Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on yesterday's school shooting. The piece starts this way: Another school shooting, this time by a 15-year-old at Saugus High School in California, another quest for answers. Yet, 20 years after Columbine, the...
Month: November 2019
On the Michigan Talk Network: Democrats on the same page about gun control
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network to discuss what the Democrat presidential candidates are saying about gun control. (Wednesday, November 13, 2019, from 8: 35 to 8:44 AM)
Talk at the Wing & Barrel Ranch: December 1st
Dr. John Lott and, our executive director, Nikki Goeser will give talks at Sonoma, California's Wing & Barrel Ranch on December 1st. More information on the Wing & Barrel Ranch is available here.
The Crime Prevention Research Center in the News: Deseret News, Breitbart, Media Research Center, and much more
Deseret News, October 16, 2019 John Lott, founder and president of the Virginia-based Crime Prevention Research Center, told the committee red flag laws are not useful in preventing gun violence, including suicide. Only one of the 17 states that have such a law...
On the Michigan Talk Network to discuss our latest research on assault weapons
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about how the share of murders committed with guns has fallen over time, that it is lower now than during the federal assault weapon ban. (Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 8:35 to 8:44 AM)
On Armed American Radio: Evaluating Gun Control Advocates claims on “Reasonable” Gun Control, A Real Life Failure In The Criminal Justice System
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on Armed America Radio about a talk by former Brady Campaign President Dan Gross to a rally of those who support the right to self-defense. What does "reasonable" or "responsible" gun control really mean? They also talked about new...
On Iowa’s KOKX AM Radio to discuss op-ed on Mexico’s gun control failure in the Wall Street Journal
Dr. John Lott talked to Suzy G on KOKX in Iowa to discuss his op-ed on Mexico's gun control failure in the Wall Street Journal. (Friday, November 1, 2019, 10:05 to 10:36 AM)
On TRT’s television World Now: Airbnb US Halloween party shooting
Airbnb bans renting "party houses" but according to John Lott, former chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, it will be complex to track or monitor the purpose for the rent. John evaluates the...
On the Sandy Rios Show to discuss gun control in Mexico
Dr. John Lott talked to Sandy Rios on her national radio show about his new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Mexico’s extremely high murder rate despite very few legally owned guns. (Tuesday, October 29, 2019, from 8:20 to 8:37 AM)
In response to our piece in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg’s Gun Groups Keep Claiming That Dr. Lott Is A “Gun Lobby Shill”
The big response from Michael Bloomberg's gun control advocates to my op-ed in the Wall Street Journal was that I was a "gun lobby shill." It is a false claim that Shannon Watts and other gun control advocates have floated before and I have responded before. Neither...
On The Michigan Talk Network About a Real Life Failure in the Criminal Justice System
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about new developments in the case of the stalker who murdered Nikki Goeser's husband. Eight years after the murder the killer who had stalked her has sent her letters, meanwhile the killer is getting his sentence reduced for good...









