Dr. Lott talks about the tragedy in Virginia Beach when an employee murdered 12 co-workers and injured others. The #2 operations building was a gun-free zone for employees. Nobody inside the building was allowed to have a gun for self-defense, yet the murderer brought...
Month: June 2019
At Fox News: After Virginia Beach shooting, Dems seek ban on ‘silencers’ that don’t make guns silent
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the gun control push for suppressors. Despite what you might believe from watching television shows or movies, suppressors (commonly known as “silencers”) do not make guns “silent” — unless you consider an ambulance siren...
On the national Jim Bohannon Show to discuss the Virginia Beach Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon on his national radio show about the mass public shooting at a Virginia Beach Municipal Building occurring at yet another place where the victims were banned from protecting themselves and what can be done to help prevent something...
On the Lars Larson Show to discuss whether we should make firearm suppressors illegal
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about whether we should make firearm suppressors illegal and about the Virginia Beach attack. (Wednesday, June 5, 2019, from 5:35 to 5:45 PM) Lars Larson’s National show is listened to by over 1.25 million...
CPRC on WMAL’s Mornings on the Mall to talk about the Virginia Beach mass public shooting
Dr. John Lott discusses the mass public shooting at a Virginia Beach Municipal Building occurring at yet another place where the victims were banned from protecting themselves and what can be done to help prevent something similar from happening in the future. Also...
Two book reviews in the Claremont Review of Books: Way of the Gun
Dr. John Lott had a book review at Claremont Review of Books on Patrick Charles' Armed in America and David Harsanyi's First Freedom. Although the new books on gun ownership by Patrick Charles and David Harsanyi both focus on a wide swath of English and U.S. history,...
Media Bias on Guns: Will Television Characters ever stop saying how much they dislike/hate guns?
A Shield agent, Melinda May (played by Ming-Na Wen), is asked by a villain whether she doesn't have a gun because she also doesn't like guns. May responds that she has never needed them in fighting bad guys. Examples from television where the characters say that they...
At Townhall.com: What Gun Control Advocates Fail to Grasp After Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com on the Virginia Beach shooting. The employee handbook info regarding employees being banned from having guns is available here. Another horrifying attack and immediately gun control politicians and organizations are...
Did the suppressor (“silencer”) used in Virginia Beach attack make a difference in the carnage?
“When someone gets shot by a gun with a silencer, it’s quiet. Witnesses might not hear. Police will be less likely to track down the shooter.” — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), in a tweet, March 14 Virginia Governor Northam and Senator Tim Kaine are calling for a...
UPDATED: Another mass public shooting, another place where the victims were banned from carrying guns, the attack at Virginia Beach
[Originally posted on Saturday, June 1] Another horrifying attack and immediately gun control politicians and organizations are calling for more gun control laws. Former VP Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former...
Media Bias on Guns: See how badly things go if you use guns to defend yourself?
The video here shows a very small part of a segment from Doctor Who, which shows how badly things go wrong when you use guns to try to neutralize deadly threats. Here is a paragraph from a review in IndieWire which briefly summarizes the whole segment (copyright...
Obama Speaking to Brazilians about gun laws in the US
Americans got a timely reminder about Obama's views on guns. Last Thursday, he addressed a large Brazilian audience about American gun laws. Obama claimed: “Our gun laws in the United States don’t make much sense. Anybody can buy any weapon, any time, without much, if...












