1) This is false! Did you know that John Lott Jr, the @NRA’s go-to gun researcher, is a discredited researcher who invented a fan named Mary Rosh to counter his online critics? https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/02/01/scholar-invents-fan-to-answer-his-critics/f3ae3f46-68d6-4eee-a65e-1775d45e2133/ https://twitter.com/nra/status/1290656791689396226
2) In his study, John Lott Jr excluded shootings that resulted from gang or drug violence or during the commission of a crime to falsely claim that 95% of mass shootings result in “gun-free zones” but the @NRA continues to push this #FakeNews. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/10/do-98-percent-of-mass-public-shootings-happen-in-gun-free-zones/%3foutputType=amp
Analysis | Do 98 percent of mass public shootings happen in gun-free zones?

President Trump offered a dramatic figure in his speech to the NRA. But a dueling study has much lower numbers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/10/do-98-percent-of-mass-public-shootings-happen-in-gun-free-zones/%3foutputType=amp
3) Today John Lott Jr & @NRA’s “more guns, less crime” hypothesis has been thoroughly repudiated. Our friends Devon Hughes & Evan DeFilippis who established @GV_Pedia explains Lott’s ethical transgressions in this piece. https://www.armedwithreason.com/tag/mary-rosh/ 
4) Devin Hughes from @GV_Pedia highlights the staggering error at the heart of @NRA’s “gun-free zones” pro-gun policy. https://medium.com/@devin_1520/the-staggering-error-at-the-heart-of-pro-gun-policy-e85c65c82bb4 #DissolveTheNRA
The Staggering Error at the Heart of Pro-Gun Policy

Devin Hughes

https://medium.com/@devin_1520/the-staggering-error-at-the-heart-of-pro-gun-policy-e85c65c82bb4
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