Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics, Epoch Times, and MSN.com: On the 10th anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death, the media is rewriting history. He is being depicted as an innocent young victim minding his own business who wasn’t a threat to...
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Newest Fox New piece: New gun rules for Neighborhood Watch volunteers in Sanford, Fla. about race, politics not saving lives
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: When lives are on the line, what saves lives -- not politics – should guide policy. Gun control advocates used to warn about blood in the streets if we didn’t tighten gun laws, but as concealed handgun permits in...
Chicago Tribune opinion piece for Tuesday’s Senate hearing: “In defense of stand your ground laws”
John Lott's piece at the Chicago Tribune coincides with the Senate hearing on Stand Your Ground laws tomorrow. The article starts this way: As Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-Ill.) Judiciary subcommittee hears testimony on "stand your ground" laws Tuesday, charges of racial...
Newest piece at National Review: “Obama’s Racial Imbalance: He professes outrage when there’s little evidence of bias against blacks, but ignores attacks on whites.”
John Lott's newest piece starts this way: Racism should make people pretty angry. But for that very reason charges of racism should only be leveled carefully. George Zimmerman wasn’t motivated by race in confronting Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman, a Hispanic, was himself...
C-SPAN Washington Journal: Stand Your Ground Laws
John Lott and Jon Lowy discussed “stand your ground” laws in states throughout the nation, the Castle Doctrine, and what the impact of such laws has been. They also reacted to a video clip of President Obama’s statement the previous day about the George...