Sociology Professor Farhad Khosrokhavar (a leading expert who has studied French prisons extensively, including in sensitive urban areas) estimates Muslims comprise roughly 40%-50% of the overall prison population nationally, with higher shares (often 50–70%+) in...
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) estimates there were approximately 330,000 violent victimizations involving a firearm in 2021. That same year there were estimated 1.67 million defensive gun uses. That is defensive gun uses are 5.06 times more than...
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Dr John Lott is the pre-eminent pro-gun academic in the US. He visited Australia recently and spoke at an event in the NSW Parliament.
Aussies have been lied to about firearms since 1996.
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Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. . The background check system for gun purchases is a mess. Republicans have criticized Democratic presidents for failing to prosecute people denied gun purchases through background checks. Democrats have leveled...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. . Summary: If policymakers and advocates are serious about reducing such incidents, the focus needs to shift toward measures that directly address the factors involved. . As is so typical, just hours after the...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the claims that the violence is coming from the right. It was also reprinted at Zero Hedge, Yahoo! News, The Ohio Press Network, Goodoil News, American Partisan, and Fairfield Times, Great Falls Leader, and Sun...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Union Leader with New Hampshire state Representative Samuel Farrington (R), who is the primary sponsor of the Campus Carry bill that will be voted on this coming week in the state Senate Judiciary Committee. . News media coverage...
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 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 Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about his new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the claims that the violence is coming from the right. (Friday, May 1, 2026) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin and part of the Minneapolis...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Vic Porcelli Show on St. Louis’ Giant KLJY to discuss his new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the claims that the violence is coming from the right. .Dr. John Lott CPRC was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., an economist and a...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about the remarkable change at the ATF, seemingly overnight, from a rogue anti-rights group of thugs into an agency under new leadership that is protecting our right to bear arms. They also...
There continue to be claims that the two male shooters at the San Diego mosque were involved in some type of romantic relationship, with one of the murderers being transgender. While the speculation might be completely undeserved, a concern is that the media has...
We recently asked the question: If there is “big money” in getting signatures for petitions and that big money creates an incentive for fraud, why isn’t there also an incentive for fraud in voting? Given signature gathers in California are being paid $15 for each...
A September 2025 survey by YouGov show that while 11 percent of Americans adults think that violence by citizens to achieve political goals can be justified, the results vary dramatically by age and political ideology. Twenty-five percent of those who classified...
