By John Lott, Founder of Crime Prevention Research Center
You would never know Americans use guns four to five times more frequently to stop crime than to commit it, especially when entertainment TV portrays the opposite.
Over the
past few years, only a few good Samaritans have received any press despite the
overwhelming number of these brave individuals jumping into action. You may not hear about many of these
stories outside of local media accounts, but they occur all the time. There
are dozens of cases in recent years in which concealed handgun
permitholders stopped what, according to police, would have otherwise
become mass public shootings. These good Samaritans saving the day would make
gripping stories, but we don’t see much news on these cases. National
entertainment television also fails to reveal the truth about these good
Samaritans. [more...]
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