I got an email from a John Lott Jr., who turns out to be that John Lott Jr., author of More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws. A terrific and interesting book, and one that has not, as far as I know, been effectively answered by the anti-gun folks. He corrects me on the issue of state monopoly on violence, as I mention here, by pointing out that I probably meant state monopoly on legal violence. Uh, of course I did!!
I can only compare being corrected in an issue like this by Lott to the time Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped by the gym I belonged to and explained to me that I was doing my situps wrong. I trust that this correction will have a more lasting effect.