Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Davis on the Dallas/Fort Worth 660 AM KSKY about Texas Constitutional Carry legislation. Lott's testimony before the Texas House is available here. (Thursday, May 6, 2021, from 8:40 to 8:54 AM)
Month: May 2021
On The National Radio Show The Chose Generation: Exposing Lies about Guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Greg Young on his national radio show about all the misinformation in the media about guns. (Friday, April 30, 2021, from 11:05 to 11:27 AM)
New York City’s likely next mayor calls out gun control hypocrites, will carry a gun himself when he is mayor
Gosh, Eric Adams might be a traditional liberal in lots of ways, but there is one thing that makes a huge difference: he was a police officer for 20 years. Adams, the Brooklyn Borough president, was the first-place pick for 21 percent of the respondents in a three-day...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Supreme Court agrees to hear a major 2nd Amendment case that could face gun laws everywhere
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the US Supreme Court's decision to grant cert on the Constitutionality of New York's May Issue Concealed Carry law. (Wednesday, April 28, 2021, from 8:35 to 8:46 AM)
In the Washington Post: Correcting the Record on Red Flag Laws
While there were many other errors in Robyn Thomas' piece on Red Flag laws, the Washington Post allowed Dr. John Lott a chance to respond to her criticism of his work. A data file with a list of all the state laws and there content is available here. Robyn Thomas’s...
On The Vicki McKenna Show: Leaked Draft Rules from Biden Administration about Ghost Guns and the Supreme Court taking up Concealed Carry Laws
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna about the proposed BATF regulations on what is a gun. They also talked about the Biden administration's nomination of David Chipman to head the BATF and the US Supreme Court taking up concealed carry laws. (Wednesday, April 28,...
In the Billings Gazette and Montana Standard (Butte): New Background Check Bill is Flawed
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Billings Gazette and the Montana Standard (Butte) on Senator Jon Tester pushing for the new background check bill before the Senate. Let’s say a stalker threatens a female friend of yours. She asks you late one evening if she can...
Louisiana and Texas moving towards Constitutional Carry
There appears to be a very good chance that there will be at least 22 Constitutional Carry states within the next month or so. While Louisiana's Democratic governor has promised to veto Constitutional Carry, both the state House (73 to 28) and Senate (27 to 11) have...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Cases during June 2020
Chicago, IL, June 1, 2020 (CWB Chicago) A Logan Square store owner with a concealed carry license fired shots at hammer-wielding looters who confronted him in his shop early Monday, prosecutors said. The businessman even managed to detain one of the alleged intruders...
CPRC in the News: The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Breitbart, Indianapolis Star, and much more
The court’s move complements the gun movement’s success on the legislative front, where advocates have worked to expand the presence of concealed weapons in public places. The number of Americans with concealed-carry permits rose to 19.48 million in 2020, up from 12.8...
On Sebastian Gorka Radio: Discussing the Biden’s Executive Actions on Guns and the Supreme Court taking up Concealed Carry Case
Dr. John Lott talked to substitute host Mark Davis on Sebastian Gorka's national radio show about the Biden administration's regulations on guns and the US Supreme Court taking up a concealed carry case. (Friday, April 30, 2021) Mark Davis: "More Guns, Less Crime," is...
NICS Background Checks continue to produce few legitimate cases in 2017
The George W. Bush administration promised to get tough on prosecuting prohibited people who tried to buy guns. “This incredibly high rate of false positives imposes a real burden on the most vulnerable people,” said Reagan Dunn, the first national coordinator for...