We have frequently been asked about this false internet meme and we have referred them many times to the research that we have done on this issue. Anyone who follows our website would know is completely false. The claim is that the US has the 3rd highest murder rate,...
On his national radio show, Mark Levin mentions the CPRC research universal background checks wouldn't have stopped one of the mass public shootings this century. (Wednesday, March 14, 2018, from 7:20 to 7:22 PM) Mark Levin’s show is listened to by over 7 million...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Hill newspaper on the bias of fact checkers and the impact that they have on the gun control debate. Fact checkers are out of control, and on the issue of guns they no longer even try to pretend impartiality. Especially on social...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece is available here. This piece is different than most that he writes. It is about what one of his children experienced at the "Walk Out" for gun control on Wednesday. The piece starts this way. Gun control is a contentious issue. It is...
Dr. John Lott talked to Kevin McCullough on his national radio show about President Trump's gun control proposals. (Monday, March 12, 2018, the first hour of McCullough's show)
Fox News has a new article on our research on the impact that raising the age that people can buy guns on mass public shootings. The article starts this way: As high school students staged a national walkout, gun control advocates have called for laws raising the age...
With the push by gun control advocates to ban those under age 21 from owning guns because of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, we decided to examine more closely the ages of mass public shooters over the last twenty years. The current discussion is obviously...
Dr. John Lott was on Larry Elder's national radio show to talk about the Left's Fact Checking Machine. (Monday, March 12, 2018, from 7:20 to 7:30 PM) Articles referenced in Lott's discussion with Larry Elder. Fact Checker Snopes.com’s big mistakes in comparing mass...
We know of seven cases: two involving a teacher at an elementary school (though in one of these cases the teacher was carrying the gun illegally) and the other six at colleges and universities around the country. These relatively minor and rare cases are consistent...
Dr. John Lott appeared on the national radio show Erskine Overnight regarding the debate over gun control. (Saturday, March 10, 2018, second hour of the show)
Politifact's Jon Greenberg claims: "NRA's Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban." They rate the claim as "mostly false." On ABC News’ This Week Dana Loesch had this to say: Loesch: "France had a higher casualty rate in...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times that directly responds to false claims being made by Fact Checkers: President Trump thinks arming school staff and teachers deter threats. Surprise, media fact checkers from The New York Times to FactCheck.org...