by The Trace, a supposedly independent and non-partisan newsroom, has hit a new low in its reporting on the Monterrey Park, California murders. Rather than acknowledging the failure of California’s gun laws, the most restrictive in the United States, they seek to cast aspersions upon Dr. John Lott. They say he is a “major factor” in the failure to pass even more restrictive gun laws.
After a mass shooting, people often ask why the U.S. hasn't passed stronger gun control laws. One major factor: John Lott, a researcher whose work has been used for decades to justify looser firearm regulations — despite serious concerns about his methods.https://t.co/dOg6PIuFiI pic.twitter.com/Nx6WJFEvDK
— The Trace (@teamtrace) January 23, 2023
The Trace is trying to imply that the Monterrey Park mass shooting might not have happened but for Dr. Lott and his research. The thought that the Democrats supermajority in the California Assembly and Senate didn’t pass gun control laws due to the influence of John Lott is laughable. What they did do is pass more and more ineffective laws that are only obeyed by law abiding citizens. Perhaps if they had studied the work of Dr. Lott they might have passed laws to allow people in California to actually protect themselves.
That The Trace is attacking Dr. Lott and his research should come as no surprise given that it was founded and funded by Michael Bloomberg. His goal in founding it was to promote his gun control agenda (as if the mainstream media doesn’t already do it). While The Trace aka Trace Media Inc. is officially a separate organization from Everytown for Gun Safety (sic), it should surprise no one that the president of Trace Media and Everytown are one in the same. That’s correct, John Feinblatt, Bloomberg’s right hand man on gun control, is officially the head of both organizations.
The Trace owes Dr. Lott an apology but I certainly doubt that will ever happen.
Oh FFS… That is ridiculous!!!
“despite serious concerns about his methods”
Concerns by whom?
Which methods?
I’ve never heard one single person, researcher, or organization point out actual or perceived flaws in his methodology. They have spent twenty years arguing that he is biased (a joke since he started out opposed to general firearms ownership and changed his mind due to the overwhelming data iirc) or that it doesn’t matter because “guns are bad”. This is the kind of misleading concern trolling that will have leftists now saying “oh, well everyone knows that John Lott’s methods are suspect” every time a gun restriction conversation comes up. Asking them to be specific will be answered with “do your own research” snark.