Essays Tagged: "Lott"
Title: Gun Control, this essay is about the right to carry concealed weapons for the right of protection.
se in a state's gun-ownership rate has also been associated with a 3% decrease in violent crime." ( Lott 1) Many states have adopted concealed carry laws over sixty years ago. No state has ever taken ... ver used their concealed weapon in a traffic accident, and it was ruled justifiable self-defense." (Lott 5) Research also proves that "Only extremely law abiding citizens are permit holders"(Lott 1) T ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Gun and Weapon Control
An Argument for Conceal-and-Carry Gun Laws (with Bibliography)
work, there wouldn't be such a dramatic fall in crimes once they were enacted. According to John R. Lott Jr., professor at Chicago University, author of "More Guns, Less Crime" and co-author with Davi ... tated, "that's not many people."Another major argument for the opposition is that many condemn John Lott for his book of statistics saying that he has fabricated or embellished most or all of his numb ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Dubois controversy
s views that slavery had severely damaged the dignity and sense of self worth of African-American. (Lott, 172) He maintained the first step toward social equality will be "then correction of the immor ... , crime, and laziness among the Negroes themselves which still remains as a heritage from slavery. (Lott, 172) Sometimes I feel like if I was a different color, things would be different in this day i ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Magazine Analysis of TIME and Newsweek during the Atomic age
s views that slavery had severely damaged the dignity and sense of self worth of African-American. (Lott, 172) He maintained the first step toward social equality will be "then correction of the immor ... , crime, and laziness among the Negroes themselves which still remains as a heritage from slavery. (Lott, 172) Sometimes I feel like if I was a different color, things would be different in this day i ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History
Wheather gun ownership should be banned or not, why
In the last century, approximately 200 million guns were in private possession (Lott 1998). It is believed that firearms should be banned since they are associated with suicide, cr ... mmitting crimes. National surveys also found that 98 percent of the time guns are used defensively (Lott 1998). In many cases, numerous law-abiding citizens have protected themselves or others success ... using guns: Pizza delivery men robbers, numerous robberies are foiled on the streets and in stores (Lott 1998). Moreover, it is particular true that murder rates decrease when then number of people ca ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Reflection Paper: History of People with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio
ies for disabled children at the Ohio' national' and international levels.-In 1945' Toledoan Josina Lott organized the first non-institutionalized sheltered workshop for adults who had developmental d ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan
n is working with lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits.In a recent Fox News online article, J. Lott Jr. writes the administration's plan to create jobs will definitely cause unemployment to rise. ... rnment is draining the businesses that they currently work for of the money that keeps them going" (Lott Jr., 2009, ¶ 7). Lott address other key factors likely to contribute to rising unemploymen ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Guns Save Lives
ticle "The Media's Intentional Bias Against Guns" where he speaks of research conducted by Dr. John Lott. In the research Dr. Lott "examines several mainstream media outlets and discovers in one insta ... ews worthiness the repeated attention paid to gun violence just spreads fear. In the same study Dr. Lott found several stories that should have described guns being used for good, but what he found wa ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing