Comparisons of crime rates across countries often focus on homicides or murders. In 2025, the U.S. murder rate will be about 4 per 100,000 people—roughly 10% higher than Argentina's 2025 homicide rate of 3.6 per 100,000. It looks like the U.S. murder rate for the...
UPDATE August 14, 2026: Include the new graph at the top. So there was a 86% increase in licensed firearm owners from 2017 to 2018. There was another 238% increase from 2018 to 2019. Between the year before Balsonaro took office in 2019 to his last year in office...
@BillMelugin_ @David_J_Bier Bill, it isn’t just the headlines, the data backs up your concerns. Illegals commit crime at very high rates.
It is not a coincidence that we saw by far the largest ever increase in felony violent crime during the 4 years of the Biden admin
Here is the link for the audio and PowerPoint for Dr. John Lott’s recent talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 13th. This talk has Lott speaking in English followed by a translator speaking in Spanish.
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Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published in World Net Daily. . Paul Krugman remains one of the left’s most influential voices. In his latest column, he argues that President Trump avoids taking credit for the drop in murders...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . Democrats insist that "Black Lives Matter," yet many increasingly embrace policies that protect violent criminals at the expense of black victims. . What these Democrats ignore is that criminals overwhelmingly...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics that discusses our new research on murder and murder victims.See also World Net Daily . . World Cup visitors discovered something many Americans already know: The United States does not feel like the dangerous place...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the assault weapon ban decision out of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. It was also published at The Epoch Times. . Friday’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals’ Third Circuit striking...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on the push for the SAVE America Act. . Democrats argue that requiring voter photo IDs—even when the ID itself is given away free—creates practical barriers that prevent eligible voters from casting ballots. “We’re all set for...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. It was also linked to by Real Clear Politics, Hot Air, and ACE of Spades HQ. Two days after the piece was posted, it was still the second most read piece at The Federalist (see the bottom of the post). . Is crime...
Dr. John Lott has a new investigations piece at Real Clear Investigations. Also published at Zero Hedge, The Press (Brentwood, California), Times-Leader (Fairfield, MT), TippInsights, Conservative News and Views, and USSA News. . Conventional wisdom holds that the...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Montana state representative Greg Overstreet in the Lee Newspapers in Montana including the Butte Montana Standard and the Ravalli Valley Ravalli Republic. Overstreet is a Montana state representative for House District 88. . You have...
Here is the audio and PowerPoint for Dr. John Lott's recent talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 13th. This talk has Lott speaking in English followed by a translator speaking in Spanish. Argentina-Talk-2025-without-videoDownload The video in the presentation is...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk at Freedomfest on why self-defense is critical for public safety. Here is the audio of his talk and a copy of his PowerPoint. Unfortunately, there were real technical difficulties with showing people the PowerPoint so people weren't able to...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Houston on April 17th, 2026 titled "Gun Control Myths." The audio here isn't perfect,, but hopefully between the audio and the PowerPoint the main message will get across. For those interested, there is also the book....
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about crime statistics, international comparisons, how American gun violence is portrayed around the world, and his experiences debating gun-control advocates internationally. They also discussed...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Bill Martinez Show to discuss his new op-ed at Real Clear Politics about our new research on murder and murder victims. They also discussed the concentration of murders, defensive gun use, constitutional carry, and Democrats’ calls to...
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host John Anthony on Chicago’s most popular morning talk program, WIND-AM’s Morning Answer, about trends in homicide across the United States. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at Real Clear Politics titled "America’s Murder Problem Is...
Harlingen, Texas, March 3, 2026 (ValleyCentral.com) Deputies responded to the shooting at approximately 7:30 a.m. at the corner of FM 508 and FM 509… Sanchez told deputies he was driving westbound on FM 508 with his two children when he passed two vehicles, nearly...
Lars Larson discussed Dr. Lott’s new op-ed piece at The Federalist on his national radio show. Here is the link to the op-ed: "Socialists’ Demands To Abolish Police And Prisons Will Mean More Dead Americans." (Monday, August 10, 2026)
Screenshot John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and former senior advisor for Research and Statistics in the U.S. Department of Justice, told The Washington Stand that if the trend continues, the country will experience the lowest ever murder...
