The FBI’s flailing credibility is taking another hit. According to FOX News, “A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) [run by founder Dr. John Lott], argues that the FBI’s data contains ‘massive errors’ when tracking active shooting incidents, undercounting how often armed citizens have thwarted active-shooting situations over the last eight years.”
The CPRC’s data indicates, out of the active shootings from 2014 to 2021, 34.4% “were thwarted by armed citizens.” But the FBI reported “only 4.4%” stopped armed attacks, which is a noticeable and significant difference possibly, intentionally designed to mislead the public about “good guys with guns.”
The Washington Examiner reported that Lott said, “An analysis by my organization identified a total of 360 active shooter incidents during that period and found that an armed citizen stopped 124.”
Lott also noted so-called “gun-free zones” hindered law-abiding gun owners from taking defensive actions. “The numbers indicate if we didn’t have gun-free zones, we would have more people stopping these attacks,” he added in the report.
When he re-crunched the FBI’s data, Lott found that “the percentage of shootings stopped by a legal gun owner jumped from single digits to 34%-49%.”
Sadly, alleging the FBI fudged its numbers to arrive at a preferred political result surprises no one these days.
Originally from New England, he’s a Boston sports fan. He now lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Jody, a retired firefighter. He enjoys spending time with his adult kids and three grandchildren.
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