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Web-only Segment of Stossel's Show: More Guns, Less Crime?




The segment is available here.
Cato discussion of Third edition of More Guns, Less Crime

Cato discussion of Third edition of More Guns, Less Crime



General facts about the presentation are here:
More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
(University of Chicago Press, 2010)

BOOK FORUM
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Noon

Featuring the author John R. Lott, Jr.; with comments from Paul Helmke, President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; and Jeff Snyder, Attorney and Author, Nation of Cowards: Essays on the Ethics of Gun Control (Accurate Press, 2001). Moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.
Transcript of debate for “Intelligence Squared U.S.” on the question: Do Guns Reduce Crime?

Transcript of debate for “Intelligence Squared U.S.” on the question: Do Guns Reduce Crime?

You can read the transcript here. I think that the debate went well. When the audience from NYC was asked at the beginning of the debate if they thought that more guns meant less crime the ratio was 13 percent in favor, 60 percent against. After the debate it was 27 percent in favor, 64 percent against. Thus we technically won the debate because we got more people to switch to our side than the reverse.

Here is one of the bizarre discussions during the debate. This is the way that John Donohue had described reknowned criminologist James Q. Wilson.

The lone dissenter was someone who was not an econometrician, who admitted in his dissent that he wished he knew more econometrics, and who had previously testified as an expert witness on behalf of the [INAUDIBLE] NRA.


My response was this:

But the point is, what James Q. Wilson, who’s this hack that you were referring to, and I think a lot of people would regard James Q. Wilson as probably the top criminologist in the country, he was the person who was dissenting on this.
Debate on Gun Free Zones on College Campuses: CSPAN3 from 1 to 2 PM EDT

Debate on Gun Free Zones on College Campuses: CSPAN3 from 1 to 2 PM EDT

For those interested, I will be debating Paul Helmke, the president of the Brady Campaign, on whether permitted concealed handguns should be allowed on colleges and universities. CSPAN3 will be covering the event live from 1 to 2 PM. After that, the rest of the conference will also be shown on CSPAN3. Presumably parts of the conference will be rebroadcast after that. The live link for CSPAN3 is available here.
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