Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Wall Street Journal. When President Trump introduced Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, he warned: “The coming years will decide the survival of our Second Amendment.” He’s right. Joe Biden’s campaign website contains a...
Fox News has a news story on our newest annual report on the number of concealed handgun permits. A new report reveals that despite some states getting tougher on gun control, the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed firearms has spiked in recent...
Dr. John Lott talked to Gregory Young on his national radio show on the USA Radio Networks, covering 50 radio stations. They talked Amy Coney Barrett views on Constitutional amendments, focusing on Barrett's dissent in Kanter v. Barr. They also discussed Lott's new...
There are 8.4 million motorcycles in the US, and they account for about 4,614 deaths and 196,974 Nonfatal Emergency Department Visits. When you compare that there are about 400 million guns in the US, the rate of both deaths and injuries from motorcycles is...
Less than 1% of guns are ever used to cause harm. There are several factors that have to be looked in making this calculation. 1) There were 279,417 gun crimes reported to police in 2019...
With closely contested elections in many states where self-defense is an important issue, gun control advocates are pretending to be pro-self-defense organizations that support Democrats. Unfortunately, in a number of close races, these fraudulent organizations have...
Dr. John Lott talked to Kerry Lutz on the Financial Survival Network about Joe Biden's views on gun control and Amy Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court. Noted economist John R. Lott, Jr., rejoins us for a discussion of what life would look like under a Biden...
Murders this year are 33 percent higher so far than in 2019 -- 246 people killed in 2019 to 327 people killed in 2020, according to New York Police Department data released Friday. Shooting incidents are up 92% so far compared to 2019 -- 608 shootings in 2019 versus...
Dr. John Lott talked to Doug Wagner on the giant 50,000-watt WHO radio to discuss what Democrat plans to eliminate the filibuster will mean. How it will allow a lot of radical legislation to get passed by the Democrats. (Thursday, September 24, 2020, from 7:35 to 7:43...
Joe Biden’s campaign website contains a long list of promised gun control regulations, including: -- Hold gun manufacturers accountable, make it so gun makers and sellers will be sued every time their guns are used improperly. These aren't product liability...
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2019 are available here. UPDATE: Some more recent data is shown at the bottom of this post and shows that the number of permits have increased by...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on Armed American Radio about President Trump's SCOTUS pick, Amy Coney Barrett, and "Gun Control Myths." (Sunday, September 27, 2020, from 9:05 to 10:00 PM) Armed American Radio, Sept 27, 2020, Part 1 Armed American Radio, Sept 27,...