On The Vic Porcelli Show: To Discuss Political Violence and the Willful Self-Deception of the Left

May 17, 2026 | Radio

Dr. John Lott appeared on The Vic Porcelli Show on St. Louis’ Giant KLJY to discuss his new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the claims that the violence is coming from the right.

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Dr. John Lott  CPRC was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime.

Violence motivated by political differences has emerged as a defining, if alarming, feature of 21st -century American civil life. Neither side in our nation’s increasingly dangerous ideological divide has a monopoly. But one side, the Democratic Party and its allies, refuses to acknowledge the increase in mayhem from the left. This is true even in the face of the campus assassination of beloved conservative activist Charlie Kirk – or the very public attack a gainsta televised banquet featuring the president of the United States in a ballroom full of politicians and journalists.

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