Republicans hold a somewhat narrow a 83-to-67 seat majority in the Texas state House, but a bill to let people carry concealed handguns without a permit during state-declared disasters passed by an overwhelming 102 to 29 vote. For 7 days after the disaster...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Townhall.com discusses the House Appropriations Committee Allotting $50 million for public health research on guns. Lott's piece begins this way: One of the most common attacks on the National Rifle Association is that it supposedly...
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) asks panelists before the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties about what kinds of requirements disenfranchise voters. He goes on to point out that those restrictions already exist for gun purchases. Not everyone...
Dr. John Lott appeared with Charlie Sykes, the author of How the Right Lost its Mind, and the Washington Post's Katie Zezima on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's The Current to discuss this past weekend's events at the NRA between Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North....
Dr. Lott talks to WMAL's Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese about some of the major tensions and problems going on within the National Rifle Association. The concern should be the overall long term damage to the organization from the state of New York's regulatory...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece in the Dallas Morning News on the proposal to have a police review board. The chairman of the Dallas Citizens Police Review Board has a piece that is paired with Lott's and is available here. Lott's piece starts this way: Community...
In addition to the sixteen Constitutional Carry states, Indiana has become the 17th state that doesn't require a fee or training to get a concealed handgun permit. The Constitutional Carry states don't require a permit as long as you are within their state, but...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at the Washington Times begins this way: Democrats used to argue that once felons had served their time, they had paid their debt to society and should be able to vote. Leading presidential candidate Bernie Sanders now wants felons to...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the media turmoil at the NRA. The piece starts this way: The announcement Saturday that Oliver North is stepping down as president of the National Rifle Association – following news that the New York attorney general is...
“The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.” -- Louisiana state Constitution regarding firearms that was enacted via ballot measure in 2012. Over 74...
Dr. John Lott’s newest op-ed discusses the fact that 20 states allow teachers and other school staff members to carry guns under a variety of rules on school property, so we don’t need to guess about how safe these schools are. Some states have had these rules for...