Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about his new piece at the Washington Times titled “A nonlethal firearm alternative?: Self-defense requires certainty, not wishful thinking.”
(Sunday, April 6, 2025, from 9:05 to 9:25 PM ET)
https://youtu.be/g3QJN386Aw8 Dr. John Lott appeared on the LEO Round Table at SHOT Show 2026 to discuss his new piece at the Wall Street Journal titled “Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment.” They also talked about gun-free zones and media bias on guns. Some of...
https://youtu.be/ZG_dOlRi5Rc Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice to discuss his new piece at the Wall Street Journal titled "Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment." (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)
"Countless news stories have amplified fears that under Trump, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are wildly violating basic rights," said John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. "But the numbers tell a very different story." Lott...
There is a place for both firearms and for non lethal tools such as OC spray, it’s not an either/or, these tools complement each other. There are many self defense situations where OC spray can easily be explained, while using a gun would result in felony charges. Not all self defense situations are a gun scenario.