Job duties: Working exclusively in the field of researching the connection between crime, violence, and statutes and regulations concerning the private ownership of guns by conducting apposite research geared towards advancing the scientific understanding...
Month: August 2021
At Townhall: Democrats Are Remaking the Federal Courts at a Record-Breaking Pace
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. With the narrowest of Senate majorities, President Biden is remaking the federal courts at a record-breaking rate. Biden has successfully confirmed twice as many federal Circuit and District Court judges as any modern...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Terror Watch List grows to 2 million people. Will Democrats again try to ban people on the list from buying guns?
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the Terror Watch List growing to 2 million people. There is talk of the Democrats again trying to use the list, which clearly includes lots of non-terrorists, from being able to buy guns....
On St. Louis’ Giant KFTK-FM: Discussing the massive increase in government spending and debt
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Reardon on St. Louis' giant 100,000-watt KFTK-FM about the Federal government's rapidly expanding spending and debt. (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)
On Denver and Colorado Springs’ KVOR: Discussing the massive increase in government spending and debt
Dr. John Lott talked to Tron Simpson on Colorado’s KVOR about the Federal government's rapidly expanding spending and debt. (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)
Taliban in Afghan start confiscating weapons from civilians
The Taliban are collecting weapons and ammunition from civilians in Kabul following their swift takeover of Afghanistan.A Taliban official told Reuters that people no longer needed weapons for personal protection because “they can now feel safe” since the...
On America’s Voice Live To Discuss the 2 million people now on the Terror Watch List
Dr. John Lott joined Steve Gruber to discuss the 2 million people who are now on the Terror Watch List and Democrats' desire to ban people on the list from buying guns. America's Voice Live Wed August 25 2021 from 1216 to 1212 PM
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Nineteen Cases During November 2020
Houston, TX, November 8, 2020 (FOX 26 Houston) Officers responded to a warehouse in the 14000 block of South Post Oak Road around 11:45 p.m. Sunday.According to police, the armed suspect forced his way into the warehouse and demanded money. Police say the suspect...
Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety will spend $3 million just to train people to run for political office
From the New York Times: The gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety plans to spend $3 million to recruit and train its volunteers to run for office, with a goal of having 200 enter races in the next election cycle.The program is the latest step in a yearslong...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Twitter Is Again Censoring Our Work On The Claim That Left Wingers were behind the Mass Public Shootings in NZ and El Paso
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Twitter's continued censorship of information about crimes by leftists. (Wednesday, August 18, 2021, from 8:33 to 8:42 AM)
No Vote Fraud Here: In California 300 recall ballots, drugs, multiple driver’s licenses found in vehicle of passed out felon
Mass ballot theft by a felon. How secure can an election be with this many ballots found in just this one case? Torrance police are investigating the discovery of hundreds of recall election ballots in a vehicle where a felon was found passed out with drugs, a loaded...
Gallup: Almost no Americans naming guns as the nation’s top problem, one-fourth the number who say that crime/violence is the most important problem
In July 2021, A Gallup poll showed that only 1% of Americans named guns/gun control the most important problem facing the country. Nor is that any unusual polling result. By contrast, 4% of Americans viewed crime/violence as the most important problem. Even the...