Dr. John Lott appeared on the UK's TalkRadio about "what is America's problem with mass shootings." The segment that they eventually aired cut off the beginning of the talk show host's attack on President Trump for supposedly waiting until the Monday after the...
Dr. John Lott debated Michael Shermer at FreedomFest in July 19, 2019. Because of copyright restrictions this post only provides Dr. Lott side of the presentation. Dr. Lott won the audience vote by 83% to 17% and won the jury vote by 10 to 2.
Nikki Goeser, our executive director, has a new op-ed at the Daily Caller. Her piece starts this way: Since the shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, many politicians have claimed that a federal law mandating universal background checks — which would apply to...
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have another op-ed out. This one at National Review: Everyone is sick of mass public shootings in the United States. Enough is enough. Everyone, including us, is incredibly frustrated. But let’s do something that doesn’t...
Dr. John Lott talked to Graham Ledger On One America News' The Daily Ledger about background checks on the private transfer and other gun control proposals. This video only about half of the interview. (Tuesday, August 6, 2019, from 8:02 to 8:12)
This week the CPRC has the third most downloaded academic paper at the Social Science Research Network. Our research on country comparisons of mass public shootings ranks third. Hopefully, the fact that this paper is getting downloaded will encourage even more...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Sebastian Gorka's popular national radio show to discuss the push for gun control after the El Paso and Dayton attacks. He noted how gun control advocates say they are the ones really who care about stopping these attacks and yet propose...
They described the episode with John Lott this way: On this episode of Blunt Force Truth, Chuck and Mark are joined by John Lott, Jr. John brings a wealth of expertise on gun and crime statistics as they discuss the recent mass shootings. Chuck and Mark get John’s...
Dr. John Lott talked to John Cardillo on NewsMax's America Talks Live. They talked about what gun control laws will get passed in Washington and whether background checks really costless. (NewsMax, August 7, 2019, from 2:17 to 2:26 PM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry O'Connor about the push for a national Red Flag Law. He also talked about: how is it that Democrats can claim they care when the laws they propose won't help? (Wednesday, August 7, 2019, from 5:05 to 5:30 PM)
Dr. John Lott was on Canada's CTV to provide a discussion of the initial news that came in about the El Paso Mass Public Shooting. The initial reports had indicated that the attack had occurred in a mall managed by the Simon Mall chain, which banned permitted...
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, joins The Morning Show with Sean & Frank to discuss this past weekend's mass shootings, the trends observed in mass shooters, soft targets, the possible influence of psychotropic drugs, the true...