Surging crime across America has led to a rise in gun sales, but the gun control crowd is trying to twist that narrative around. A report in the left-wing Atlantic blames rising violent crime on increased gun sales. But John Lott, author and president of...
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At Fox News: Biden’s ‘guns first’ approach to violent crime ignores basic facts: Over 92% of violent crimes in America do not involve firearms
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News: With violent crime increasing over the last two years, Americans want a solution. But President Joe Biden constantly frames violent crime as only a gun problem. Again, it was the sole focus of Biden's speech in New...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 27 Cases During August 2021
Birmingham, AL, August 3, 2021 (abc3340.com) The Birmingham Police Department announced the shooting death of 27-year-old Clifford Savontay Grayson Jr. has been reclassified as a justifiable death investigation from a homicide investigation.Police said Grayson was...
At Real Clear Politics: Democrats Pushing Gun Registry as Precursor to Gun Ban
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics and the Epoch Times. Federal law explicitly prohibits the creation of a federal firearm registry, but the Biden administration is making one anyway. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has...
On The Vicki McKenna Show: Discussed Biden’s attacks on Republicans as being “anti-democratic” and “totalitarian”
Dr. John Lott joined Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin to discuss Lott's had in the Washington Times titled: "Biden’s rhetoric implies there are virtually no Democratic countries." Lott noted that if Biden really believes that those who want voter...
On One America News: 9th Circuit decision on closing gun stores, Biden saying Voter IDs Totalitarian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1NopXgrnsE Dr. John Lott appeared on One America News' Tipping Point to discuss the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision on closing gun stores and shooting ranges during COVID and also the op-ed that Lott had in the Washington Times...
At the Birmingham News, Alabama Today, and Yellowhammer News: What constitutional carry provisions would mean for Alabama
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Alabama State Rep. Shane Stringer on the Constitutional Carry bill that is currently being considered by the state legislature. The Birmingham News is the largest newspaper in Alabama. Gun-control advocates keep making the same...
Rasmussen Reports Survey: 31% of those who support a national gun registry and 40% of Democrats believe that a national registry will lead to the confiscation of “all guns”
According to a Rasmussen Reports Survey, likely voters in the US are evenly divided on whether there should be national gun registration. While Republicans oppose the idea by a two-to-one margin, Democrats support it by a similar margin. What is most interesting is...
Biden White House: “Soft-on-crime” Psaki laughs: “What does that even mean?”
https://rumble.com/embed/vr6psp/?pub=vzmga As violent crime continues to surge across America, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocks Americans discussing the “consequences” of Democrats'“soft-on-crime” policies. Psaki laughs: “What does that even...
UPDATED: Biden filibustered a black female judicial nominee for the nation’s second-highest court. Rasmussen Survey: Is it a good idea or a bad idea to make race and gender the basis of choosing appointments to the Supreme Court?
According to a new Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters in late January, only 26% of voters think that it's a good idea to make race and gender the basis for choosing Supreme Court Justices. While Trump let people know in advance the people he would appoint to...
On Pittsburgh’s John Steigerwald Show: Did increased gun sales cause the increase in violent crime?
Dr. John Lott talked to John Steigerwald on Pittsburgh's WPGP to discuss the claim that violent crime is rising because of increased gun sales. They discussed Lott's recent op-ed at Townhall titled: "As Gun Sales Soared, the Number of Violent Crimes Committed with...
On the Michigan Talk Network: 9th Circuit Court decision that Gun Store Closures Are Unconstitutional
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber to discuss the recent 9th Circuit Court decision that declared the closure of gun stores and shooting ranges in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in California to be unconstitutional. (January 26,...











