Constitutional Law

Lott on gun laws and mass murders

John Lott's latest is at National Review Online.

"Contrary to public perception, Western Europe, most of whose countries have much tougher gun laws than the United States, has experienced many of the worst multiple-victim public shootings. Particularly telling, all the multiple-victim public shootings in Western Europe have occurred in places where civilians are not permitted to carry guns. The same is true in the United States: All the public shootings in which more than three people have been killed have occurred in places where civilians may not legally bring guns."

Hat tip to reader Jim Kindred...

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on June 11, 2010 (boomark / email).