Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Lott John R.
Title : Gun control myths How politicians, the media, and botched "studies" have twisted the facts on gun control. Learn the actual facts that debunk them
Year : 2020

Link download : Lott_John_R_-_Gun_control_myths.zip

Forward. I was never a big Second Amendment supporter until my daughter Meadow was murdered on the third floor of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Parkland school shooting. For readers who just follow the news casually, that should sound like a crazy statement. After all, the Parkland shooting captured the news cycle for months thanks to a handful of kids who attacked the National Rifle Association and argued that we should ban AR-15s. For my part, I just wanted to know what went wrong and why. If the facts had suggested that there was some tie to some pro-gun policy, or that the kind of gun used made a difference, I would have been right there with those gun control kids. But when I looked into it, I realized that a lack of “gun control” wasn’t the problem. The laws on the books should have been enough to stop the shooter. Yet every local official failed every step of the way. It was the most avoidable mass murder in American history. You wouldn’t know this, though, because the media had its narrative before it knew any of the facts – and they sure as hell weren’t going to let the facts get in their way. Still, all the debate about gun control got me interested. I wanted to learn a lot more about it. It had nothing to do with the Parkland shooting, but maybe some of the policies the kids were advancing could have helped with others. Maybe, I thought, it’s still a good idea that I should support. ...