Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at The Federalist. A Democrat-controlled Congress authorized the president to give grants to states that have red flag laws, but never was he authorized to establish a federal red flag center. On...
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American’s of All Types Strongly Support Government Issued Photo IDs to Vote
One restrictive policy that most Americans (79%) are on board with, however, is requiring photo identification to vote. Nicole Willcoxon and Lydia Saad, "Eight in 10 Americans Favor Early Voting, Photo ID Laws," Gallup, October 14, 2022.
Gunmen fire on crowds at a Moscow Concert Hall: At least 139 murdered
At least 139 murdered The death total in Moscow exceeds the 130 people murdered at the Paris concert shooting in November 2015. It is more than twice as many as the 59 people who were murdered in Las Vegas. The US has experienced a number of Islamic-based mass...
Real Clear Politics: AI’s Left-wing Bias on Crime and Gun Control
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The piece was also carried by Zero Hedge, Before its News, and USSA News. Some 20 artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are currently available for general use. Students, reporters, and researchers already rely...
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Biases on Crime and Gun Control
Apple is reportedly talking to Google about integrating its Artificial Intelligence program, Gemini, into iPhones. In another report from the Media Research Center, Google has biased news searches that “interfered” with 41 elections over the last 16 years, and...
The Increase in Concealed Handgun Permits in New Jersey After Bruen, almost half the denials are for reasons that go against the Bruen Decision
New Jersey has now put together a website on their concealed carry permits. Since the Supreme Court's Bruen decision, New Jersey has approved 34,589 concealed handgun permits had denied 246 applications -- an acceptance rate of 99.3%. In the twelve months before...
UPDATED: Our video on Adam Lankford’s false claims on mass public shootings passes 8.06 million view mark, 6.93 million on Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGgI2E5JUw UPDATE 3: As of March 16th, 2024, our video has obtained over 8 million total views, with now 6.93 million on John Stossel's Facebook page. The number of views: We are proud to announce that the first video that we have done...
Gun Control Advocates Blame “Lax Firearm Laws” in “Florida, Arizona, and Georgia” for Haiti’s Gun Problems, including their “automatic weapons”
Bursts of automatic weapons were fired, until late Monday night, from outside the international airport towards the landing runway, with gunmen simulating taking down an aircraft. Footage obtained by Haitian-Caribbean News Network (HCNN) shows a man standing on...
Audio of Lecture on Statistics at Lake Forest College
Dr. John Lott taught two classes on statistics at Lake Forest College on January 23rd. While the lectures weren’t recorded, the PowerPoint of Lott’s lecture is available here. Here is an audio of the lecture for the first class that Lott gave. (Tuesday, January 23,...
Canadian police advise people to leave their car FOBs at their front door so thieves can steal cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nh_k1wbcyk York Regional Police Constable Marco Ricciardi: “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your FOBs at your front door. Because they’re breaking into your home to steal your car. They don’t want...
South Carolina Becomes the 29th Constitutional Carry State, 46.8% of Americans now live in Constitutional Carry States, with 67.7% of the area
On March 7th, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed legislation making South Carolina the 29th state in the nation adopt Constitutional Carry. As of July 2024, there will be 29 Constitutional Carry states when Louisiana's law goes into effect, covering 46.8%...
More Media Bias: CBS’s FBI International TV show has an assassin firing a machine gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROMz6aTgOY s the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, CBS’s FBI International TV show is no different (Season...