John Lott is willfully blind to the obvious: more blacks more crimes. Probably a tactical concession to the PC line to avoid his good points about firearms being poisoned by racism accusations.
Which is a shame because he helps perpetuating a big lie-by-omission.
I’m sure that he is well aware of such an obvious thing. However, his not mentioning it is less a concession to p.c. than it is typically used to derail the conversation away from guns to social issues, such as poverty, criminal justice, wage disparity, etc., blah blah. All distractions when he wants to talk about the winning arguments for gun liberty.