John Lott on “Crimes, guns and misinformation in Australia”
Dear Dialoguers,
Welcome to a new year of Tuesday events.
After the appalling events at Bondi, guns and their control have been on the Australian mind. Federal Parliament has legislated tighter gun laws, though the LNP government here has declined to put forward parallel legislation.
Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. has a view that may be at odds with that of many but certainly not all Australians.
John is an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. He is currently the Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics at the US Department of Justice. John has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, UCLA, and Rice University. He was also the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center from July 2013 to October 2020. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA and has .
John is a prolific author for both academic and popular publications. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and written nine books, including “More Guns, Less Crime,” “The Bias Against Guns,” and “Freedomnomics - Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don’t .” His most recent books are “Dumbing Down the Courts: How politics keeps the smartest judges off the bench” and “The War on Guns.”
John has argued that “bans benefit baddies” and has recently written about “Gun Laws and the Horror of Bondi”
Do you agree? Do you disagree? Come to the usual venue on Feb 10th, have an enlightening evening of civil discourse and hear what John has to say on the topic “Crimes, guns and misinformation in Australia”
See you there.
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