[On Sep 17 2002 I posted this to firearmsregprof.]
I've had replies to my queries about Lott's survey from David Mustard and Gary Kleck.
Mustard said that he was not involved with the survey. All he was able to say was what he had been told by Lott: that Lott had conducted the survey in 1997 and lost the results in a computer crash.
Kleck felt that Lott's survey should be ignored unless and until Lott publishes the results and methodology. This would be reasonable except for the fact of the 25+ occasions that Lott has made the "98% merely brandishing" claim.
Nothing from Lott.