If you are going to the NRA Convention that will be held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, please stop by our booth. We will be in booth 3250. Dr. John Lott will also be giving four talks. Concealed Carry Facts Friday, April 26th, 12:30 pm -1:30 pm,...
Year: 2019
Discussing “why it is so difficult to stop criminals from getting guns”
On the Red Elephant YouTube page, Dr. John Lott talked to Vincent James about why it is so difficult to stop criminals from obtaining guns. We have some real concerns about the racial beliefs of the host, which we clearly spelled out in another segment. But this was a...
On Fox Business: Explaining why stricter gun control won’t make people safer
Dr. John Lott talked to Judge Andrew Napolitano on Fox Business about Bill Clinton's and Democrats' calls for stricter gun control. Napolitano and Lott discussed the dangers of gun-free zones, media bias, and the victims of gun control laws. Judge Andrew Napolitano...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants it to cost $550 to own and carry a gun, up from $27
We have noted many times how Democrats want to prevent poor minorities from owning guns. Democrats are now making gun ownership even more expensive. The New York Times reports: "Having a gun in New Jersey could soon cost 20 times as much: Gov. Philip Murphy’s proposed...
Television Shows misrepresenting facts about guns: Criminals are often using machine guns and outgunning police
On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the weapons of choice for bad guys when they get in shootouts with police. Some hyperbole is to be expected on television, but the level of exaggeration has become pretty over-the-top. In real life, criminals use machine...
Discussing how “Registering Firearms Does More Harm Than Good”
On the Red Elephant YouTube page, Dr. John Lott talked to Vincent James about how "Registering Firearms Does More Harm Than Good." The information contained in the video is available here. We have some real concerns about the racial beliefs of the host, and we clearly...
Brazil’s President announces preparing new laws to make it easier to carry guns in public
“The citizen deserves to have the means to defend himself, respecting the referendum of 2005, when he chose, at the polls, the right to self-defense.” From President Bolsonaro’s inaugural address, Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro just...
Television Show Bias against guns: CBS’s Ransom main character left the FBI because he hates guns
During negotiations with a formidable sociopath who is targeting diabetics with tainted insulin, CBS’s Ransom Eric Beaumont, the shows main character played by Luke Roberts, explains to the killer why he stopped working for the FBI. Beaumont, the good guy, says that...
At Townhall.com: Police Review Boards May Create the Problems They Were Designed to Solve
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com on Dallas' move to institute a stronger police review board. The piece starts this way: Community trust is crucial to effective policing, so it’s imperative that officers not think that they can get away with...
On the Lars Larson Show: What have we learned about stopping mass public shootings in 20 years after Columbine?
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on both his national and Northwest radio shows about what have we learned about stopping mass public shootings in 20 years after Columbine. (Northwest Show, Friday, April 19th, 2019, from 4:05 to 4:14 PM) Appears on 21 radio...
Our work cited in the New York Times, though it is used to make misleading points
We missed this reference to our work when it went up in October 2018. Nicholas Kristof, in the New York Times, discussed what caused the rise in concealed handgun permits. Remember when President Obama tried to change the Second Amendment and ban handguns? No, neither...
Democrat State Senator says Senator pushing Constitutional Carry has “some mental problems”
In a debate over a Constitutional Carry bill, Alabama’s Democratic state Senator Vivian Davis Figures had this to say about State Sen. Gerald Allen’s (R-Tuscaloosa) and the bill that he supported (SB 4). “You even want to repeal a part of the law that’s in place now...











