A new survey titled "Exposure to Mass Shootings in the United States: A National Survey" and published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (SPPE) claims that approximately 6.95% of U.S. adults reported having been present at the scene of a mass...
We have a new research paper that I think is very important. Please download and read it here. Abstract The FBI tracks active shooting cases—where individuals attempt to kill people in public places, excluding those tied to robberies or gang violence. This study is...
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Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. News headlines across the country repeated a University of Colorado public health study claiming that “1 out of every 15 American adults have been at a mass shooting.” That figure suggests 18 million Americans have witnessed...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on the national concealed carry reciprocity bill, which has passed the House Judiciary Committee and is headed to the House floor. . Picture a single woman driving across state lines at night, fearful that her car will break...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . If you listen to conservative radio and podcast hosts such as Megyn Kelly, Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro, Dana Loesch, Sean Hannity, and others, you've likely repeatedly heard many advertisements promoting less-lethal...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . You'd never know it from watching television, but civilians stop more active shooters than police and do so with fewer mistakes, according to new research from the Crime Prevention Research Center, where I serve as...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Washington Times. . Imagine a single woman driving across state lines at night, hoping that her car won’t break down and become a crime victim. Or a truck driver as he travels across the country with valuable merchandise. They can...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics. . Being in the public eye brings many challenges, and the Pollack family knows this all too well. In 2018, they lost their daughter, Meadow, in the horrific shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,...
Dr. John Lott has a letter to the editor in Wyoming's largest newspaper responding to claims about an earlier op-ed he had published with state Senator Cheri Steinmetz. Dear editor: Linda Burt’s letter to the editor criticizing my opinion piece with state Senator...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist: There is a lot of attention on the Trump administration removing dozens of Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials involved in charging 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, but one area of politicization in the FBI and...
The meetings will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313. GUN CONTROL MYTHS Friday, April 25 • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Level 3, B311 THE FBI CRIME DATA IS POLITICIZED AND A MESS Friday, April 25 • 3:30 PM...
Tangle conducted individual interviews with the left wing Brennan Center's Ames Grawert, The Manhattan Institutes' Robert VerBruggen, and CPRC's Dr. John Lott on the issue of whether crime is increasing. It would have been much more useful if everyone was in the same...
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. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about the US Justice Department repealing the Biden-era "zero tolerance" policy for gun dealers. They also discussed our new research paper, "Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More...
https://youtu.be/mmOOFERKOAE Dr. John Lott appeared on Alaska’s Michael Dukes Show to discuss the proliferation of advertising for non-lethal self-defense and some of the pitfalls of this line of thinking. They also discussed the limits to pepper spray/balls,...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Krieger Files by Dave Krieger to discuss the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling and the national concealed carry reciprocity bill. They also talked about our new research, "Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More Effectively Than...
This is reminiscent of the UK before its 1920 gun control law. Gun ownership was very common and if you ever look at old copies from the London Sunday Times, you would see ads for everything from walking stick guns to brief case or book guns....
For those who wonder about President Trump's commitments to the right to self defense, you can listen to his comments immediately after the Florida State University shooting. Here is our recent research on active shootings being stopped by concealed handgun permit...
No one supports terrorism, but this document explicitly talks about dealing with non-criminals in terms of censorship, gun banking, and gun ownership. The document quotes start here. My comments are in bold and indented. You can download a copy of the 2021 plan here....