https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_NQc0OPDLk 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, the first two episodes of ABC’s The...
Dr. John Lott talked to Ryan Wiggins on 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis about Dr. Lott’s piece with Steve Smith at The Federalist on the problems in matching the number of ballots cast with the number of voters listed as voting: “To Restore Americans’ Faith...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vince Coglianese on Washington, DC's WMAL about the FBI underreporting incidents of "good guys with a gun" preventing violent crime. The discussion is related to our new research on massive errors in the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports regarding...
This case shows one of the dangers of absentee ballots. . Jason Schofield, 42, of Troy, New York, was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart on an indictment charging him with unlawfully using the names and dates of birth of voters to fraudulently...
"It is unconscionable that anyone would bring deadly weapons where our city’s children gather to play," said Mayor Kenney. "We will not tolerate the endangerment of children and families while they are in the care of our treasured community spaces, and we must do...
Fox News has a new piece up on our research today. The study's author suggests 'really biased' framing of poll questions greatly skews support for red flag laws.A new study shows that the attitude of Americans toward red flag laws, where guns are taken away from...
This attack was worse than any school shooting in the US. Only the Bath School bombing in 1927 had more murders, with 45 people dying. Thirty-four people were murdered at the school, plus the man also murdered his wife and child at home. Thirty-seven people have been...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Tsgf-_rzo 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. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns so...
https://rumble.com/embed/v1gm85t/?pub=vzmga From One America News: “President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, Dr. John Lott told One America News that new billboards popping up around California are urging people not to move to Texas because of its mass...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece up at Real Clear Politics. Red Flag laws are the top priority of Democrats and gun control advocates. Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly support these measures -- by margins ranging between 2-1 and 3-1. Congress...
The Washington Examiner discusses our new research on errors in the FBI's active shooter reports. The FBI has been vastly undercounting the times a mass shooting or active shooting event has been stopped by legally armed citizens, according to an independent...
Dr. John Lott has a letter to the editor in the Philadephia Inquirer. The Inquirer did edit out one important part of the first sentence. It was supposed to read "caught in the cross fire between rival gangs."