As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a homeowner uses a gun on their own property to defend themselves. There are so many of those reported in the news. What we aim for here are cases where people who are legally carrying in public use a gun to...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on WIND in Chicago about the cost and benefits of background checks for gun purchases. (Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 7:05 to 7:20 AM)
Scientific American recently ran a 6,000-word article claiming that more guns mean more crime by Melinda Wenner Moyer, who works for Michael Bloomberg's The Trace. Dr. John Lott wrote a letter responding to some of the many errors and the author wrote a response to...
For those interested, here is our list of mass public shootings that have been stopped by concealed handgun permit holders. Fox News has an article on permit holders stopping mass public shootings. “These killers say they target places where people normally don’t...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on Wisconsin's WISN to discuss how background checks work in the aftermath the Texas church shooting. (Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 4:05 to 4:18 PM)
Dr. John Lott with the Crime Prevention Research Center and Alabama Lawyer Eric Guster appeared on Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid the day after the Texas church massacre. As Britain's Daily Star newspaper headline noted: "Piers Morgan yells at...
Dr. John Lott debated Guardian US columnist Richard Wolffe on Ian Collin's LBC show. The discussion covered topics from whether people on the terror watch list should be able to own guns to the different laws between whether one can get a concealed handgun permit or...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese on WMAL the morning after the Texas church shooting. (Monday, November 6, 2017, from 6:35 to 6:41 AM)
Mark Levin reads Dr. Lott's latest op-ed at Fox News about the Texas church shooting on his national radio show. Mark Levin: “You know John Lott is called on occasions like this because the guy is like the 'Rain Man' with statistics. And, unfortunately, given the...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Daily News. The piece starts this way: Within hours of the slaughter of 26 people at the church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Democrats were calling for expanded background checks to cover the private transfers of guns....
Greg Gutfeld cites Dr. John Lott when he talks about the high false positive rate for gun background checks. Gutfeld also discusses other possible solutions to stop these terror attacks. (Fox News' The Five on Monday, November 6, 2017)
"In the wake of yet another mass shooting, Pat turns to gun crime expert John Lott to shed additional light on the truth about gun violence." (Monday, November 6, 2017, from 11:05 to 11:17 AM)