Dr. John Lott talks with host Ben Shapiro about the false belief that gun confiscation or gun buybacks will lower homicide rates and make people more safe.
(Thursday, March 21, 2019)

Dr. John Lott talks with host Ben Shapiro about the false belief that gun confiscation or gun buybacks will lower homicide rates and make people more safe.
(Thursday, March 21, 2019)
Atlanta, Georgia, October 1, 2025 (11 Alive) Atlanta police said one person who was threatening another person with a knife was shot. That person's injuries were not life-threatening, police said. The altercation happened around 4:20 a.m. at the Pilot gas station in...
Economist John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told NHJournal that the arguments being made by opponents of campus carry are already being refuted by the data. “About a dozen states already have campus carry, and some have had it for...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Houston on April 17th, 2026 titled "The FBI Crime Data is a Politicized Mess." The audio here isn't perfect,, but hopefully between the audio and the PowerPoint the main message will get across. This audio missed the first 10 minutes of...
Why do you believe that the reason for gun confiscation is to control crimes?
There are no crimes only criminals