Links

• David Friedman's page of links to other comments on Lott's book or the original article.
• Otis Dudley Duncan points out some false claims by Lott about defensive gun use. In Lott's reply to Duncan he claims to have conducted a survey on defensive gun use. There is no evidence that he ever conducted such a survey as I explain here. James Lindgren reports his efforts to find evidence that Lott conducted a survey here. The latest update on this affair is here.
• John Lott's response to this document and my reply.
• A review of Lott's book by David Hemenway, and Hemenway's review of Lott's new book The Bias against Guns. Lott's reply to Hemenway's review.
• Philip Cook's comments on Lott's research.
• Hashem Dezhbakhsh summarizes why he disagrees with Lott's conclusions.
• Daniel Polsby's review of Lott's book.
• Time magazine's report on Lott's book.
• Andrew McClurg's article in the Journal of Firearms and Public Policy discusses fallacious arguments on both sides of the debate, including some in Lott's book.
• John Allen Paulos' review of Lott's book.
• Robert Ehrlich has criticized Lott's work in his book Nine Crazy Ideas in Science. See his on-line debate with Lott.
• Ted Goertzel has an interesting critique of Lott's and other econometric studies.
• David Kaun's comments on the debate about Lott's work.

• My archive of postings about gun control.