Between 1998 and 2021, there were about 4.8 million denials for gun purchases. There were another 131,865 denials in 2022, 116,587 in 2023, and 110,505 in 2024. The total is about 5.1 million denials. There is a lot of missing information on the number of prosecutions...
If you add up the fees for the Federal Firearms Licensee ($120) as well as the fees for the background check charged by the DC police department ($35) and their registration fee ($13), the total cost of a universal background check is $168. Amazingly, even if one...
At the end of this we have added Fact-checks from ChatGPT 5.1 and Grok Expert In April 2025, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) held 32,469 incarcerated individuals. By November 2025, New York’s jails held another 18,334...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Qt5i3t2ms John Hines: "If you're interested in hearing from one of the world's leading experts on guns, crime, and public policy, a man whose research has shaped national debates and informed policymakers at the highest levels, then...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also published at The Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, Yahoo, and World Net Daily. . Stephanie Dilyard is lucky to be alive. . Yet last week, 7-Eleven fired the 25-year-old after she used her gun to save her own...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Stacy on the Right, a nationwide radio show, to discuss his piece in The Federalist titled: "Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie." They also discussed the impact of media bias has on gun ownership and the...
“Democrats keep claiming that Trump ‘gave away’ $40 billion to Argentina,” but “the claim isn’t true,” explains John R. Lott Jr. at RealClearPolitics. “The US didn’t give Argentina money. It entered into a currency swap — and the US has actually earned a...
Here is an article from Reuters. This is a big change in the commitment to protect the civil rights of Americans. Not surprisingly some don't agree. As one former Civil Rights Division attorney claims, this is "moving us even further away from our nation's commitment...
Our research is available here. After the Newsweek was published on Friday, November 21, 2025, the reporter updated her article on Monday, November 24, 2025. Below are the claims in the article along with responses that Dr. Lott emailed the reporter. . Devin Hughes,...
The Crime Prevention Research Center has worked with the Peace Officers Research Association of California and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen on an Amicus brief for the U.S. Supreme Court looking at the Ninth Circuit holding “that a national tradition...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av9L53ogD8A This is yet another TV police show that erroneously shows that gun registration is used to solve crimes (FBI S8 E4 11 03 25) . Gun control activists push for registration as a way to solve crime. In theory, if criminals...
There have recent stories of illegal aliens driving semi-tractor trailers across the country. On August 12, 2025, Harjinder Singh, an illegal alien from India, was driving a semi-tractor trailer on the Florida Turnpike, and he attempted an illegal U-turn in a...