Dr. John Lott discusses how BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti impersonated him back in 2003 to support gun control. Peretti sent out hundreds of thousands of emails lobbying against the proposed "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act." This bill ,which was being debated...
Year: 2019
On Blaze TV’s American Bolling: The Slow Death of Journalism
Dr. John Lott talked to Eric Bolling about his experience with BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti. Before founding BuzzFeed, Peretti had impersonated Lott and a business competitor named Jeff Goldblatt. Peretti created AskJohnLott.org and sent mass emails from...
Upcoming debates: University of Kentucky and Truman State University
Dr. John Lott will be debating Paul Helmke, the former president of the Brady Campaign, at two different universities in the coming weeks. -- University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, Tuesday, January 29th, in the Worsham Cinema from 6:30 to 8:30 PM -- Truman...
On the Michigan Talk Network to discuss how Jonah Peretti, now the CEO of BuzzFeed, used Lott’s identity to lobby for gun control
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network to discuss how Jonah Peretti, now the CEO of BuzzFeed, used Lott's identity to lobby for gun control. (Tuesday, January 22, 2019, from 8:35 to 9:00 AM) Part 1 Part 2
On DC’s WMAL: John Lott Shared His Incredible Story About How BuzzFeed’s CEO Targeted Him
Dr. John Lott talked to Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese on how Jonah Peretti, who would soon afterward found and run Buzzfeed, used Lott's name and identity to lobby for gun control. (Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 8:06 to 8:15 AM)
Talk at La Ciudad de las Ideas 2018 in Mexico: Explaining More Guns, Less Crime
Dr. John Lott gave the second talk at the La Ciudad de las Ideas 2018 in Puebla, Mexico. The country has a murder rate that is 5 times the US rate and extremely strict gun control laws. But the audience was very open to Dr. Lott's points. Here is a discussion of some...
At Fox News: John Lott: BuzzFeed and me – The incredible thing the site’s CEO did using my name without permission
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the strange behavior of the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed news. Jonah Peretti would set up websites and send out massive numbers of emails using other people's identities to either harm their businesses or to advance his...
Attorney General nominee William P. Barr’s statements on gun control: His testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee from this week and 1991
William Barr comes across as being somewhat receptive to gun control regarding mental health issues. During his confirmation hearing this past week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he had this exchange with Senator Diane Feinstein: Senator Feinstein: "In 1994,...
New Research on Red Flag Laws: Do Red Flag Laws Save Lives or Reduce Crime?
Dr. John Lott and Professor Carl Moody have new research on the Red Flag Laws/Extreme Risk Protective Orders. A copy of the new research can be obtained here. Abstract Red flag laws had no significant effect on murder, suicide, the number of people killed in mass...
In the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Problems with Pittsburgh’s proposed gun control ordinance
Dr. John Lott's newest piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review discusses Pittsburgh's proposed gun control laws. The piece starts this way: Pennsylvania’s 1.3 million concealed handgun permit holders may soon be considered criminals while visiting Pittsburgh. The...
On the Dom Giordano Show – 1210 WPHT Philadelphia: Data shows illegal immigrants are not as law-abidding as the mainstream media wants us to believe.
Dr. John Lott talked to Dom Giordano on the giant 50,000-watt radio station about evidence showing that illegal immigrants are not as law-abiding as the mainstream media wants us to believe. (Thursday, January 17, 2019, from 10:35 to 10:45 AM) ...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Will Universal Background Checks, Red Flag Laws, and Assault Weapon Bans make Americans’ safer?
Dr. John Lott, President Crime Prevention Research Center, discusses a new gun-control bill (SB501) in Oregon. Should this bill pass, it will ban all magazines over five rounds. Ammunition purchases will be limited to twenty rounds per month. No gun that can hold more...












