{"id":148034,"date":"2021-07-19T18:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T22:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=148034"},"modified":"2021-07-19T18:23:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:27:10","slug":"john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" title=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RiseInHomicides-1024x499.png\" alt=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\" class=\"wp-image-148036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RiseInHomicides-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RiseInHomicides-400x195.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RiseInHomicides-150x73.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RiseInHomicides-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RiseInHomicides.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Graph: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jun\/30\/us-crime-rate-homcides-explained\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\" title=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\">The Guardian US<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary FBI data indicates that homicides were up around 25 % in 2020, which translates to an additional 4,000-5,000 people killed around the country, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jun\/30\/us-crime-rate-homcides-explained\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\" title=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What accounts for all those deaths?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/sen-durbin-explains-crime-problem-just-too-damn-many-guns-out-there\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\" title=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\">Sen. Durbin Explains Crime Problem: \u2018Just Too Damn Many Guns Out There\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. John Lott, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\" title=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\">Crime Prevention Research Center,<\/a> got to weigh in on that question and more during a recent interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/series\/?washingtonJournal\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\" title=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\">C-SPAN\u2019s Washington Journal<\/a><\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the entire interview below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was on\u00a0<strong>C-SPAN&#8217;s Washington Journal<\/strong>\u00a0for over 40 minutes this past Saturday. If there is one of my interviews that you should watch, please watch\u00a0<strong>this one<\/strong>,&#8221; said Lott about the interview. in his weekly newsletter.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You rarely get such a long time on national television to go through gun control issues in so much depth. I hope that you all will also share the video with others. By the way, C-SPAN does pay attention to the number of views that these videos receive, and the more views that this gets, the more likely they will be to have me on again soon,&#8221; he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share!  The more we can get Dr. Lott on TV, the more people will be exposed to the truth.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-55ae8fa8-dd17-484f-a4b1-92cde9c245c0\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, got to weigh in on that question and more during a recent interview with C-SPAN\u2019s Washington Journal.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":148035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-148034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-buzz","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Only 10 percent of violent crime involves firearms, yet they are a major focus of the Biden Administration says Dr. John Lott.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Lott on the Causes Behind the Spike in Homicides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, got to weigh in on that question and more during a recent interview with C-SPAN\u2019s Washington Journal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/john-lott-on-the-causes-behind-the-spike-in-homicides\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-19T22:23:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-07T14:27:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-JOhn-Lott-C-Span.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"906\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"558\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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