NBC seems to have given out orders to its TV shows to include some anti-gun/pro-gun control mention in them. In this episode of Taken, the show tries to briefly and subtly convey to viewers that gun-free zones work because the criminals won't disobey the bans. Does...
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry Marino on his show Sunday Morning Newsmakers about the gun control debate in the wake of the March on DC. (Sunday, April 1, 2018, from 9:06 to 9:20 AM)
Robert Reich's "5 Points to Counter the NRA" received over 2 million views just on one Facebook page (video is available here). So it isn't too surprising that a large number of Americans are being convinced that stricter gun control is the answer for reducing...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Penn Live (the PA Media Group, including the Harrisburg Patriot-News newspaper). His piece starts this way: Instead of solving the problem of violence in their halls, Pennsylvania schools are becoming a national punchline. This...
Fox News interviewed Dr. John Lott for a news article that they ran on the top-rated states for the gun industry. Red Alabama is the best state for the firearms industry when it comes to factors such as jobs and gun culture, while blue Rhode Island is the worst,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mike Pintek on the giant 50,000-watt KDKA in Pittsburgh about the possible harm of gun control and the media's bias in covering shootings. (Monday, March 26, 2018)
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on Milwaukee's giant 50,000-watt WISN about crime by illegal aliens. (Tuesday, April 10, 2018, from 5:36 to 5:51 PM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the mirage that young people are in mass pushing for gun control. If anything, younger people are least inclined towards it. (Tuesday, April 3, 2018, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Gene Wexler on the giant 99,000-watt WDBO radio station in Orlando, Florida. They discussed a recent CPRC post on the differing strategies for stopping mass public shootings, as opposed to attacks aimed at one person. (Tuesday, April 10,...
Dr. John Lott talked to John Gibson on his national radio show about the YouTube shooting in California. They also talked about gun control advocate David Hogg's effort to set up a boycott of Laura Ingraham's shows. (Wednesday, April 4, 2018, from 2:35 to PM)
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Hill that starts this way: The polls indicate that Americans support more gun control right now, but are also very skeptical that more gun control will reduce violence or mass public shootings. We typically see such increased...
March 2018 was the busiest March on record for NICS firearm background checks, and the third highest monthly total ever. Only the monthly totals for December 2015 and 2016 were higher, though December checks are usually the highest. Note that NICS checks include not...