This letter was submitted to the New York Times
…Dear Letters Editor:
There’s a serious flaw in John Donohue and Theodora Boulouta’s claims about the 1994 assault weapons ban (“That Assault Weapon Ban? It Really Did Work,” September 4). There are few actual “assault weapons” of any type in their dataset, either pre- or post-ban.
Dr. John Lott was on the Vicki McKenna Show that covers most of Wisconsin (WISN, WIBA, WMEQ) to discuss the newest push for gun control laws and how gun control advocates avoid any real solutions.
(The Vicki McKenna Show, Monday, September 9, 2019, 4:35 to 4:50 PM)
…Dr. John Lott as on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory to discuss Walmart and Kroger banning Open Carry in their stores and how the Midland, Texas killer got his gun.
(Wednesday, Sept 4, 2019, from 1:06 to 1:11 AM)
Coast to Coast AM is heard weekly by 9 million people.…
The Daily Wire and Twitchy are two places that gave our new video on media coverage attention.
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Dr. John Lott was on both the National and Northwest Lars Larson Show to discuss our new survey of academics who have done firearms research.
(Tuesday, September 2, 2019, from 4;05 to 4:11 PM)
The Northwest show appears on 21 radio stations, including KVI in Seattle, KXL in Portland, and KXLY in Spokane, with about 350,000 listeners.…
Only one retailer bans guns in their stores. While a number don’t allow open carrying of guns, that is not the most important type of carrying of guns (see a piece we wrote earlier on open versus concealed carry).
Retailers with no gun restrictions
No. 16 TJX Companies ($29.59 billion)
No.…
Dr. John Lott was on Stephen Hook’s radio show on New Jersey’s WCTC to discuss the push for Universal Background Checks and Red Flag laws.
(Saturday, August 10, 2019, from 2:20 to 3:00 PM)
…The Crime Prevention Research Center will have a booth at Personal Protection Expo on September 6th, 7th, and 8th in Fort Worth, Texas. Our booth number is 1432 — please stop by and say hello. The event will be held at the Ft. Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston St, Ft. Worth, TX 76102.…