The Los Angeles Times had a news article by Lauren Rosenblatt attacking Dr. John Lott's testimony to the President's Election Integrity Commission. John Lott, head of the gun rights advocacy group Crime Prevention Research Center, suggested such a process would ease...
Month: September 2017
Letter responding to Seattle Times’ article by Julie Wise’s piece “Trump’s election commission long on rhetoric, short on integrity”
Julie Wise, the King County Elections Director, had an op-ed attacking Dr. John Lott's testimony One particularly egregious presentation was given by Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center. Relying on data from 1996 to 2004, Lott made the case that...
At The Hill newspaper: “The ugly truth behind Obama’s war on the Second Amendment”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook School shooting. Sometimes, when the government abuses its tremendous power to scapegoat someone, even proponents of government power find it to be too much. Mike Weisser is a...
Letter responding to Philip Bump’s “Let’s see what happens if we take the unserious background-checks-for-voters idea seriously”
Philip Bump had an article in the Washington Post attacking Dr. John Lott's testimony before the president's Election Integrity Commission. The Post did not publish Lott's letter, but this is what was sent in: Dear Letters Editor: Philip Bump doesn’t understand how...
In the Detroit News: “Handgun permit holders boost safety”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Detroit News on how incredibly law-abiding concealed handgun permit holders are. This piece looks at recent claims by public health researchers that those who have guns tend to drive more dangerously. The piece starts this way:...
On Canada’s The Rebel: Another concealed carry hero stops mass public shooter
Dr. John Lott talked to Ezra Levant on Canada's The Rebel about the Antioch mass public shooter who was stopped by a concealed handgun permit holder. (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)
On the giant WWL to discuss President Trump relaxing Obama’s restrictions on gun imports and exports
Dr. John Lott talked to Sheriff Newell Normand on the giant WWL about President Trump relaxing Obama's restrictions on gun imports and exports. (Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 12:17 to 12:30 PM)
Replying to Christopher Ingraham’s attacks in the Wash Post on CPRC’s testimony to Commission on Election Integrity
On September 12, 2017, the Washington Post's Christopher Ingraham had an article attacking Dr. John Lott's testimony before the President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (video is available here and Lott's op-ed on the testimony is here). Here is part of...
On the Larry Elder Radio Show to discuss the Violence Policy Center’s claims about women and guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry Elder on his national radio show about a new Violence Policy Center study that claims women are 100 times more likely to be killed by a man with a gun than they are to kill their attacker. Lott explained to Larry's radio audience why...
On Bret Baier’s Special Report on Fox News to discuss whether permitted concealed handguns make people safer
This segment focused on the Church shooting in Antioch, Tennessee that was stopped by an armed hero. Piecing together the story from multiple accounts, a 25-year-old shooter, Emanuel Kidega Samson, killed one person in the parking lot, entered the church, and started...
At Fox News: “Trump effect hits the NFL — Teams with more protesters were more likely to lose”
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed at Fox News on the impact that protests against the National Anthem on how well the football teams did in the game. The piece starts this way: Sunday brought a lot of controversy, with numerous NFL players kneeling during the national...
Fox News on our research: “Concealed carry permit holders less reckless behind wheel than other drivers, study says”
Fox News has a news story on our recent research showing that concealed handgun permit holders are less reckless drivers than others. Gun owners with concealed carry permits are less likely to drive recklessly than other drivers, according to an analysis released...









