
NYT: Concealed Carry Self-Defense Stories A ‘Myth’
On October 26 The New York Times ran an editorial suggesting the idea that average Americans make the country safer by getting a concealed carry permit is a “myth.”

On October 26 The New York Times ran an editorial suggesting the idea that average Americans make the country safer by getting a concealed carry permit is a “myth.”

On October 13 Hoover Institute senior fellow Thomas Sowell addressed the way “gun control zealots” fire up the cameras and microphones, grab a set of pre-established talking points, and a social media machine second to none any time there is a shooting they might be able to leverage for more gun legislation.

On June 17, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) released a study claiming widely accepted and academically verified numbers regarding annual defensive gun uses (DGUs) are mythical figures based on “exaggerated claims” from the “gun lobby.”

During the Tuesday airing of Fox News’ The Five, Geraldo Rivera said Vince Vaughn’s pro-gun statements reminded him “of Timothy McVeigh and the militias.”

On April 2, Mother Jones ran a column on debunked Harvard researcher David Hemenway’s new study, which claims more guns actually cause more crime and that guns are used in crime far more often than they are used in justifiable defensive settings. `

On February 17 Florida State University criminology professor Gary Kleck responded to recent criticism of his past studies on defensive gun uses (DGUs) by showing why the criticism is wrong and why a minimum of 760,000 DGUs each year is still a viable claim.