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John Lott files lawsuit
John Lott, economist and author of the book "More Guns, Less Crime," has filed suit against Steven Levitt, co-author of the best-seller "Freakonomics," which said that other economists could not replicate Lott's findings that increased issuance of CCW permits coincided with drops in violent crime.
While I wouldn't bet the farm on the lawsuit (defamation cases being hard to win, and extremely hard in the case of public figures and issues of public concern), it is interesting that the battle is over "does liberalized CCW reduce violent crime, or fail to affect it," as opposed to "does liberalized CCW increase violent crime," let alone "does liberalized CCW result in a bloodbath and the fall of the Republic."
(Hat tip to Don Kates on this one)
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Ted Frank has your must read blog post on Lott's lawsuit against Levitt. He has a copy of the complaint and an explanation from Lott: When a book sells well over a million copies this goes beyond a mere... [Read More]
Tracked on April 12, 2006 09:59 AM