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Jim Henley has an excellent blog roundup with thoughtful comments and even ratings.

Julian Sanchez has an update where he includes a comment from an economic researcher that repeats what I wrote below: if his new survey only has 13 defensive gun uses, then this sample is far too small to say anything useful about the frequency with which defenders shoot, and certainly can't be regarded as "confirming" the alleged 1997 survey.

Thomas Spencer has a post that is critical of some of the folks who were all over Bellesiles for downplaying Lott's sins.

Marie Gryphon (who broke the story into the blog world) also got the Lott email. I feel so left out.
Brief comments from Jane Galt, skippy, Alan Schussman and jeff. Ted Barlow even has a Lott light bulb joke.

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