Dr. John Lott discusses Universal Background Check proposals with Dana Loesch and explains why these gun-control measures will not work.
Dr. John Lott appeared on KNRS’s Gun Radio Utah to discuss his new piece at Real Clear Investigations titled "Gun Safety: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat." (Saturday, June 27, 2026)
We have continued our reports on how very concentrated murders are in the United States. Our newest report is available here. Abstract The worst 1% of counties (the worst 31 counties) have 20% of the population and 41% of the murders. The worst 2% of counties (63...
Dr. John Lott appeared on the national Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham to discuss two recent U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment decisions, explaining the ruling against Hawaii's restrictive concealed carry law and the United States v. Hemani decision limiting...
It’s time to make your case in terms progressivists and anti-gunners understand, using the same terms they use against them and their positions, to whit:
1. It’s OK to start with pointing out that no anti-gun idea is effective in lowering the incidence of the type of crime intended by the legislation;
2. The real effect on the ground is racist, because of these ideas’ disparate impact on law-abiding minority residents of urban high crime areas;
3. Each of the anti-gun initiatives makes it easier for criminals to do their jobs, and NO legislator had better be in the business of making things easier for criminals to prey on law-abiding citizens;
4. The real purpose of the gun control program is to disarm the law-abiding American public, purely and simply. In effect, it has shown itself not to be about gun control, but about DISARMAMENT and CONTROL over each and every one of us. Its name is “Disarm and Control.”