https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IncBq5eKM California has a strict assault weapon ban, and handguns were used in both attacks, but Biden seems to think that solution to these attacks is to have a ban across the whole country. The handgun used in Monterey Park may...
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On The Dana Show with Dana Loesch at SHOT Show 2023: To discuss the shift in crime, policing, and carry laws
Dr. John Lott talked to Dana Loesch on her national radio show at SHOT Show 2023 in Las Vegas about our latest report on murder concentration in the US. They also discussed Biden’s zero-tolerance policy on “rogue” gun dealers, ATF's ruling on pistol braces, the new...
TV Cop shows make you think almost all criminals use machine guns. Yet another example, ABC’s The Rookie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8Rut2pD0E As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, NBC’s Law & Order: Organized...
At Real Clear Politics: New Gun Regulation Handicaps the Disabled
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on Biden's latest gun control regulations. The piece also appeared in The Daily Signal; The Epoch Times; Zero Hedge; Rights, Justice, & Culture News; Headline USA; USSA News; and NRN. . The Biden...
On Chicago’s Morning Answer WIND-AM: Murders are happening more than ever in urban counties
https://youtu.be/gchcMhWrsms Dr. John Lott talked on Chicago’s most popular morning talk program, WIND-AM’s Morning Answer, about our latest report on murder concentration in the US. They also discussed Illinois' new assault weapons ban that has been refused to...
On Ohio’s WKBN: Discussing the CDC’s political biases against private gun ownership
Dr. John Lott appeared on Ohio's WKBN to discuss his piece in the Real Clear Politics titled “CDC Basing Funding Decisions Largely on Politics, Not Science.” (Wednesday, January 11, 2023)
Nikki Goeser On the Bill Cunningham Show: My stalker murdered my husband. Here’s how you can protect yourself
Nikki Goeser, the executive director of the Crime Prevention Research Center, talked to Bill Cunningham on the giant 700 WLW in Cincinnati about her new op-ed at Fox News offering advice for others on how to protect themselves from stalkers and the importance of armed...
On Missoula’s KGVO: To Discuss Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary on Gun Control
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour and a half to discuss his most recent testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on gun control, in which he referred to his vast...
CPRC in the News: Fox News (2), Orlando Sentinel, Yahoo! News, Missoula’s KGVO, Bearing Arms, and more
Greg Wehner, "New Jersey governor signs new gun law, drawing lawsuit from the NRA," Fox News, December 22, 2022. . . . Americans have frequently used legal guns to thwart crimes, defend themselves or their homes and even stop mass shootings. Some estimates...
At The Federalist: Alec Baldwin Lost Any Credible Defense When He Violated The First Rule Of Gun Safety
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Federalist on the involuntary manslaughter charges brought against Alec Baldwin. . News broke Thursday that prosecutors will charge actor Alec Baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of “Rust”...
On the Bill Martinez Radio Show: To discuss crime prevention in 2022
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about his latest piece at Real Clear Politics titled: "CDC Funding Decisions Based Largely on Politics, Not Science." They also discussed the Crazy Right-Wing shooter myth and why aren’t stalked...
The Washington Times and The Washington Examiner cover our research on the concentration of murders in the United States
From The Washington Times. Homicide rates have spiked, but most of America has remained untouched. Only a tiny fraction of U.S. counties account for nearly all of the country’s homicides, according to research released Tuesday that showed a striking concentration...












