The media wants to call anyone who is a racist a "right-wing" extremist. Here is Dr. John Lott's take on the mass public shooting in New Zealand. The Washington Post called the New Zealand mosque shooting “one of the worst cases of right-wing terrorism in years.”...
Month: March 2019
CPRC coverage in USA Today on our testimony before Kentucky state House Judiciary Committee
Dr. Lott's testimony before the Kentucky state House Judiciary Committee on Constitutional Carry received some coverage in USA Today (link available here). A video of his testimony is available here.
Television Show Bias against guns: Even a locked gun safe doesn’t stop a son from getting the father’s gun
On CBS's FBI, a seventeen-year-old steals his father's gun from a locked gun safe at home and attempts a mass public shooting. The message is parents should be afraid of guns in the home even if they are locked in a safe. Others would support banning guns in the home....
One America News: Talking about Background Checks on the Private Transfer of Guns
Dr. John Lott talked to One America News' John Hines about the House Judiciary Committee's voting on the Universal Background Check bill. Lott's portion of the news segment starts at 1:59 in the video and goes to 2:19. (February 13, 2019)
New Zealand killer’s manifesto says that he did attack to get more gun control/gun bans in New Zealand and the US, Killer was a socialist, environmentalist who hated capitalists and trade
As New Zealand moves quickly to adopt more gun control (indeed, a ban on semi-automatic guns), it may come as a surprise that the killer carried out his attack to push for more gun control in both New Zealand and the United States. As the above video shows, the New...
Civilian apparently cut short attack at Second Christchurch Mosque, only 7 died at that Mosque versus 41 at other one
UPDATE: The original news reports suggested that a Muslim at the Mosque had run home (presumably very nearby) to get his gun to stop the attack. Well, new reports suggest something quite different happened. There are basic inconsistencies between the two reports. The...
Media Politicize New Zealand Terror Attack, Blame Trump
It is only too easy to find media who are blaming Trump for the mass public shooting in New Zealand on March 14, 2019. Below are transcripts of some CNN clips. Just one question to think about: If Trump is so responsible for these attacks, why is it that these attacks...
On NewsMax TV: How Democrats are trying to make it costly for law-abiding citizens to own guns
Dr. John Lott joined John Cardillo to talk about all the moves by Democrats to make it costly for law-abiding citizens to own guns. They discuss everything from universal background checks (background checks on the private transfer of guns) to waiting periods to get a...
Mass Public Shootings around the World: In two days there were large mass public shootings in Brazil and New Zealand
The attack at a public school in Suzano, Brazil on March 13th, 2019, resulted in eight deaths and 23 people wounded. Two former students committed the massacre, and they reportedly modeled their attack after the Columbine attack, the 20th anniversary of which will...
On One America News: Constitutional Carry Laws getting passed in the States
From the One America News Network: New research from the Crime Prevention Research Center has demonstrated that more guns mean less crime. An increasing number of states are now enacting laws that make carrying firearms in public a reality. Tuesday, March 12, 2019
At Townhall.com: Arkansas State Senator Is Wrong About Stand Your Ground Legislation. Here’s Why.
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the viral video of the Arkansas Democrat state Senator who attacked the Stand Your Ground bill that was before the state Senate Judiciary Committee. Arkansas state Senator Stephanie Flowers captivated the international...
Television Show Bias on gun control: ABC’s The Rookie makes civilians using guns to protect themselves as dangerous and bigoted
This episode of the Rookie makes it look as if civilians who use guns to defend themselves and their families as dangerous and bigoted (S1, E11). This is not the first time this show has attacked private gun ownership (e.g., see here). For other examples of media bias...