Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show from Brazil, where he is speaking about that nation’s gun control and crime reduction efforts in the face of that nation’s latest attacks on citizens’ right to bear arms, as the latest president is forcing a gun confiscation scheme. They also discussed the NFA lawsuit and the DOJ’s decline to appeal the ruling against the Federal Handgun Purchase Ban for adults under 21.
(Sunday, July 6, 2025, from 9:05 to 9:55 PM ET)
Dr. John Lott talked to Gary Jeff Walker on Cincinnati's WLW about his new op-ed at Real Clear Politics titled "Political Violence and the Willful Self-Deception of the Left." They also discussed the decline in the U.S. murder rate. (Friday, May 1, 2026, 10:05 to...
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Mike Opelka on the WPHT Afternoon Show in Philadelphia about his new op-ed piece at The Federalist titled "No, Gun Control Wouldn’t Have Prevented The Latest Trump Assassination Attempt." (Monday, May 4, 2026, from 5:05 to 5:20 PM...
Mass public shooters often explicitly plan their attacks to maximize news coverage. As shown at the bottom of this post, many explicitly state this goal in their manifestos and diaries. These killers also study and imitate previous attackers, including by choosing...
I can attest to the crime in Brazil. All of my family members in Brazil have been robbed, some at gunpoint or burglarized–some more than once. One cousin was murdered and no one was arrested.