Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Lott’s latest piece in the Wall Street Journal that discusses the low rate that guns are used to harm people.
(Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 8:35 to 8:44 AM).
On the Lars Larson Show: Arrests, Prosecutions and Deportations Fuel Record Drop in Crime
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about his new piece at Real Clear Investigations on the record drop in violent crime during 2025 and the historic low murder rate. (Monday, October 26, 2026)
Yes, even considering the National Crime Victimization Survey figure of 2.7 million non fatal “gun crimes” yearly, NSSF’s estimate of 422.9 million guns in the US puts an adverse gun use statistic under 1%. And that assumes a gun is used only once for such an adverse gun use, when it’s far more likely that very few individuals use the same gun numerous times.