John Lott
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"John Richard Lott, Jr." is an American economist, political commentator, and gun rights advocate. Lott was formerly employed at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Maryland, College Park, and at the American Enterprise Institute conservative think tank. He is also currently a columnist for FoxNews.com. Lott holds a Ph.D. in economics from University of California, Los Angeles/UCLA.

He has written for both academic and popular publications. Lott is a frequent writer of op-eds, and has written seven books, including More Guns, Less Crime, The Bias Against Guns, and Freedomnomics.

He is best known as an advocate in the Gun politics in the US/gun rights debate, particularly his arguments against restrictions on owning and carrying guns. In 2000, Nobel laureate Milton Friedman said that "John Lott has few equals as a perceptive analyst of controversial public policy issues." Newsweek referred to Lott as "The Gun Crowd's Guru."

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We really don't know much about them. We've won some ball games this year, but we still need to get a lot better.

Many people found for the first time what it is like to totally dependent on themselves for protection. People put up signs that said 'Shotguns Inside' and that kept the gangs and violence away.

I really had to rebuild last year. We lost nine seniors. We started six freshmen. I was dealing with a lot of kids. But we're more balanced now. They're starting to play better.

She has learn to throw what she's good at. She's a heck of a talent, but sometimes she insists on throwing other pitches.

In this case, people realized that the police simply were overwhelmed. They had too much to do trying to rescue people and couldn't protect citizens. What should people do when they have to fend for themselves?

Most of the fisheries surveys for 2005 have been completed so these meetings will be good opportunities for the public to learn about the current status of Missouri River fisheries.

We had some opportunities against West Boca. But they made some good plays. We know we need to hit the ball better than what we did that game.