duplicates): Excel file for
general overview and specific stories. Explicit mentions of defensive gun use
increase from 2 to 3 now.