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FBI Data on Active Shootings Are Misleading

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FBI Data on Active Shootings Are Misleading
The FBI building in Washington on June 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
John R. Lott Jr.
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Americans are constantly debating policing and gun control. But to discuss these issues, we have to depend on government crime data. Unfortunately, politics has infected the data handling of agencies such as the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

John R. Lott Jr.
John R. Lott Jr.
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John R. Lott Jr. is the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and the author of “Gun Control Myths” (2020), “Dumbing Down the Courts,” and “Freedomnomics.”
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