UPDATE: Data directly from the Federal Police shows a different set of numbers (Original Post below). The number of CAC licenses in Brazil increased from 867,472 in 2022 to 1,026,633 in 2026 (see screenshots below), but those are internal government numbers that links...
The Washington Post doesn't really want to give President Trump credit for the drop in crime in DC. Please look at the graph above and notice that there was a discrete change in August and September 2025 (and the change only started about half way through August on...
Today, the SBA referred 562,000 borrowers to @USTreasury for collection on $22.2 BILLION in potentially fraudulent pandemic-era loans, marking the LARGEST debt referral in SBA history.
The action ends a yearslong de facto amnesty scheme by the Biden SBA, which refused to refer
Dr. John Lott talked to John Hines on One America News about his new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “The whole world laughs at Democrats’ lame voter-ID claims.
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@DangerousThinkg John lott- more guns less crime. Also, you can’t define outcomes based on a particular technology that is banned in one area and not the other. That’s almost like saying “when women are banned from hospitals they don’t die in hospitals”. Also, the right to defend yourself is
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Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . On Friday, Virginia Governor Spanberger signed legislation that bans the manufacture, sale, and possession of so-called “ghost guns”—homemade firearms without serial numbers. The law offers no...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published at The Blaze and Zero Hedge. . It may sound hard to believe, but except for a very limited group of personnel, the military has treated its bases as gun-free zones. Until Thursday, only...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the New York Post on the debate over the SAVE Act. There were at least 815 comments on the piece at the New York Post website and they published a letter on it in Sunday's paper. It was also picked up at Real Clear Politics, Hot...
The Australian Spectator ran an article on the claimed benefits of the UK's 1997 handgun ban. Dr. John Lott submitted this letter, but the magazine chose not to run it. The information used in this letter can be found here , but more detailed information is available...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also published at World Net Daily. . Many commentators claim that Islam does not pose a threat of violence in the United States. Influencers such as Tucker Carlson often repeat this argument. Others,...
Responding to this piece in the Orange County Register (California), though it wasn't published by the newspaper. Links to sources for the New York data. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office data is here. More information here. Dear Editor: Your article on UCI...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics about how gun control advocates don't want civilians or the police to have guns. Also reprinted at Zero Hedged, World Net Daily, American Greatness, Lucianne.com, MSN, and AOL.com . Gun control advocates do not just...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times on the hypocrisy of some politicians. ; Congressmen Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) spearheaded the bipartisan effort to force the release of the Epstein files, serving as the bill’s primary Republican...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk at the Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan about errors in the FBI crime data. The PowerPoint slides that correspond with the audio is available here. Talk at Cooley Law SchoolDownload
In the George R. Brown Convention Center, Dr. John Lott will be giving the following talks. Sessions GUN CONTROL MYTHS Friday, April 17 • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Level 3, 371CF THE FBI CRIME DATA IS POLITICIZED AND A MESS Friday, April 17 • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM , Level 3,...
Dr. John Lott will be giving a talk and book signing in Glendale, Arizona for a Gun Owners of America (you can sign up for tickets here). Others speakers include Rep. Andy Biggs (who is running for governor), Sheriff Mark Lamb (AZ Congressional Candidate for CD-5),...
Dr. John Lott talked to John Hines on One America News about his new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled "The whole world laughs at Democrats’ lame voter-ID claims." (Tuesday, April 14, 2026)
Dr. John Lott appeared on Shake It Off with Mert & Lucas Live to discuss his extensive empirical work on crime statistics, public safety, and the effects of policy on real‑world outcomes. (Sunday, April 12, 2026, from 8:25 to 8:50 PM ET)
Dr. John Lott appeared on Stacy on the Right, a nationwide radio show, to discuss the Pentagon's long-overdue decision to allow service members to carry firearms on military bases, highlighting how this common-sense policy will help prevent mass shootings where...
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, August 1, 2025 (Rutherford Source) A customer shot and killed a suspected thief during an attempted ATM theft early Friday at a 7-Eleven Exxon on East Northfield Boulevard, Murfreesboro police detectives said. Detectives with the Criminal...
Prosecutors can take months to decide whether to pursue charges in a shooting, even when the person who pulled the trigger clearly acted in self-defense or in defense of others. In this case, however, Wayne County prosecutors moved quickly and determined that the...
The TSN has also kept trans in a state of fearful paranoia by claiming a “trans genocide,” which has played a role in dramatically increasing the numbers of trans engaging in mass shooting attacks. Dr. John R. Lott puts trans at 0.73% of the...
