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Lott also observed how large newspapers and major media outlets [[Media bias|consistently underreported]] the defensive use of guns to save lives.  He found that factual accounts of the defensive use of guns would be reported in small rural newspapers but omitted from stories in larger papers, and stories that appeared days or weeks later.<ref>[http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/ John Lott's Website]</ref>

Lott also observed how large newspapers and major media outlets [[Media bias|consistently underreported]] the defensive use of guns to save lives.  He found that factual accounts of the defensive use of guns would be reported in small rural newspapers but omitted from stories in larger papers, and stories that appeared days or weeks later.<ref>[http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/ John Lott's Website]</ref>

Some [[liberals]] have attempted to find flaws in Lott's work.<ref>Ian Ayres, John J. Donohue III: [http://islandia.law.yale.edu/ayers/Ayres_Donohue_comment.pdf The Latest Misfires in Support of the

Some [[liberals]] have attempted to find flaws in Lott's work.<ref>Ian Ayres, John J. Donohue III: [http://islandia.law.yale.edu/ayers/Ayres_Donohue_comment.pdf The Latest Misfires in Support of the ''More Guns, Less Crime'' Hypothesis]</ref>

“More Guns, Less Crime” Hypothesis]</ref>

One professor, Michael Bellesiles, wrote a book supportive of the [[gun control]] position that was entitled Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture (2000). Gary Wills praised it in The New York Times, but admitted later that "I was took. The book is a fraud."<ref>Jonah Goldberg, [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_501644.html ''Reports of the 2nd Amendment's death have been greatly exaggerated ...''] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Apr. 8, 2007.</ref>  Bellesiles resigned from his position as Professor of History at Emory University in Atlanta when an independent committee of scholars examined his work and concluded that "his scholarly integrity is seriously in question."<ref>History News Network: [http://hnn.us/articles/1069.html Summary of the Emory Report on Michael Bellesiles]</ref>

One professor, Michael Bellesiles, wrote a book supportive of the [[gun control]] position that was entitled Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture (2000). Gary Wills praised it in The New York Times, but admitted later that "I was took. The book is a fraud."<ref>Jonah Goldberg, [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_501644.html ''Reports of the 2nd Amendment's death have been greatly exaggerated ...''] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Apr. 8, 2007.</ref>  Bellesiles resigned from his position as Professor of History at Emory University in Atlanta when an independent committee of scholars examined his work and concluded that "his scholarly integrity is seriously in question."<ref>History News Network: [http://hnn.us/articles/1069.html Summary of the Emory Report on Michael Bellesiles]</ref>