Over 600,000 people have been booked into ICE detention centers between January 20th, 2025 and July 31, 2026. At the same time, there have been about 170,000 border apprehensions (155,000 at the southwest-border and another 15,000 nationwide). So with eight dead, that...
We have previously examined how heavily murders concentrate in the United States, but this is our first analysis of firearm homicide concentration. The first two graphs show that the worst 2% to 5% of counties account for a share of firearm murders about four...
Defensive Gun Use. Phoenix, Arizona, June 5, 2026.
"Investigators said the two men had arranged to meet with several people to sell them items. During the sale, police said the suspects robbed them and opened fire.
One of the victims, who was armed, returned fire before the
Defensive Gun Use. Dandridge, Tennessee, June 4, 2026
"A male later identified as Stewart got out of the truck and came toward him with a sword, threatening to kill him, investigators were told.
The man grabbed a 9mm firearm from his vehicle and fired at the attacker, who fell to
New Trump Admin Stats Prove Good Guys With Guns Save Lives.
At the request of gun control advocates, the CDC removed data from its website. Trump has now restored the data, but it went further, correcting an important error in the original post.
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Defensive Gun Use in Public. Raleigh, North Carolina, June 2, 2026.
"Authorities told ABC11 that Graham and another man who knew each other and were living in an encampment got into an argument that escalated. Investigators say Graham struck the other man with an ax and continued
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Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . Without the threat of the death penalty, prosecutors would lose a powerful incentive for defendants to negotiate. . The U.S. military last executed a convicted criminal on April 13, 1961. But if anyone deserves the...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. See also the link at Real Clear Politics. . The federal government consistently downplays evidence that armed, law-abiding citizens can stop public mass-casualty attacks. . Those who manipulate crime data can shape the...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. . Gun control advocates have condemned the Justice Department’s decision to stop criminally enforcing the nearly 60-year-old 1968 federal ban on licensed dealers selling handguns to law-abiding 18-, 19-, and...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post. Also linked at Real Clear Politics. . Much of today’s deportation debate centers on the question of who should count as “criminals” to be immediately sent back to their home countries — with anti-deportation...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published at The Blaze and World Net Daily. . Whoever controls crime data can shape the political debate. The Trump administration has already reversed some of the changes the Biden administration made...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. The piece also appeared at the Epoch Times and World Net Daily. . The Supreme Court’s decision to stay the injunction blocking President Trump’s March executive order on mail-in ballots gives...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has restored information on defensive gun use that it removed from its website in 2022 after gun-control advocates privately pressured agency officials to take it down....
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX8uoAHk8G0&t=222s A copy of the PowerPoint is available here. GRPC 2026 Sept 27 TalkDownload
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVlFRlwy4G4 Dr. John Lott's talk on July 10th, 2026 on Restoring Self Defense. A copy of the PowerPoint is available here.
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...
https://youtu.be/CB_CuIGC4xw Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax2’s Ike Wingate America to discuss the scheduled execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, including potential legal challenges that could delay it, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s position on...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show to discuss the Supreme Court’s rejection of President Trump’s mail-voting restrictions for this year’s midterm elections. They also discussed Dr. Lott's new op-ed at the New York Post titled “Left’s push to...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Stacy on the Right, a nationwide radio show, to discuss recent Supreme Court decisions involving mail-in ballot safeguards and why half of U.S. states refuse to share voter-roll data. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at Real Clear Politics...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the Washington Times. . Censorship was a serious problem during the Biden administration. . President Trump has reversed some of the changes that President Biden made to information published by the...
The latest information indicates that three children and one adult were murdered at the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Two people are hospitalized. The suspect was shot and killed. Only 25 of the 197 school districts in Oregon ban staff from carrying...
Over 600,000 people have been booked into ICE detention centers between January 20th, 2025 and July 31, 2026. At the same time, there have been about 170,000 border apprehensions (155,000 at the southwest-border and another 15,000 nationwide). So with eight dead, that...
