Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on media bias. These days, television entertainment shows depict gun owners either as buffoons or criminals. They never portray regular civilians using guns to save lives, and instead like to show firearms falling into the...
Washington Examiner, April 4, 2020 Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., a gun rights advocate who founded the Crime Prevention Research Center, said concerns that the police could handle a possible uptick in crime are warranted and are prompting some to take self-defense into their...
A robber shoots a young woman in a hold-up, and the gun got to him through a straw purchase (The Blacklist, Season 7, E 15, April 17, 2020). The shooting is particularly tragic because the young woman has literally just learned that she has gotten admitted to...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics: The New York Times thinks it nailed Fox News. Over the weekend, the Times ran a blistering story that blamed the death of Brooklyn bar owner Joe Joyce on skepticism of the coronavirus panic. Supposedly assured by...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the problems with mail-in ballots. (Wednesday, April 15, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:44 AM)
As we have pointed out many times, television police shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to shoot people, that they are massively outgunning police officers who are using only semi-automatic weapons. Some shows claim AR-15s are machine...
Glenn Beck on his television show used our graphics showing the per capita death rates from the Coronavirus across countries. A detailed discussion of our work is available here. (Wednesday, April 15, 2020)
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about a piece that he had in the Washington Times about Governor Whitmer's policies regarding the Coronavirus. (Wednesday, April 8, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:45 AM)
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A concealed handgun permit holder shoots three young male attackers in the their legs. Two of the attackers were 16-years-old and one was 17. Story from CBS Philly on April 16, 2020: A man opened fire inside of a SEPTA bus claiming he was being attacked by three...
From CBS Channel 17 in Tampa, Florida: An inmate who was released from a Florida jail in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus is back behind bars and accused of committing second-degree murder the day after he got out, deputies say.The Hillsborough County...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on how well the US is doing with regard to handling the Coronavirus. Headlines worldwide are announcing that the United States has more coronavirus deaths than any other country. As of early Tuesday morning, Johns Hopkins...
Loudoun county, VA, August 10, 2019 (Fox Channel 5, Washington DC) An elderly man is credited with helping to stop a couple from getting robbed in Northern Virginia.According to Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman, the man sprung into action and fired warning shots...