John Lott’s newest piece at Fox News starts this way:
On ABC News’ “This Week,” radio talk show host Travis Smiley declared what many think: “It appears to me, and I think many other persons in this country that you can in fact stand your ground unless you are a black man.”
And they seem to have some evidence of this, now that the Tampa Bay Times has reviewed Florida’s court cases to find “defendants claiming ‘stand your ground’ are more likely to prevail if the victim is black.”
The Crime Prevention Research Center commissioned a new McLaughlin & Associates survey of 1,000 American general election voters on July 22nd, 2026 (cross tabs available here). Despite frequent claims that the public supports gun control as a way to reduce crime,...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . Democrats insist that "Black Lives Matter," yet many increasingly embrace policies that protect violent criminals at the expense of black victims. . What these Democrats ignore is that criminals overwhelmingly...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about the Madison police shooting of Corey Ruiz after he allegedly attacked officers with a knife. They also discussed our latest research examining murder patterns, including who murders...
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