Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. talks to the Washington Times' Mack On Politics about the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton and consider whether future attacks can be prevented by any of the solutions being suggested, including expanded background checks, an Assault...
Month: August 2019
Man stops what deputies said would otherwise have likely been a mass public shooting
Newnan, Georgia, August 13, 2018 This is an amazing story that was caught on video. An employee who wasn't even scheduled to work that day, but was simply hanging around the bar outside in the parking lot, stopped an attack that the police say would have likely...
Media Bias on Guns: CBS’ Elementary on not liking guns, how the mere presence of guns lead to violence, to the benefits of gun buybacks
This segment of Elementary has all sorts of biases against guns: on not liking guns, how the mere presence of guns lead to violence, to the benefits of gun buybacks. Evil Tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach: I think that you should put that down. You don't believe in...
On Armed American Radio: Covering everything from Gun-free zones to Universal Background Checks to Red Flag Laws to Open Carry
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser had a very wide ranging interview with Armed American Radio's Mark Walters. During her hour long interview, they talked about everything from gun-free zones to universal background checks to Red Flag Laws to open carry. Any interview with...
On the Buck Sexton Show: How the attacks have been politicized and what can be done to stop further attacks
In aftermath of the El Paso & Dayton shootings, Buck Sexton interviews John Lott about how the attacks have been politicized and what can be done to stop further attacks. (Monday, August 5, 2019)
On Chicago’s WIND Morning Answer: Everyone wants to do something about the mass public shootings, but what makes sense?
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago's WIND AM radio station about the recent spat of mass public shootings. They cover that everyone wants to do something about the mass public shootings, but they try to answer what makes sense. (Tuesday,...
Talking to Jim Bohannon on America in the Morning about the new push for gun control laws
Dr. John Lott was on the national Jim Bohannon show to discuss what new gun control laws will be pushed for after the recent mass public shootings. (Tuesday, August 13, 2019)
At Townhall: Kamala Harris’s Poorly Thought Out Gun Control Proposals
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com about Democrat gun control proposals. The piece starts this way: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) took flak for politicizing the shooting of police in Philadelphia on Wednesday. She...
On the Joe Pags Show: About all the misinformation that is put out on guns and gun control
Dr. John Lott talked to Joe Pags on his national radio show about all the misinformation that is put out on guns and gun control. (Monday, August 5, 2019, from 5:05 to 5:20 PM) Joe Pag's radio show is heard weekly by 4.5 million people.
At the New York Daily News: Twitter’s debate-chilling problem: The social media site’s arbitrary policies allow foreign nations to censor American — often without explanation
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the New York Daily News about Twitter locking the CPRC Twitter account. I am the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, whose account Twitter locked because it tweeted a link to a Daily News article that I wrote...
On Toronto’s Global News Radio 640: Talking about gun control in the United States and Canada
Dr. John Lott joined Adrienne Batra on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to talk about gun control in the United States and Canada. (Wednesday, August 7, 2019, from 1:20 to 1:40 PM) Part 1 Part 2
On Sinclair Broadcasting’s America This Week: Panel on Guns in America
On Sinclair Broadcasting's "America This Week," Eric Bolling led a discussion between gun control proponents Jason Nichols and Misha Cross versus those supporting self-defense, Sebastian Gorka and John Lott. The debate covered a range of gun control issues from...












