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Law-Abiding Gun Owners Ignored by Media, Maligned by Politicians

Law-Abiding Gun Owners Ignored by Media, Maligned by Politicians
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference in New York on Aug. 3, 2022. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Commentary
In celebration of New York state’s gun control law that took effect on Sept. 1, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul claimed: “This whole concept that a good guy with a gun will stop the bad guys with a gun, it doesn’t hold up. And the data bears this out, so that theory is over.”
John R. Lott Jr.
John R. Lott Jr.
Author
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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