I'm assuming that some here will be familiar with this guy; I was not. But I caught him on NPR during the drive time home tonight. The stuff that jumped out at me was mainly twofold: one, he claims that crime (including violent; he specifically mentioned increases in aggravated assault) has increased between 13-15 percent in states that have passed "right to carry" laws. That was news to me. Second, he stated that the FBI did a study reviewing 160 active shooter events, and concluded that only one was stopped by an armed citizen. Someone here will know if the FBI actually did that study.
I mean, it's NPR... nobody should be surprised that they'd dig up some expert somewhere to try and counter the rapidly spreading story of Mr. Willeford using his own AR to put an end to TX asswipe's free rein of terror. Question is, how does he get away with saying things that are clearly opposite in conclusion from the studies that many of us are familiar with?
Anyone know this Stanford dude? The FBI study quoted? Studies that refute the above observations?
Help a brother out here; I can't make sense of this one.
(the expert dude in question: https://law.stanford.edu/2015/10/12/...make-us-safer/ )