We are having some technical problems hopefully they will be taken care of soon. I hope you know who i am. From the Crime Research center chief economist at the Us Sentencing Commission like Wharton Business School university of chicago and stanford and yale. And those miss impressions of guns and normally i am a very empirical guy and with that stymied issue but there is a lot of issues we can talk about. And a couple of claims that we frequently hear about that the background check stop three three. 5 Million People and then to try to stop criminals or other people who may be dangerous. That the claims that are made simply are not correct. To say three. 5 Million People but to say there have been three and a half initial denials. Those who were a felon its another to stop because they have a name similar to a felon. And then to have 76048 cases referred for prosecution. But often you will hear to not enforce the law but in that rage prosecutions is true under clinton and under obama
[inaudible conversation] soon agree with the people here . Im a volunteer here. [inaudible conversation] twomac i guess were having a few technical problems here but hopefully they will be taken care of soon. I hope you all who i am, my name is john lott, i am president Crime Prevention research center. Ive been an academic most of my life. Chief economist at the commission, ive had positions that in a variety of different universities Like University of chicago, stanford, yale. Im going to talk to you a little bit about some of the misimpression that people have about guns and crime. Normally im a very empirical guy. I would go and show you lots of graphs and stuff. Im a little bit stymied on that be given the technical issue we have here. But theres still a lot of issues we can go to talk about. Just off of the top of my head, a couple of the claims that we frequently hear about, one is that background checks. They go and stop about 3. 5 dangerous people from prohibiting guns. Everyb
Crime Prevention Research center. Ive been an academic most of my life. Chief economist at the commission, ive had positions that in a variety of different universities Like University of chicago, stanford, yale. Im going to talk to you a little bit about some of the misimpression that people have about guns and crime. Normally im a very empirical guy. I would go and show you lots of graphs and stuff. Im a little bit stymied on that be given the technical issue we have here. But theres still a lot of issues we can go to talk about. Just off of the top of my head, a couple of the claims that we frequently hear about, one is that background checks. They go and stop about 3. 5 dangerous people from prohibiting guns. Everybody wants to try and stop criminals are the people who might be dangerous from being able to going get a loaded gun. The problem is that the claims that are made, simply arent correct. Rather than saying 3. 5 Million People have been stopped from buying guns, with they s
I saw a tow truck arrive, i saw flashing lights reflecting off of the sign over here and then it cleared. Looks like that activity now over here in the parking lot. F calmed down. Lanes clear once again of the crash and the backup just started over the last ten minutes. Happens abo 4 204 25 in the morning, we start to see the cash folks waiting a bit. Not all the lanes are open but no problem, a smooth drive through Contra Costa County, alameda county, in the south bay as well. Back to you. All right, thanks, mike. New for you overnight, were working to find out more about a stabbing, near a busy intersection in san jose. This is new video from that scene. Police say they found a man stabbed near story and king road around 11 30 last night. The actual crime scene is about a mile away on tully and king. No word on the victims condition or any information about the suspect. Our photographer at thehe jail. Developing news on the peninsula, the sarin scare at facebook is over. Crews were o
Crash on the approach, but none reported. Fastrak lanes you have the wait but cash, big advantage on the left side, starting to be lighter on the right and the berkeley curve the Speed Sensors are lightening up. Traffic at the richmondsan rafael bridge so overall you see your typical commute spots showing a little bit of slowing there, Castro Valley y, hayward and in the south bay, san jose. Again, light volume all around the bay and its great and predictable because of the holiday week for some. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Facebook is giving the all clear after a scare at its headquarters that lasted some 14 hours. A live look in menlo park where the suspicious substance led to a tense hazmat situation yesterday. Thats when a machine alerted workers to a package possibly containing a nerve agent sarin. In spite of earlier reports, no one was hurt, and so far, theyre showing no symptoms. A hazmat team removed the package and four buildings were evacuated. Today in the bays bob redell mo