This is a revised, updated version of a post originally written on April 21, 2015. We have most seriously updated this list starting at the beginning of 2020. UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh wrote in the Washington Post on April 20, 2015: "Have civilians with...
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Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . If you believe Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), fellow Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) has “blood on your hands” for fighting to reduce the number of hours of training necessary to become a pilot. A headline at The...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. . You have to wonder if Democrats know anything about the gun control laws they vote on. That is on something as simple as the recent votes on pistol-stabilizing braces. . Under new rules from the Biden administration, gun...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. . Biden’s gun control speech on Friday at the National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut got attention because the President nonsensically concluded with “God save the Queen.” However, this was not his only...
Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. and James Varney have a new piece at Real Clear Investigation. The piece was also republished at Zero Hedge, Black Hill Pioneer, Ohio Press Network, and Rantingly. . As gun violence has spiked across the country, Republicans have pointed to the...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in Townhall on Gavin Newsom's new proposed constitutional amendment. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is conceding that the U.S. Constitution needs to be amended before he can pass his gun control wish list. But he doesn’t have the votes....
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times: . Gun control advocates keep claiming that they just want “reasonable” gun control, but self-defense advocates are understandably skeptical. New York and New Jersey cover their states with gun-free zones, to...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Detroit News with Phil Green, who represents the 67th House District in Michigan and is the chair of the House Second Amendment Caucus. . During the first quarter of 2023, Detroit had the fifth highest murder rate in the country,...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. Copies of the correspondence are available here. This piece also appeared in American Liberty. “I contacted 12 prominent gun-control advocates…I offered a $1,000 bet on if Brazil’s homicide rate would go up or down...
This talk was motivated by Nikki Goeser's book Stalked and Defenseless, and the implications her story has for the dangers from gun-free zones. Her story also has implications for Red Flag laws. Dr. John Lott substituted for Nikki in two of the three talks and she did...
Dr. John Lott testified before the Delaware State Senate regarding a bill to require permits to own a handgun. A copy of the bill (SB 2) is available here. The bill requires training requirements and has up to a thirty-days for people to get the permit. If you require...
Dr. John Lott testified five times before the Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety on multiple bills, from raising the age to 21, universal background checks, waiting periods, and paperwork requirements for gun dealers. The testimony on these various bills...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about a raid by IRS agents on a gun shop in Montana, seizing records that contain personally identifying information of firearm purchasers from the store. They also discussed...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Meyer on Medford, Oregon’s KMED-AM about the takeaways from Hunter Biden’s plea deal in federal tax and gun cases. They also discussed Dr. Lott's piece with James Varney at Real Clear Investigation on murder rates in Biden and Trump...
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show to discuss his new piece with James Varney at Real Clear Investigation on murder rates in Biden and Trump counties. They also discussed Hunter Biden’s “sweet-heart” plea deal for his gun and tax crimes....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f34xcF0v-6A As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, NBC's Chicago PD is no different (Season 10, Episode...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MrxC6LeaaI As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, NBC's Magnum P.I. show is no different (Season 5,...
Apple's AirTag has been credited with solving many different types of theft. Just a week ago, a Texas restaurant recovered its beloved 6-foot-tall, 150-pound fiberglass bull statue thanks to an AirTag. At the beginning of May, a hidden AirTag thwarted a $1.1...