[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.
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[On Sep 14 2002 I posted this to firearmsregprof. I also emailed it to John Lott. ]
Way back in 1993 in talk.politics.guns, C. D. Tavares wrote:
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Lott's reply to Duncan's article raises some disturbing questions about Lott's honesty. See also James Lindgren's report on his attempt to find some evidence that Lott actually conducted a DGU survey.
Where did that 98 percent come from?
98 percent claims before 1997
Way back in 1993 in…
[On Sep 25 2002 I posted this to firearmsregprof. I also emailed it to John Lott. ]
I have replies to queries about Lott's survey from Tom Smith and Al Alschuler. Neither had heard anything about it. Other than Kleck, Tom Smith would be the logical person to discuss the survey design…