Tag Archives: Researcher

John Lott

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(May 8, 1958)
– Ph.D. in economics from UCLA
– Economist, political commentator, and gun rights advocate
– 1997 study analyzed crime rates in 3,000 U.S. counties following passage of concealed carry laws during the past two decades
– 1998 – More Guns, Less Crime
– Concealed carry laws had resulted in significant crime reductions
– 2003 The Bias Against Guns
– 2013 founded the Crime Prevention Research Center
– 2016 – The War On Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies
– Freedomnomics
–  https://CrimeResearch.org
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lott

From the Gun Rights Policy Conference 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8thDif-D8f4

https://gunstreamer.com/watch/intellectual-ammunition-john-lott-crime-prevention-research-center-grpc-2019_EwAtzm1Gb82ORt2.html

Bill Woodin

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December  16, 1925 – March 18, 2018

  • William Woodin III
  • His grandfather (also named William Woodin) was President Franklin Roosevelt’s first treasury secretary
  • Bill’s Step-Father was a founder of the American Quarter Horse Association
  • bachelor in zoology at the University of Arizona
  • master in zoology at the University of California, Berkeley
  • 1950 kingsnake species named after him: lampropeltis pyromelana woodini
  • volunteer for the Desert Museum before it opened
  • 1954 to 1971 – Executive Director Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  • called “the most promising young naturalist in the United States” by Roy Chapman Andrews, a former American Museum of Natural History director
  • 1955 – co-founder International Ammunition Association
  • active in European Cartridge Research Association
  • compiled “one of the great collections of ammunition in the world,”
  • 1973 Woodin Laboratory built
     3,000-square-foot underground vault
  • 1975 – Consulted on the Kennedy assassination research
  • 160,000 cartridges tracing the evolution of small arms ammunition
  • 1998 co-authored three volumes A History of Modern U.S. Small Arms Ammunition
  • Technical Advisor to and Distinguished Life Member of AFTE
    (Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners)
  • Consultant to the U. S. Army Armament Research and Development Command (Armament Concepts Office)