Tensions have largely escalated between Trump’s administration and local leaders. Crime Prevention Research Center founder John Lott said, “I think they’re the same type of argument. Maybe it’s a matter of degree in terms of the difference. But the notion is: Will...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by Newsweek about the claims that Trump's federalization of law enforcement in D.C. was racist. The sources Lott provided in an email to the reporter are shown below the quotes from the article. It was published at Revista La Velez and...
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10th, 2025, a number of high-profile Democrats quickly demanded new gun control measures. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), who chairs the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed with Congressman Thomas Massie at Real Clear Politics. We think that this piece is particularly important. It was also published at The Blaze, the Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, and Tennessee Star. . A profound mental health crisis lies at the...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Professor Gary Mauser (Simon Fraser University) in the Toronto Sun (Canada). . In Canada, if people can’t successfully “hide” from criminals, police officials are advising crime victims to “comply” with a criminal’s...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times about President Trump's call for voter IDs. . President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he will soon issue an executive order requiring voter identification for all voters nationwide. A recent...
Dr. John Lott talked to Fox News about who benefits Trump's federalization of policing in D.C. . "You go 13 days without a homicide occurring, those homicides would have invariably been very heavily Black," John Lott, founder and president of the Crime Prevention...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRMaAZ_Uhv4 Dr. John Lott appeared on Fox News' Fox & Friends on Saturday morning (September 6, 2025) to discuss the importance of prosecuting juvenile criminals in DC and other related issues. Lott discussed the changes in DC's...
On Friday morning's The National Report on Newsmax, reporter Jason Mattera presented a piece highlighting evidence that the mass shooter in Minneapolis chose to target a school in part because it was a gun-free zone, citing the Crime Prevention Research...
According to court opinions, competency rulings, law-enforcement releases, or mainstream reporting that cites those records, seven U.S. mass public shooters since 1998 had a documented diagnosis of schizophrenia -- 0.26 cases per year. There was one other case where...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed at Fox News about the current debate over policing. . Fox News Digital spoke with Crime Prevention Research Center founder John Lott, who said resistance to Trump’s anti-crime blitz echoes the defund the police movement since both...
Our recent discussion on this issue in the WSJ is available here.