Memphis, Tennessee, May 15, 2018 (NBC Action News Channel 5) A robber got shot trying to steal from a Memphis man at McDonald's, according to Memphis Police Department. MPD said four men tried to rob a man leaving the McDonald's near the intersection of S. Trezevant...
Month: June 2018
Some more examples of false positives in the NICS background check system
Many people have contacted us about problems that they have faced with NICS background checks, but we have only very recently started keeping track of some cases. We have previously discussed cases of mistakes by the NICS system in mistakenly denying people the...
Talk on Gun Control Advocate False Claims
Dr. John Lott gave a talk on the lies that gun control advocates make at the American Freedom Alliance in Los Angeles on May 20, 2018. Many of the graphs and a more discussion is available in our recent post available here and Dr. Lott's book The War on Guns...
On Armed American Radio to discuss some of the worst misinformation about guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on Armed American Radio to discuss some of the worst misinformation about guns as well as another $20 million being given to do pro-gun control research. (Sunday, June 3, 2018, from 10:05 to 10:30 PM)
Walter Williams discusses our work: In a time of less gun control there were fewer shootings
George Mason economics Professor Walter Williams discusses some of Dr. John Lott's past writings in his weekly national column. His column is syndicated by Creators. legal scholar John Lott argues that gun accessibility in our country has never been as restricted as...
At National Review: Look at the Parkland Killer. We know one cause of mass public shootings, they want to get publicity
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review on why mass public shooters commit these horrible crimes. The piece starts this way: Ever wonder why mass public shooters commit their horrible crimes? Prosecutors in Broward County, Fla., released on Wednesday the...
At The Hill: Little evidence to support the efficacy of more gun control
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill on the push for more gun control laws. The piece starts this way: Gun control advocates seem willing to latch onto anything they can use to justify more stringent laws. They were at it again in the wake of the recent Santa Fe...







