A Second Amendment Foundation representative questions why the bureau would be reporting lower numbers.
Many private gun owners and pro-gun groups have been calling for the passing of a concealed-carry rule to help with growing criminal activity in cities, as well as a potential solution for active shooter events. Today, a news story from Fox News indicates why they’re making such an argument.
The report, put together by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), notes that there are “massive errors” when it comes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reporting on the effectiveness of concealed-carry citizens against active shooters.
The data indicates that 34.4 percent of active shooter events were stopped by said citizens. However, the FBI indicates that only 4.4 percent were stopped – a 30 percent difference. In addition, it notes 11 out of 252 active shooter events were stopped by concealed-carry citizens. However, the CPRC notes that it was actually 124 out of 360.
“Although collecting such data is fraught with challenges, some see a pattern of distortion in the FBI numbers because the errors almost exclusively go one way, minimizing the life-saving actions of armed citizens,” the report notes.
Gary Mauser, who serves as an emeritus professor for the Simon Fraser University in Canada, added the following: “Whether deliberately through bias or just incompetence, the FBI database of active shooters cannot be trusted.”
Joining us now is a representative of the Second Amendment Foundation, discussing why the FBI may be reportedly providing incorrect numbers when it comes to the effectiveness of concealed-carry.
Q&A:
- Why do you believe that the FBI would want to hide numbers surrounding these concealed-carry cases? Could it possibly tie in with Joe Biden’s attempted gun ban?
- Would you say that concealed-carry has been effective when it comes to fighting back against active shooter events? What would you say to someone that tries to argue otherwise?
- If the numbers were reported correctly by the FBI, could they constitute an argument that concealed-carry should be passed across the United States?
- This seems to be the latest blow against the FBI and its reported issues looking into cases surrounding private armed citizens. Do you think it’s alarming that it hasn’t reported the truth on these numbers?
- If you were able to draft a concealed-carry law for the United States, how would you go about it?
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation and its members?
- Those interested can visit http://www.saf.org/.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community, a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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