Brian Linse writes:
The fact that former supporters (and some current supporters like NRO) haven't been outspoken and firm in their denunciations of Lott's irresponsible and unethical behavior is destined to do additional harm to the cause of gun rights.
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First, a recap and a time line on the Kopel/Lott/Reynolds attacks on Steve Levitt:
16 Aug 2001
Glenn Reynolds claims that the NAS panel is "stacked" with "ardent supporters of gun control", especially Levitt.
29 Aug 2001
Dave Kopel and Glenn Reynolds write an article in National Review Online…
Kevin Drum has a nice summary on Lott's anonymous attack on Levitt. Kieran Healy tells what Lott's next step will be. Brian Linse thinks Reynolds and Kopel should offer some answers. Atrios links here. And Tom Spencer has two posts. First, he observes that Reynolds' cover up for Lott raises…
Ok, so what about this witness being a pro-gun activist? Well, he made it perfectly clear to me that he was strongly pro-gun and greatly admired John Lott in the long message that was sent to firearmsregprof. I should have mentioned it that day, but I knew all of the…
In the July 14 issue of National Review Michael Potemra has a review of The Bias Against Guns. He writes:
Each of us has a favorite part of the Bill of Rights; for me---as for many others---it's the First Amendment. But a good rule of thumb is to consider that particular freedom most…