When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our country has experienced a staggering 650 mass...
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New Survey on the Rate that People Carry Concealed Handguns: Comparing Constitutional Carry States, Right-to-Carry States, and the Seven May-Issue States before Bruen
The CPRC hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey 1,000 general election voters on December 17th, 2024, regarding whether they carry concealed handguns. Not surprisingly, people in constitutional-carry states carry concealed handguns more frequently than people in...
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At Townhall: Right to the End, Biden Makes False Claims About Crime
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. In his final farewell speech to the nation, President Biden made a series of false claims about how great of a job he has done on the economy, foreign policy, and crime. Once again, he declared that his policies were...
In Newspapers Across Montana: The death penalty saves lives and tax dollars
This piece by Dr. John Lott appeared in the Billings Gazette, Helena Independent Record, Missoulian, Montana Standard, and the Ravioli Republic, all in Montana. President Joe Biden has recently commuted death sentences to life sentences for 37 of the 40 men who are on...
At The Federalist: Contrary To Media Claims, Deporting Illegal Alien Criminals Will Save Taxpayers More Than It Costs
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Federalist with a deep dive into the numbers. . In testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, American Immigration Council (AIC) Senior Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick remarked last week that mass deportations would...
At Townhall: Biden Commuting the Sentences of 37 Federal Death Row Inmates Ignores the Will of Most Americans
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Townhall. President Biden today commuted the death sentences to life sentences for 37 of the 40 men who are on the federal government’s death row. Those spared included child killers and mass murderers. Ironically, 36 of...
In Newspapers Across Montana: Gun-free zones attract attackers
This piece appeared in the Billings Gazette and also in Helena Independent Record, Missoulian, Montana Standard, and the Ravioli Republic, all are in Montana, . . Around midmorning on Thursday, parents across Montana started receiving texts from their children that...
At the Federalist: The FBI Is Lying About Violent Crime To Help Democrats Win This Election
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. The FBI has a big transparency problem. For a year, the media has been using the FBI’s estimates of reported crime to claim that crime has been falling. When the FBI released its numbers for 2023 in September...
At Real Clear Politics: First, Second, Fourth Amendments Endangered by Kamala Harris
Dr, John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Real Clear Politics. It also appeared at Zero Hedge, All Sides, and Patriot Post. Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats claim they are the party of freedom. In Harris’ interview on Club Shay Shay on Monday,...
Real Clear Investigations: Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats
Dr. John Lott has a new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations. It also appeared at Alpha News, Patriot Post, Tipp Insights. . When the FBI originally released the "final" crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime...
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At Tangle: Debate Over Whether Crime is Getting Better or Worse
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. Lott participates in Press Briefing with Hundreds of 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...
Media Appearances
On KMZQ 670 AM’s Kevin Wall Radio: To Discuss Madison School Shooting and Gun Policy
Dr. John Lott appeared on KMZQ 670 AM's Kevin Wall Radio to discuss the latest Madison, Wisconsin school shooting and the dangers of gun-free zones. They also talked about how gun policy would change under the new administration. (Friday, December 20, 2024, from 7:08...
On Armed American Radio: Discussing Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about our latest CCW permit research. A copy of our newest report is available here. (Sunday, December 15, 2024, from 8:47 to 8:55 PM ET)
On the Bill Cunningham Radio Show: To Discuss Crime Prevention and Biden’s Commutations
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on his national Sunday radio to discuss crime prevention in the past years. They also discussed Joe Biden's recent pardons and commutations, which have sparked significant debate and criticism. They focused on Lott's recent...
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Sharyl Attkisson asked the FBI about our findings that the FBI had Changed Their 2022 Violent Crime Rate from a Drop to an Increase
Sharyl Attkinson is a reporter who hosts the Sinclair Broadcast Group TV show Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. She is a five-time Emmy Award winner and a Radio Television Digital News Association (RTNDA) Edward R. Murrow Award recipient. She previously worked for...
Yet Another Unsuccessful Defensive Gun Use on Entertainment Television, NBC’s Chicago PD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK6LM6zhwys Television show bias against guns is never-ending. You won’t see an entertainment television show that has a civilian successfully using a gun defensively. Instead, something always seems to go wrong when guns are used...
Multiple TV Characters in one Episode saying: “I hate guns”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDoiyyHD_lA This is an old TV Show from 2010, but several times during the episode characters, all of who are CIA agents, say that they hate guns (Chuck on NBC Season 3 Episode 4 January 18, 2010).