John R. Lott Jr. is president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, a Colorado organization that examines the relationship between laws regulating the ownership or use of guns and crime and public safety. He spoke to the Trib regarding a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives proposal to ban one of the most popular bullets used in AR-15 semiautomatic rifles. (The interview occurred before the ATF announced on Tuesday that it would not seek to issue the final guidelines on the ban “at this time.”)
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