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							<title><![CDATA[CDC Undercounts Defensive Gun Uses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/11/cdc_undercounts_defensive_gun_uses_154492.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whoever controls crime data can shape the political debate. The Trump administration has already reversed some of the changes the Biden administration made to federal crime and gun data, including information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But politicization...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Krugman and the Politics of Falling Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/11/krugman_and_the_politics_of_falling_crime_154405.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman remains one of the left'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most influential voices. In his'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' latest column, he argues that President Trump avoids taking credit for the drop in murders because Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ultimate goal is cruelty rather than public safety. Krugman contends that Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Murder Problem Is Smaller Than It Looks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/29/americas_murder_problem_is_smaller_than_it_looks_154377.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[World Cup visitors discovered something many Americans already know: The United States does not feel like the dangerous place they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been led to expect. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s because America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s murder problem is not spread evenly across the country. Does the United States have a higher...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2nd Amendment Opinion That Scrambled the Partisan Script]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/21/the_second_amendment_opinion_that_scrambled_the_partisan_script_154350.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision by the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' U.S. Court of Appeals'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Third Circuit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' striking down'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New Jersey'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ban on so-called assault weapons and magazines holding more than 10 rounds marks the first time a federal appeals court has invalidated such bans. New Jersey had one of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Immigration Enforcement Is Slashing Violent Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/09/trumps-immigration-enforcement-really-is-slashing-violent-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans shouldn't blindly accept crime statistics, but they need to understand what the different numbers actually measure.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mythbuster: U.S. Much Safer Than Many Peer Nations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/07/09/mythbuster_us_much_safer_than_many_peer_nations_1193400.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom holds that the United States is the most violent and dangerous nation in the developed world. This dark view is frequently invoked by conservatives to demand stronger penalties for]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crossing a State Line Shouldn't Cost You Right to Self-Defense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/04/crossing_a_state_line_shouldnt_cost_you_your_right_to_self-defense_154301.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine a woman driving across state lines alone at night, fearful that her car might break down and leave her vulnerable. Or picture a truck driver hauling valuable cargo across the country. In states such as California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' five of the ten...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA Lawmakers Seek To Ban Popular Handgun]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/27/ca_lawmakers_seek_to_ban_popular_handgun_154269.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new ban on Glock handguns takes effect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on July 1. It is a new tactic for gun control advocates. Instead of trying to ban all handguns, a growing number of Democratic-led states are targeting one of the most commonly owned handguns in America '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Glocks '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Safety: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/04/gun_safety_violent_crime_drops_as_more_americans_pack_heat_1186651.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alessandra Coote was walking on a trail with her 4-year-old daughter and dog two-and-a-half years ago when a man began yelling at her and threatened to kill her dog. When the petite single mom made it]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Background Checks Are Failing the Wrong People]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/11/gun_background_checks_are_failing_the_wrong_people_154110.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The background check system for gun purchases is a mess. Republicans have criticized Democratic presidents for failing to prosecute people denied gun purchases through background checks. Democrats have leveled the same criticism at Republican presidents. But both sides miss the real...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Need To Have an Honest Discussion About Political Violence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/29/political_violence_isnt_one-sided__so_why_is_the_conversation_154071.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Violence motivated by political differences has emerged as a defining, if alarming, feature of 21st'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' -century American civil life. Neither side in our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s increasingly dangerous ideological divide has a monopoly. But one side, the Democratic Party and its allies, refuses to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Military Bases Should Never Have Been Gun-Free Zones]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/04/why_military_bases_should_never_have_been_gun-free_zones_154013.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It may sound hard to believe, but except for a very limited group of personnel, the military has treated its bases as gun-free zones. Until Thursday, only designated security forces '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' such as military police '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' could carry firearms while on duty. Commanders punished any other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Whole World Laughs at Dems' Lame Voter-ID Claims]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/03/27/opinion/democrats-lame-voter-id-claims-fail-against-global-reality/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If voter ID and proof of citizenship destroy democracy, Democrats would have to label virtually every other democracy in the world as undemocratic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Terror Threat Americans Aren't Supposed To Discuss]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/17/the_terror_threat_americans_arent_supposed_to_discuss_153949.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many commentators claim that Islam does not pose a threat of violence in the United States. Influencers such as'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Tucker Carlson'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' often repeat this argument. Others, including'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' then-President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' FBI Director Christopher Wray, have argued that white supremacists represent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Control's Endgame]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/12/gun_controls_endgame_no_guns_for_anyone_153934.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gun control advocates do not just oppose civilian gun ownership; they also argue that guns in the hands of police make people less safe.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Whiskey to Weed: A 2nd Amendment Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/02/from_whiskey_to_weed_a_second_amendment_fight_153892.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are regular marijuana users the modern equivalent of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'habitual drunkards'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' at the Founding? What about someone who regularly takes a sleep gummy? In oral arguments before the Supreme Court today in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' United States v. Hemani,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the federal government argues that they are the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Virtually Everyone Supports Voter Photo ID--So Why the Filibuster?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/17/virtually_all_countries_support_voter_photo_id__so_why_the_filibuster.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The bottom line is this: voter ID is not controversial in this country,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Harry Enten, the chief data analyst for CNN, recently'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' reported. Nor is it controversial in virtually any other country in the world. Yet despite massive support'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' among both Democrats (71%) and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Behind Democrats' Latest Shutdown Threat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/29/democrats_using_shutdown_threat_to_rewrite_immigration_enforcement_153769.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another government shutdown looks increasingly likely by the end of the week. Democrats are demanding that major changes to Department of Homeland Security enforcement policy be written directly into the budget agreement. Those changes would largely shut down President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Data Reveals Horrific Truth About Illegal-Immigrant Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/12/28/opinion/new-data-reveals-horrific-truth-about-illegal-immigrant-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just-released federal data shows that illegal immigrants make up 14% of incarcerated individuals in New York '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' so they're overrepresented in the state's prisons and jails by at least 3.4 time'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fearmongering About Legally Armed Civilians Doesn't Hold Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/13/wsjs_fearmongering_doesnt_survive_contact_with_evidence_153631.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Legally armed civilians, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re told, pose a major danger. They shoot innocent bystanders, justifiably kill others whenever they personally believe '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'force is reasonably necessary,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and rely on racist self-defense laws.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[She Saved Her Life. 7-Eleven Fired Her]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/28/she_saved_her_life_7-eleven_fired_her_153574.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yet last week, 7-Eleven fired the 25-year-old after she used her gun to save her own life. Private companies have every right to set rules for employee behavior, but many corporate policies that require workers to remain passive and comply with criminals'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' demands rest on a deeply...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Is No Argentina 'Bailout'--U.S. Earned a Profit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/14/the_truth_about_argentinas_bailout_153525.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats keep claiming that Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'gave away'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' $40 billion to Argentina, and many people are understandably upset. How, they ask, could the United States hand over money to a foreign country?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Stats Really Say About Crime Surge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/17/what_the_stats_really_say_about_crime_surge.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Trump said violent crime was rising. ABC moderator David Muir immediately fact-checked him,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' claiming, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[FBI's Strange Refusal To Fix Key Crime Stat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/10/02/unaccountable_the_fbis_strange_refusal_to_fix_key_crime_stat_1138566.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three years ago, RealClearInvestigations reported that the FBI was undercounting the number of armed civilians who had thwarted active shooters by a factor of three.Even though the FBI ackn]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's the Plan If Mental Health Experts Can't ID Murderers?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/13/if_mental_health_experts_cant_identify_murderers_whats_backup_plan_153281.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A profound mental health crisis lies at the heart of violence in America. Decarlos Brown Jr., the man who brutally stabbed to death the Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, was in a mental hospital earlier this year, and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' diagnosed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with schizophrenia. But doctors...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Illinois Should Learn From DC]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/03/politics_over_people_chicagos_leaders_are_failing_their_city_153243.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was no Labor Day holiday for Chicago criminals, who murdered nine people and wounded another 51; most (if not all) were black or brown people with names and stories we will never know. Meanwhile, crime is down sharply in Washington, D.C., where three people were shot and wounded,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mail-In Ballots Need To Go]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/22/mail-in_ballots_need_to_go_153204.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' declared'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Monday in a Truth Social post. Later that day, he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' promised'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' an executive order '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'to end mail-in ballots because they are corrupt. You know we are the only country in the world, I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC's Murder Rate Over 500% Higher Than Average State]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/20/d-c-s-murder-rate-is-more-than-500-higher-than-the-average-state/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[D.C.'s murder rate ran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 169 percent higher than Louisiana's and an astonishing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 523 percent higher than that of the average state.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Admin Efforts Could Sharply Reduce DC Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/12/trump_admin_efforts_could_sharply_reduce_dc_crime_153171.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When 10 juveniles brutally attacked former DOGE whiz kid Edward Coristine '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' nicknamed '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Big Balls'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in an attempted carjacking that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' left him bloodied, Washington, D.C.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s violent crime rate exploded into a political flashpoint. President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Another Armed Civilian Saves the Day]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/01/another_armed_civilian_saves_the_day_153123.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Lott</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the last few days, Americans have witnessed two attacks that ended very differently.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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