Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Townhall on Biden's State of the Union address. President Biden’s State of the Union address contained many false and misleading claims about crime and guns. Biden: “COVID left other scars, like the spike in violent...
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On the Michael Dukes Show: The Gun Control Debate from Mass Public Shootings to Media Bias on Guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ov_cdH06YU Dr. John Lott talked to Michael Dukes, whose radio show covers much of Alaska. They covered a broad range of issues from how to stop mass public shootings to the data on defensive gun uses to the media bias on guns. (Friday,...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 21 Cases During October 2022
Hartford, CT, October 3, 2022 (CT Insider) The two suspected carjackers in Monday's deadly triple shooting appeared to take their victim by surprise, ambushing him in a brazen attempt to steal his car at gunpoint in broad daylight before he shot them, killing one,...
On America’s Voice Live: What should women do to protect themselves from stalkers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-hsZC3bI1Y CPRC’S Executive Director Nikki Goeser talks with host Miranda Khan on America's Voice Live about the advice that “experts” give women who are stalked. Nikki talks about her own terrifying stalking experience and the...
UPDATED: People legally carrying guns have helped police officers solve crimes
Durham, North Carolina, February 26, 2026 Following a fatal workplace shooting at a Durham pizza restaurant, an armed customer followed the suspect outside and held him at gunpoint until police arrived and arrested him. The suspect was charged with first-degree murder...
Testimony before the Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee on SB1
Dr. John Lott was invited by state Senator Michael McKay to testify before the Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee on SB1. A copy of Dr. Lott’s testimony is available here.
Chicago: Man shoots, wounds suspected robber in shoot out on Green Line train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPusZCQ3Zhw A man with a concealed carry license shot and wounded a man trying to rob him at gunpoint on a CTA Green Line train Friday afternoon near the Cicero station, according to officials. About 4:45 p.m., the suspected...
On Central California’s KNZR: Discussing a wide range of topics from the concentration of murders in the US and the errors in the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports
Dr. John Lott talked to Terry Maxwell on Central California’s KNRZ at SHOT Show 2023 in Las Vegas. They discussed a wide range of topics including our latest research on murder concentration in the US, our previous study about massive errors in the FBI’s Active...
At America’s Voice Live with Steve Gruber: The Tyre Nichols Video Has Launched Another Firestorm of Criticism of Police
https://rumble.com/embed/v25erd6/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on America’s Voice Live about the criticism of police after the public release of that graphic video showing the Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols who died days...
Number of police in the Asheville Police Department is down 42% since May 2020, 200% surge in break-ins amid a violent crime spike
This isn't too surprising to anyone who have been following our work. . . . Violent crime in Asheville increased 31% per 100,000 people between 2016 and 2020 – nearly double the national average and 18-percentage points higher than North Carolina's 13% increase...
On the Bill Martinez Radio Show: To Discuss COVID Overcounts and Murder Concentration in the US
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about COVID deaths and hospitalizations being overcounted, and our latest research that murders in the U.S. are becoming increasingly concentrated in densely populated urban centers in a small set...
On America’s Voice Live: Discussing COVID Conspiracies
https://rumble.com/embed/v23ew4m/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott joins Steve Gruber to discuss the "overcounting" of COVID deaths and hospitalizations in the United States. Dr. Leana Wen admitted to the Washington Post: "The true toll of deaths and hospitalization, she...










