The wife and I were wandering through book stores here in Las Vegas. We have recently moved here and are trying to learn the town. We ended up at Borders Books on Rainbow and Cheyenne. While browsing the isles, I noticed a table set up with books and a bunch of chairs surrounding it. I walked up to see who had authored the books on the table and what did I see? More Guns, Less Crime, by John Lott Jr. I asked a girl at the counter when he had come(as this was 6:30 p.m. at night already, thinking I had already missed him), and she responded that he was scheduled to appear at 8 pm tonight. So yers truly sat down(front row/center), prouldly wearing my spiffy new TFL t-shirt and waited for it to begin.
Got to meet some interesting people who began assembling for the turn out: corrections officers, an attorney, a rancher, the President of the Nevada State Rifle and Pistol Club(who apparantly helped to pass the CCW "Shall Issue" law here in Nevada in 1995), off duty police, and regular nice people.
Dr. Lott showed up and began speaking to about 70 people who had gathered. I have read his book before, but I did not have a copy, but he rehashed some of the interesting facts of crime, gun ownership, and myths surrounding both. He is very interesting to listen to.
Well after about 45 min of talking, he stopped and began signing books. I got 2 of them signed.
My shirt did peak some interest from some people, and I did steer them to the site here. Many said that they have been surfing the web for years and never heard of TFL. Hopefully we'll get more members as a result.
Funny, I was glad my wife was there to hear some of the myths debunked by Dr. Lott. She is not against me having guns, but she isn't as interested in them as I am. At one point she looked around and whispered to me,
"I don't know if this is safe. What if some wacko trys to take him(Dr. Lott) out because they don't like what he's saying?" I replied, "Are you kidding? See all these people around us? What do you think is in all the fanny packs around us? There's more people in this room carrying right now than you could ever imagine. This is the safest place in this part of town!"
He shook everyone's hand and that was that. He appeared to be a very good speaker, and I wouldn't hesitate to hear him speak again. He didn't say when his next speaking engagement was but I can recommend to anyone that they won't be disappointed.
Mike
[This message has been edited by BigMike (edited September 15, 2000).]
Got to meet some interesting people who began assembling for the turn out: corrections officers, an attorney, a rancher, the President of the Nevada State Rifle and Pistol Club(who apparantly helped to pass the CCW "Shall Issue" law here in Nevada in 1995), off duty police, and regular nice people.
Dr. Lott showed up and began speaking to about 70 people who had gathered. I have read his book before, but I did not have a copy, but he rehashed some of the interesting facts of crime, gun ownership, and myths surrounding both. He is very interesting to listen to.
Well after about 45 min of talking, he stopped and began signing books. I got 2 of them signed.
My shirt did peak some interest from some people, and I did steer them to the site here. Many said that they have been surfing the web for years and never heard of TFL. Hopefully we'll get more members as a result.
Funny, I was glad my wife was there to hear some of the myths debunked by Dr. Lott. She is not against me having guns, but she isn't as interested in them as I am. At one point she looked around and whispered to me,
"I don't know if this is safe. What if some wacko trys to take him(Dr. Lott) out because they don't like what he's saying?" I replied, "Are you kidding? See all these people around us? What do you think is in all the fanny packs around us? There's more people in this room carrying right now than you could ever imagine. This is the safest place in this part of town!"
He shook everyone's hand and that was that. He appeared to be a very good speaker, and I wouldn't hesitate to hear him speak again. He didn't say when his next speaking engagement was but I can recommend to anyone that they won't be disappointed.
Mike
[This message has been edited by BigMike (edited September 15, 2000).]