Nikki Goeser is Executive Director of the Crime Prevention Research Center and a victim/survivor of a violent crime. Nikki testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution about her concerns with red flag laws and how gun-control laws can...
Month: April 2021
On the Lars Larson Show: The US Supreme Court Decision to Review New York’s May Issue Concealed Handgun Law
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on both his Northwest and National radio shows about the US Supreme Court decision to review New York's may-issue concealed handgun law. (Monday, April 26, 2021) The Northwest show appears on 21 radio stations, including KVI in...
On the Michigan Talk Network about Biden’s Gun Lies
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Biden's gun lies. More information is available here and here. (April 15, 2021, from 8:35 to 8:44 AM)
Presentation to DC’s Wednesday Morning Meeting: Montana Mail-in Ballot Problems and States Passing Constitutional Carry Laws
Every Wednesday morning in Washington, DC, Americans for Tax Reform has a meeting where conservatives and libertarian types meet to discuss what is happening in the country. Since the Coronavirus, this has been held via Zoom. It is an off the record meeting so the...
On Oliver North’s Real American Heroes to Discuss Biden’s claims about Guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Oliver North on his podcast Real American Heroes about Biden's false claims on guns. More details on those false claims is available here and here. (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)
On the Safe Space Podcast: Discussing False Claims by Democrats about Guns and Crime
Dr. John Lott talked to Taleeb Starkes on Safe Space podcast about some of the false claims by Democrats about guns and crime. Starkes is the author of Black Lies Matter. (April 22, 2021, from 12:45 to 1:10 PM)
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Cases From April to May 2020
Wissinoming, PA, April 5, 2020 (FOX 29 Philadelphia) The teen allegedly tried to rob the store at gunpoint when the owner shot him once in the top of the left hand.Police say the shop owner is legally authorized to carry a firearm...Authorities say the suspect is...
More Lies by the Giffords Center on Gun Laws: False Claims about Baker Act and Red Flag Laws
As is all too often, the Giffords Law Center mischaracterizes laws in ways that helps them advance their gun control effort. They have it wrong on the number of states that allow open carry of guns without a permit. They are wrong on the number of states that allow...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Discussing the Chauvin Trial and claims of systemic racism by Police
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about claims of systemic racism among police and some of the problems with the Chauvin trial. (April 22, 2021, from 8:31 to 8:42 AM)
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on what it means to “bear” arms
In the 2008 Heller decision, Scalia noted: At the time of the founding, as now, to “bear” meant to “carry.” See Johnson 161; Webster; T. Sheridan, A Complete Dictionary of the English Language (1796); 2 Oxford English Dictionary 20 (2d ed. 1989) (hereinafter Oxford)....
On Central California’s Giant KMJ Radio: Discussing the problems with Public Health Evaluations of the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Dr. John Lott appeared on Central California's 50,000-watt KMJ radio to discuss the pausing of the Johnson & Johnson Coronavirus Vaccine. They discussed his piece with Dr. Tim Craig Allen at Townhall. (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)
On Boston’s 50,000-watt WCRN Radio about Red Flag Laws
CRPC's executive director, Nikki Goeser, talked to Gary Goldman on Boston's 50,000-watt WCRN radio about Red Flag Laws. (Saturday, April 17, 2021)