There's an interesting new review of More Guns, Less Crime at the Amazon.com website.

Those of us who have followed gun issues for years have been skeptical of Lott's claims all along. His latest assertion, that he personally conducted a national survey that established a 98 percent reduction of crime rate if a gun was brandished changes that skepticism to disbelief:

"Dr. Lott's accusers suggest that he was unwilling to admit that he had misinterpreted Kleck's study, opting instead to credit a never-before-mentioned national survey of his own for the 98% figure. Wrong as it would have been, one can certainly imagine an author of a 321-page book convincing himself that a small sleight of hand on page 3 would never be questioned." (Ibid.)

Lott offers no evidence for his claimed telephone survey, just his word. Words are cheap. Back to the drawing board on this issue.

I'm guessing Mary Jr. and Mrs. Mary didn't pen this one.

Oh, and Lott's ranked 6,207, compared to "What Liberal Media?"'s rank of 45.