The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting on Biden's BATF nominee David Chipman on Thursday. Predictit, the online betting site, has the odds strongly favoring him being defeated and not getting approved by the Senate. Members of the BATF are concerned Chipman, who has...
You have to admire Governor Greg Abbott's style. Gov. Greg Abbott visited the Alamo Thursday to ceremoniously sign a bill into law allowing most adults to carry a handgun without a permit or training.Lynnanne Nguyễn and Black Hanson, "Texas governor signs new law...
Dr. John Lott gave a presentation to New York City's Monday Meeting about our work on anti-fraud voter regulations and the US Supreme Court taking up the New York concealed carry case. Only a recording of Lott's discussions is provided because the discussion is off...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about the Democrats push to eliminate voter IDs and force mail-in ballots. The American media keeps telling us two “facts.” Voter ID laws are “racist,” and election fraud claims are “false” and “baseless.” The New York Times...
Dr. John Lott talked to Peter Christian on Western Montana's KGVO radio to discuss the Supreme Court taking up New York's Concealed carry laws, Montana's gun laws, and vote fraud claims. (Thursday, June 10, 2021, from 11:05 AM to noon)
John Fund has a piece in the Wall Street Journal that extensively discusses our recent work on anti-fraud voting regulations in other countries. The proxy voting rules is also from our research and the last paragraph here is very similar to what we wrote at Real Clear...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the claim that there have been 272 mass shootings this year. The oft-repeated number from the Gun Violence Archive uses their unique definition, and it is often deliberately confused with the much...
Overall, gun policies in state capitols, even after the January riot in Washington, remain split. About 30 state capitols employ metal detectors, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Conversely, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center,...
Dr. John Lott submitted a letter to The San Jose Mercury News about false claims made in a news article about U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez’s decision striking down California’s Assault Weapon Ban. The newspaper didn’t accept the letter for publication, but here...
Dr. John Lott submitted a letter to The Wall Street Journal about false claims that James Carville made in an op-ed. The Journal didn’t accept the letter for publication, but here is what was sent in. Dear Letters Editor: James Carville’s piece contains a big lie in...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dinesh D’Souza on his podcast about why more guns mean less crime and also why our new research on voting rules in other countries. (June 14, 2021)
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on America's Voice Live about the Democrats "For the People Act" that would ban the use of voter photo IDs. They also talked about a Federal Judge Strikes Down California’s Assault Weapons Ban, a case for which Lott was an expert...