@article{ref1,
title="Guns and violence",
journal="Scientific American",
year="2014",
author="Lott, John Richard",
volume="310",
number="2",
pages="e6-e6",
abstract="In &quot;Why We Should Choose Science over Beliefs&quot; [Skeptic], Michael Shermer asserts that I have practiced &quot;cherry picking and data mining of studies to suit ideological convictions&quot; in my arguments that private gun ownership reduces violent crime. Like Shermer, my views on guns have changed over time. He ignores that, as I have shown in More Guns, Less Crime (third edition, 2010), the large majority of peer-reviewed studies demonstrate right-to-carry laws reduce crime and background checks do not.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-8733",
doi="10.1038/scientificamerican0214-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0214-6"
}