Well, apparently, CBS thinks that machine guns are commonly used in crimes committed in Europe. In three of FBI: International's first five episodes, machine guns are being used to commit crime. We wonder if Europeans realize how commonly machine guns are used in...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mike Ferguson on St. Louis’ giant 100,000-watts KLJY-FM about the recent school shooting in Michigan. He discussed the CPRC report titled: "Schools that Allow Teachers to Carry Guns are Extremely Safe: Data on the Rate of Shootings and...
After the woman had fatally shot one of her attackers, her boyfriend came outside and helped to chase away the robbers. From ABC Channel 13 in Houston: According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the woman was approached by three men who attempted to rob her...
John Lott talked to Megyn Kelly about a range of gun control issues. The video above shows about eight minutes of their twenty-minute discussion and focused on the push for new gun control laws after the Oxford School Shooting. They talked about Lott's piece at Real...
John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist about Gavin Newsom's promise to use the US Supreme Court decision on Texas' abortion law to push new gun control in California. You would never know it from the reaction of President Biden and Governor Gavin Newsom, but the...
Dr. John Lott appeared on TRT to discuss the School Shooting in Michigan and problems with the Small Arms Survey Data. The first part of the segment is filled with misinformation. Lott tries to correct some of them when he was on. (Thursday, December 2, 2021)
Dr. John Lott talked to Andy Caldwell on his radio show about Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics titled: "Support for More Gun Control Falls, But Partisan Gap Grows." See also the new Quinnipiac University Poll. (Monday, November 29, 2021, from 5:35 to 5:50 PM)...
Earlier this year the CPRC put together a list of 21 instances where people under age 21 used guns defensively to save lives. These cases have become more relevant with the renewed calls for gunlock laws. Here are some more cases: Surveillance footage of Philly Pizza...
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on both his national and Northwest regional radio shows about Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics titled: "Support for More Gun Control Falls, But Partisan Gap Grows." See also the new Quinnipiac University Poll. (Monday, November...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Florida State Representative Anthony Sabatini in the Orlando Sentinel and also the Daily Commercial and the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville). Gun-control advocates keep making the same predictions of doom and bloodshed from...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the prosecution of the parent and Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics titled: "Why Gun Storage Laws Would Do More Harm Than Good." Some of the information in the discussion about how difficult it...
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. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns so rarely that a 2016 survey of prison...