Variety like wharton business school, stanford, yale but i will talk about the impressions people have about guns and crime. Normally i would show you lots of graphs but im stymied on that with a technical issue but theres a lot of issues we can talk about. So just off the top of my head what we frequently hear about is that background checks and three. 5 million dangers for him people from gun. Everybody was to try to stop criminals or other people who might be dangerous from getting a gun. The problem is simply that isnt correct. Rather than saying three. 5 Million People have been stopped but what they should actually say is that there have been three and a half million initial denials. Almost all of those are mistakes. Its one thing to stop somebody its another just because they have a name that is similar to a felon. So for example the last full annual report put out on the background check system you had 76000 initial denials. Only 48 cases referred to prosecution and they got 13
Chief economist at u. S. Sentencing commission and ive had positions that are in a variety of different universes like wharton business school, university of chicago, stanford, yale. Im going to talk to a little bit about some of the misimpression that people have about guns and crime. Normally, im a very empirical guy. I would go and show you lots of graphs and stuff. A little bit stymied on that given the technical issue that we have here but there is still lots of issues we can go and talk about. So, just off the top of my head, a couple of claims we have frequently hear about, one is that background checks go and stop about 3. 5 million dangerous prohibited people from obtaining guns. Everybody wants to try to stop criminals or other people who might be dangerous from being able to go and get a hold of guns. Problem is that claims that are made simply are not correct. You know, rather than saying 3. 5 Million People have been stopped from buying guns, what they should actually say
And now on cspan2s booktv, more television for serious readers. John watts discussion on gun control is next from our libertarian conference, freedom fest. [inaudible conversations] all right, well i guess we are having technical problems here but hopefully they will be taken care of soon. I hope you all know who i am. My name is john lott. President of Crime Prevention Research Center bid ive been an academic most of my life. Chief economist at the u. S. Commission and positions that are a variety at different universities. University of chicago, stanford, yale. But im going to talk to you about some of the missed impressions people have about guns and crime. Normally, im a very empirical guy so i would show you lots of graphs and stuff. A little bit stymied on that given the technical issues we have but there are still lots of issues we can go and talk about. So, just off the top of my head, a couple claims we frequently hear about. One is that background checks go and stop about 3.
press conference where he tried to convince the world everything under his leadership is just dandy. he s put at 38% approval, the lowest of his presidency so far. biden getting asked why so many americans think the country is on the wrong track, but all he could muster up was his usual nonsense on russia and bogus claims about inflation. i can understand why the american people are frustrated because of inflation, but inflation is higher in almost every other country. prices at the pump are higher in almost every other country. we re better positioned to deal with this, but we have a way to go. ultimately the reason gas prices are up is because of russia. russia, russia, russia. how long is it fair to expect american drivers and drivers around the world to pay that premium for this war? as long as it takes. russia cannot in fact defeat ukraine and move beyond ukraine. jeez louise. and the guy who helped obama get elected think joe isn t cut out for this line of work.
tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. this is a fox news alert facing almost certain defeat for his party in the midterm elections five months from now, sgrooid has become desperate. he s decided to leverage the murder of 19 children in texas last week for political advances. he just spoke at some length from the white house about the need to disarm the population this isn t about taking anyone s rights. about s about protecting children. about protecting families. it s about protecting hole communities. to go to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed. we need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. and if we can t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18-21. strengthen background checks enact safe storage law and red flag laws, repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability. address the mental health crisis deepening the trauma of gun violence as a c