New Mexico House Consumer and Public Affairs committee member and bill sponsor State Representative Stefani Lord invited Dr. John Lott to be the lead witness on HB 279. The bill was an attempt to bring New Mexico in line with the laws in 40 other...
Month: February 2021
The continual emphasis on crimes by white nationalists at CBS, plans for another mass public shooting
In this episode of CBS's SWAT (S4 E9 Feb 17 2021), the team is morning the death of one of their members from an "armor piercing round" fired by a white supremacist. They also discover that the white supremacists are in training for another mass public shooting. Of...
At the London Center for Policy Research: The “Deep State,” how gun control regulation hurts the most vulnerable
Dr. John Lott joined London Center for Policy Research Sr. Fellow Lt. Col. (Ret.) Tim Wilson for an in-depth conversation on the "Deep State," how gun control regulation hurts the most vulnerable. -- How crime statistics are manipulated-- How gun control laws hurt...
Talk at University of Cincinnati Law School on More Guns, Less Crime
Dr. John Lott spoke to the Cincinnati Law School Federalist Society on More Guns, Less Crime. Many of the graphs are from Lott's books "Gun Control Myths" and "More Guns, Less Crime" 3rd edition. For privacy reasons, the video does not include any of the questions or...
The use of machine guns on Television shows never stops: NBC’s The Blacklist
As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. This episode of NBC’s Blacklist (Season 8, Episode 1, November 13, 2020) starts off with a machine gun...
Nikki Goeser on Gun Freedom Radio: Do Victims Even Have Rights?
February 12, 2021
40 States and the Federal Government prohibit the Seizure of Guns During Emergencies
Forty states have laws that prohibit the seizure of guns during emergencies, six states have laws that allow such seizures, and four states and the District of Columbia have no such laws on the books. These laws largely passed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,...
On New England’s Giant 50,000-watt WCRN: Election Fraud and what Biden will mean for gun ownership
Dr. John Lott talked to Gary Goldman on New England's giant 50,000-watt WCRN about election fraud and what Biden will mean for gun ownership. (Saturday, February 20, 2021, from 10:03 to 10:30 AM)
On Chicago’s Morning Answer WIND-AM: On former President Trump’s 2nd acquittal
Dr. John Lott talked on Chicago's most popular morning talk program, WIND-AM's Morning Answer, about former President Trump's 2nd acquittal. (Monday, February 15, 2021, 7:35 to 7:50 AM)
Yet another CBS Television Show Concerns about White Supremacists Engaging in Gun Violence
CBS's NCIS LA (S12 E10, February 14, 2021) has the left wing activists changing their plans for peaceful demonstrations against police violence because of threatened violence by white supremacists (who also happen to be police officers during their day jobs).
On The Tron Show: Discussing allowing people to carry guns at state Capitols
Dr. John Lott talked to Tron Simpson on Colorado's KVOR about the increasing number of state Capitols that allow people to carry guns. (Sunday, January 31, 2021)
What clearly would have been a mass public shooting in Louisiana was stopped by multiple armed civilians
Having murdered two people and wounded a couple of others, it is clear that the attacker intended to kill as many people as possible. The quick response by people with concealed handgun permits stopped the attack. A person entered a gun store and shooting range in a...