I have responded previously to some of these claims by Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes. Their latest attack is over at ThinkProgress, which bills itself as providing a progressive perspective. No doubt, the attack was prompted by the media coverage that I have been...
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A response to Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes’ claims at “Armed with Reason” about John Lott’s research
Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes have been repeating past criticisms of John Lott's work and without ever bothering to let readers know that Lott has already responded to those points. John Lott has written up a detailed response available below to the first...
Response to DeFilippis and Hughes Review of The War on Guns
DeFilippis and Hughes have another piece attacking Dr. Lott's new book The War on Guns (UPDATE: DeFilippis and Hughes discretely note by their byline that they have updated this piece, but we haven't taken the time to go through it again to...
At The Hill: Good guys with guns save lives. Don’t believe the hype.
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper. Unfortunately, the editors made changes in my piece without my permission. The changed my statement of 94% of mass public shootings occurring in gun-free zones to an "enormous amount." There were other similar...
At Real Clear Politics: CDC Basing Funding Decisions Largely on Politics, Not Science
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. This piece was also carried by the Epoch Times, Florida Daily, The Fairfield Sun Times (Tennessee), The Bharat Express News (India), MSN, and the Highland County Press (Ohio). . For the second year in a row,...
Responses to GVPedia Errors regarding Lott’s December 15th, 2022 House Judiciary Committee Testimony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7unVdqstiJA Devin Hughes has written up a response to Dr. John Lott's testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Uvalde mass murder. Hughes represents the gun control organization he founded, GVPedia....
Responding to GVPedia’s False Claims about Constitutional Carry Laws
Professor Carl Moody and Dr. John Lott have put together a response that Devin Hughes' GVPedia has put together attacking research that Professor Moody did on the impact of Constitutional Carry laws and other writing by Lott. A copy of Hughes' latest claims is...
Response to Critics claims in the Orlando Sentinel
Recently Devin Hughes and Po Murray wrote a response to an op-ed by Anthony Sabatini and John Lott in the Orlando Sentinel. Professor Carl Moody of the College of William & Mary ([email protected]) responded to their claims and asked us to post it here. We have...
At The Hill: Where’s the defense of California judge?
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill that covers recent attacks against U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez’s decision to strike down California’s Assault Weapon Ban has caused some gun controllers to lose their minds. California...
At The Hill Newspaper: Locking guns won’t do anything to save lives
UPDATED: At the end of this piece, we have included responses to an attack on Dr. Lott's article. ORIGINAL POST: Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper on the current debate over whether people should lock up the guns in their homes. The op-ed starts...
Recent Talks in Sonoma, California and Corpus Christi, Texas
Dr. John Lott has been giving multiple talks in March. One was on March 16th in Sonoma County, California to the Third Thursday group and another on March 24th in Corpus Christi, Texas at the Texas Lyceum. In both places, Dr. Lott talked about his latest book, "The...
CPRC in the Los Angeles Times: Yes, gun-free zones are targets — and research proves it
Dr. John Lott had a letter to the editor in the Los Angeles Times responding to an error filled op-ed by gun control advocates Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes, who appear to be part of the Bloomberg funded gun control network. To the editor: Evan DeFilippis’ and...