A widely cited February 2024 report by Politifact claimed: "No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism." A follow up report by Politifact in September 2025 examined both the FBI's definition of active shooting attacks and the notion of mass...
Many graphs using the data are shown at the end of the post. Each time a public shooting draws national attention, particularly at places such as schools or churches, politicians and the media often respond by citing figures that claim the United States suffers...
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Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist on the shooting crimes by transgender individuals. This piece was the top trending piece at The Federalist. . We’re repeatedly told that transgender individuals are “not prone to commit gun violence.” Major...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed on the upcoming push to pass the SAVE Act. Besides appearing originally at Real Clear Politics, it has also appeared at Zero Hedge. . “The bottom line is this: voter ID is not controversial in this country,” Harry Enten, the chief data...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the demands the Democrats have or they will shutdown the government again. . Another government shutdown looks increasingly likely by the end of the week. Democrats are demanding that major changes to Department...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the New York Post evaluating the media's claims about Trump's immigration enforcement during 2025. It is important to recognize that these numbers are strongly biased in favor of making the Obama administration immigration enforcement...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Wall Street Journal. . Blue-state gun laws are back before the Supreme Court. The justices barred states in 2022 from requiring concealed-handgun permit applicants to demonstrate a need for the license. Rather than comply with...
Dr. John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, have a new op-ed piece in the Spectator Australia. More information on this issue is provided in our post here. An additional reason...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post. ChatGPT and Grok's evaluations of the accuracy of the article are attached at the end. A comparison is also provided for the Texas and American Community Survey (ACS) data that is often used by those who want to...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. The graphs for the changes in firearm and total homicides as well as for firearm and total suicides are provided at the end of this piece. . Democrats in the United States repeatedly praise Australia’s 1996 gun...
On Sunday, February 8th, 2026, Dr. John Lott gave a presentation to a dinner event to about 30 people at the private home in Sydney, Australia. They covered an extensive range of issues regarding crime and gun control laws. Part 1 Part 2
General Michael Flynn organized a talk that I gave on voting rules in other countries and some academic research that I have done on voting. The PowerPoint below will help you follow along with the talk. A copy of the PowerPoint is available here. Vote Fraud Mail-in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrBA2eIYdws Dr. John Lott addressed university students from the University of New South Wales, Australian National University, and other local colleges in New South Wales during his visit to Australia on February 8th, 2026. The...
https://youtu.be/wsxoIHA5d34?si=7TDX3lntzaSszA_3 Dr. John Lott talked to Professor Nick Giordano on The P.A.S. Report about the reality of ICE enforcement, Trump’s immigration record, and the statistics the mainstream media refuses to cover. They discussed a wide...
https://youtu.be/ScK6u_lfsiY Dr. John Lott appeared on NTD Newsroom to discuss Washington, D.C.’s January drop in homicides and the decline in the U.S. murder rate last year. (Monday, February 2, 2026, from 3:10 to 3:18 PM ET)
https://rumble.com/v75lcn4-graham-and-john-speak-with-john-lott.html Dr. John Lott talked to Graham Hood and John Larter on Club Grubbery about a wide range of topics, including Australia’s higher-than-perceived violent crime rates, interpretations of the post-1996...
The investigation for this first case began when Monroe County election officials (Pennsylvania) — specifically at the county’s Voter Registration and Election Office — identified suspicious voter registration and mail-in ballot application formsduring routine...
Here is part of a talk that Dr. John Lott gave on February 26th, 2026 at the University of Houston that explained how useful economics is in understanding law. The audio is provided above and the PowerPoint that went with the talk is provided below. There ended up...
The Investigative Journalism Foundation has discovered that a 2021 data breach that exposed the names of 2.2 million gun owners. . A hack linked to the Canadian program overseeing firearm licences and registration was the largest data breach reported by a federal...
