'''John R. Lott''' (born 1958) is a scholar who published his research demonstrating that an increase in [[gun]] ownership results in a reduction in [[crime]], because guns save more lives through deterrence and self-defense than they kill.<ref>http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html</ref> The title of his 1999 book, which became a class on the issue of guns, is "More Guns, Less Crime."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=K6dIvTFsDMkC&dq=John+R+Lott&prev=http://www.google.com/search&channel=s&hl=en&q=%22John+Lott%22 Lott's book on Google Books]</ref> | '''John R. Lott''' (born 1958) is a scholar who published his research demonstrating that an increase in [[gun]] ownership results in a reduction in [[crime]], because guns save more lives through deterrence and self-defense than they kill.<ref>http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html</ref> The title of his 1999 book, which became a class on the issue of guns, is "More Guns, Less Crime."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=K6dIvTFsDMkC&dq=John+R+Lott&prev=http://www.google.com/search&channel=s&hl=en&q=%22John+Lott%22 Lott's book on Google Books]</ref> |