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...
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At Real Clear Politics: Media Spin on Gun Control Doesn’t Match Voters’ Opinions
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...
Washington Examiner: FBI undercounts armed citizens stopping attacks
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...
Philadelphia Inquirer: Gun-free zones at Philly recreational centers
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."
Fox News: FBI undercounts number of times armed citizens have thwarted active shooting incidents
Our research gets extensive coverage at Fox News. A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) argues that the FBI's data contains "massive errors" when tracking active shooting incidents, undercounting how often armed citizens have...
Alberta Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Explains that his Province will not help the Canadian Federal Government Confiscate “Assault Weapons”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OORVcRfKN4 The Alberta Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro has strong language about how Justin Trudeau's assault weapons ban will not make Albertans any safer and how the ban depends a lot on Canadian's ignorance...
Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.4%, the correct number is at least 34.4%. In 2021, it is at least 49.1%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 50%.
FBI ACTIVE SHOOTER DATABASE is available here for people who want to check all the casesDownload Data: For convenience, a PDF of the Excel file is also available here and a webpage with the list and links to the underlying news stories. FBI Active Shooting reports are...
At the Washington Times: No voter fraud? The curious case of former Congressman Michael ‘Ozzie’ Myers
Dr. John Lott and Stephen M. Smith have a new op-ed on vote fraud at the Washington Times. . Former Congressman Michael “Ozzie” Myers (D-PA) was sentenced to 30 months in prison last week for vote fraud. His scheme involved bribery, falsification of voting records,...
On The Chuck & Julie Show: Sloppy Record-Keeping Leads to Election Integrity Issues
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Chuck & Julie Show to discuss Dr. Lott's new study with Steve Smith from the America First Policy Institute reveals just how tarnished the gold standard of elections really is: "To Restore Americans’ Faith In Elections, Fix...
On Houston’s Giant 50,000-watt KTRH: Defensive Gun Use Four Times More Common Than Gun Crime
You won't hear Lester Holt report this: "New data shows defensive gun use is four times more common than violent gun crime."John R. Lott, founder and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, says that's because legacy media goes out of their way to...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Election Record-Keeping makes it impossible to match the number of ballots voted with the number of voters listed as voting
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Scot Bertram on the Michigan Talk Network about Dr. Lott’s new piece with Steve Smith from the America First Policy Institute about the research on counties and states inability to measure the gap between the number of voters...
On Sioux City, Iowa’s KSCJ: Election Record-Keeping makes it impossible to match the number of ballots voted with the number of voters listed as voting
Dr. John Lott appeared on KSCJ's Drivetime Live with Mark Hahn to discuss Dr. Lott's recent paper with Steve Smith from the America First Policy Institute on how sloppy record keeping by election officials stoke the ongoing questions regarding the integrity of...












