Despite what the media and the Bureau of Justice Statistics are noting, if you look at the percentage changes in crime rates under the Biden administration, there has never been such a large increase in felonious violent crimes. Indeed, nothing even close. Outside of...
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New Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Just Released: Violent crime (Rape, Robbery, and Aggravated Assault) Soaring Under Biden-Harris.
The list of people in the media claiming that crime is falling is endless. DAVID MUIR: President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country David Muir, "Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript," ABC News, September 10,...
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At Real Clear Politics: Don’t Blame Parents for School Shootings – Arm Teachers
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Understandably, we want to blame someone besides the 14-year-old who murdered four people last week at Apalachee High School in Georgia. People are shocked and upset that the father taught the boy to shoot and hunt...
At Townhall: ABC’s David Muir Lied About Crime Falling Under Biden-Harris
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. . The ABC moderators for the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris couldn’t have been more biased. Not once did they fact-check Harris’ long list of lies. But I will leave the fact-checking of David Muir...
At the Missoulian: How Montana’s vote could shape our future
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Missoulian. . Montana may determine whether Democrats radically transform the United States. . Should voter IDs be banned? . Restore voting rights to felons convicted of violent crimes like murder and rape? . That illegal...
At The Federalist: CDC, FBI Working To Hide Data Showing Shootings Stopped By Good Guys With Guns
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. For years, gun control activists have sought to “debunk” the so called “good guy with a gun myth” in an effort to pass more stringent controls on one of our nation’s most cherished liberties. In...
At Real Clear Politics: Law Enforcement Collapse Masks Rising Crime Rates
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was republished at The Daily Signal, The Center Square, The Highland County Press (Hillsboro, Ohio), Lone Star Live, The Ohio Star, The Herald Review (Sierra Vista, AZ), . Law enforcement in the United States...
At Townhall: Victim of Violent Crime: Why I Won’t Be Voting For Kamala Harris.
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a new piece at Townhall. . Kamala Harris supported the defund police movement. This movement caused real long-term damage by painting police with a broad brush as being racist and not deserving of respect. It was already a...
At the Federalist: Tim Walz Isn’t Just Lying About His Military Service, He’s Also Lying About Guns: Behind Tim Walz’s ‘Hunter’ Facade Is A Plan To Take Your Guns
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. The piece was the second most read piece on their website. , "I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt," Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz declared in 2018. "I've been voting for common sense legislation that...
At the New York Post: Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the New York Post. See also Real Clear Policy. . “Make no mistake, violent crime was up under Donald Trump,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz warned in his first speech as Kamala Harris’ running mate. . “If you look this up at...
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Dr. Lott participates in Press Briefing with Over 32 Reporters on the Border Crisis and Crime
Dr. John Lott's Portion of Press Briefing, two discussions put together Complete Press Briefing Democrats what to claim that crime is falling despite the millions of illegal aliens coming into the country, so they conclude that illegal aliens couldn't be causing...
Dr. Lott participates in Press Briefing with Over 30 Reporters on How Crime is Increasing and Law Enforcement is Collapsing
Dr. John Lott's portion of Press Briefing Complete Press Briefing On September 6th, Dr. John Lott participated in a press briefing. Over 30 reporters participated in the briefing, with news stories appearing in the New York Post and Breitbart. The research upon which...
On Fact Vs. Fiction Panel at G.O.A.L.S. 2024 in Knoxville, TN
https://youtu.be/cLM0qxatLbw Dr. John Lott was on the Fact Vs Fiction Panel at the Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (G.O.A.L.S.) in Knoxville, TN with William Kirk, Shermichael Singleton, Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, and Braden Langley. (Saturday, August 17,...
Media Appearances
At Stossel TV: The FBI and Media Don’t Tell You How Many Lives Guns SAVE. Elon Musk Tweeted out the Video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_xc09q9vo From Stossel TV: The FBI says self-defense with a gun is RARE, and their statistics support that. The legacy media, Hollywood, and left-wing politicians use that data to push gun control. About one day after the video was...
On TNT Radio’s The Freeman Report with James Freeman: To Discuss Free Speech and Misleading Crime Statistics
https://youtu.be/02s93CMF3Y0 Dr. John Lott appeared on TNT Radio’s The Freeman Report with James Freeman to discuss freedom of speech in the United States and Dr. Lott's op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with...
On What’s Bugging Me: To Discuss The Truth about the Crime Explosion
Dr. John Lott joined Dennis Kneale on What's Bugging Me to expose the lies of the “official” government crime statistics and why you shouldn’t trust the numbers. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent...
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At Stossel TV: The FBI and Media Don’t Tell You How Many Lives Guns SAVE. Elon Musk Tweeted out the Video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_xc09q9vo From Stossel TV: The FBI says self-defense with a gun is RARE, and their statistics support that. The legacy media, Hollywood, and left-wing politicians use that data to push gun control. About one day after the video was...
More Coverage of our Work on How Crime has Increased during the Biden Administration: The New York Post, NewsMax, The Daily Signal Podcast, Breitbart, PJ Media, and More
Our work pointing to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey and that it shows that violent crime has increased under Biden has gotten significant news attention. Amusingly, ABC News has refused to respond to requests for comment from...
Front Page of the Washington Times Covers Our Research: “Data backs up Trump on crime increase, violence up under Biden-Harris administration”
Here is part of the article that the Washington Times just published. . . . Both are statistically unchanged from 2022 but are significantly higher than in 2020, the last year under President Trump. The data said Americans aren’t reporting some of the most common...