The Crime Prevention Research Center hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey people's views on universal background checks. We started with the standard question asked by survey groups such as Gallup and Morning Consult+Politico, and they added details about these...
Phoenix, AZ, December 2, 2022 (Fox 10 Phoenix) An argument in a neighborhood near Bell Road and 32nd Street ended with a man being shot and killed on Friday, Phoenix police said. Investigators say the shooter was defending himself when he killed 45-year-old Jorge...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GStsM3H5mSQ As 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 show NCIS Los Angeles is no different (Season...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duPBYJ1JKTU As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, CBS's S.W.A.T. is no different (Season 6,...
https://rumble.com/embed/v26tnes/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott talked to Michael Schwartz and Dave Stall on AM 1170 / FM 96.1 in San Diego for three segments about a wide range of topics: the misinformation and media bias on guns and gun violence; the gun...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hhb_Fykvqk The Crime Prevention Research Center's Nikki Goeser testified before the Connecticut Joint Judiciary Committee on gun-free zones in restaurants that serve alcohol and safe storage. Monday, March 6, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQHK92rFLxI “Ghost guns” are homemade guns. It is already illegal to sell these guns because they don’t have serial numbers. Guns are pretty simple items to build. You can build a shotgun with a few pipes and a nail. Requiring...
https://youtu.be/tS6ERwpp-C8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNF-_V74rxU State Sen. Jim Runestad, R-White Lake, invited Dr. John Lott and Nikki Goeser to testify before the Michigan state Senate Judiciary Committee. Nikki Goeser, the executive director of the Crime...
How common was it for people to carry guns back in the late 1800s in Europe? "So guns seem more important than tickets."
Dr. John Lott talked to Alan Stock on KXNT-AM's Vegas @ 8 about Dr. Lott's new piece at Real Clear Politics on Democrats' push on even more gun control laws, which may create fertile ground for successful mass public shootings. (Thursday, February 9, 2023, from 8:35...
Dr. John Lott was on KZRG Morning News Watch with Peter Thiele, Ted Bojorquez, and Steve Scott to discuss his new piece at Real Clear Politics titled "MSU Shooting: The Blame Game." Michigan laws should have prevented the gunman from legally owning a gun if a...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Larry Connors USA radio to discuss many gun control myths, for example, a two-hour class on how to properly store a gun is all to derail individuals from getting a gun. They also discussed Democrats' push on gun control after...