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...
Year: 2019
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...
On One America News: What has been the experience in all the schools that let teachers carry guns?
Dr. John Lott talked to Graham Ledger on One America News about the Crime Prevention Research Center's new research that schools that allow teachers to carry guns. We find that those schools that allow teachers to carry are extremely safe: data on the rate of...
Editorials across nine newspapers in Florida: “Research disproves hysteria about arming teachers”
Our recent research on school shootings has gotten an extensive editorial write-up in nine newspapers across Florida. Palm Beach Daily News, May 30, 2019; Florida Times-Union, May 30, 2019; Daily Commercial, May 30, 2019; St. Augustine Record, May 30, 2019;...
What social changes were caused by Roe v Wade?
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Lott's research on the impact of Roe v Wade on a wide array of American society. Ever wonder why the 1970s saw what appear to be many contradictory changes? • A sharp increase in pre-marital sex....
Showing how the percent of adults with concealed handgun permit changes in states over time from 2013 to 2018
The graphs and tables below allow you to see how the percent of adults with concealed handgun permits are changing in states from 2013 to 2018. On the top right of graph is a toggle that allows you set the graphs for any years from 2013 to 2018 or over a range of...
At Townhall: Texas Is About to expand Its Program For Teachers Carrying Guns
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall that starts this way: Twenty years after Columbine, the United States is still looking for how to stop mass public shootings. The rest of the world, where mass public shootings are actually much more common, is also looking...
New at The Washington Times: Short-sighted calls for gun control
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times about the views that Joe Biden and other Democrat presidential candidates have on gun control. The piece starts this way: Every one of the 24 Democratic presidential candidates supports more gun control....











