Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on Armed American Radio about terror watch lists, Mexico lawsuits against the gun maker's, and Taliban gun bans. (Sunday, August 22, 2021, 9:35 to 10:00 PM)
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Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Twenty-one Cases During January 2021
Palm Beach, FL, January 2, 2021 (WPBF) Authorities say that a person was shot outside of the RaceTrac gas station at 2995 45th Street just before midnight on Saturday. A vehicle owner confronted and shot a burglar inside of their vehicle, according to police. The...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Liberal crime policies are causing crime spikes all over America
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about how liberal crime policies are causing crime spikes all over America. (Thursday, August 26, 2021, from 8:33 to 8:42 AM)
On The Joe Catenacci Show: On the rise in violent crime
Dr. John Lott talked to Joe Catenacci Show on Wilmington, North Carolina’s Big Talker 106.7FM about Lott’s piece at Real Clear Investigations on “Despite What Biden Says, Guns Factor In Only A Small Percentage Of Violent Crimes.“ (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)
At the Washington Times: Democrats could again try to abuse ‘Terror Watch List’ to infringe on second-amendment rights
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have a new piece in the Washington Times that warns what Democrats might try to do with the Terror Watch List and the budget. Remember all the calls by Democrats to ban people on the FBI's terror watch list from buying guns?...
On the Silk or Joe Show: Discussing the huge explosion in national debt
Dr. John Lott talked to Joseph Paterson on his national radio show about his op-ed piece titled: "Our $28 Trillion National Debt Is Coming Due." (Saturday, August 28, 2021)
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow describes Lott as “a very influential person,” “wrote a book that people call the bible of the NRA”
Dr. John Lott has already written about the high school commencement hoax that gun control advocates set up this June (more available here). On June 23rd, Rachel Maddow devoted 14 minutes of her MSNBC news show to discuss it. We won't bore you with her whole segment...
Biden has a pattern of falsely claiming that he visited with people after mass public shootings
Possibly it is just Biden's desire to connect with people, but Biden appears to have a habit of claiming connections to mass public shootings that didn't happen. The latest example occurred on September 2, 2021. President Biden on Thursday told Jewish leaders that he...
On St Louis’ Giant KLJY: Discussing a wide range of gun control issues
Dr. John Lott talked to Mike Ferguson and Ken Williams on St. Louis' giant 100,000-watts KLJY-FM about a wide rate of gun control issues. (Thursday, August 26, 2021, from 9:35 to 9:48 AM)
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: Twenty-six Cases During December 2020
Akron, OH, December 1, 2020 (Cleveland 19) The robbery happened just before 8 p.m. at the MetroPCS store on Main Street in Akron. According to Akron police, the suspect entered the store, pulled out a handgun, and took money from the cash register. The suspect then...
CPRC in the News: Forbes, Instapundit, BizPac Review, and more
“Most developed countries ban absentee ballots unless the citizen is living abroad or require Photo-IDs to obtain those ballots,” noted an August 2020 study by John Lott with the Crime Prevention Center. “Even higher percentages of European Union or other...
At Townhall: Neither Biden Nor His Speechwriters Can Do Simple Math on the Afghan Pullout
Dr. John Lott had a new piece at Townhall. You have to wonder whether Biden’s speechwriters can do simple math. Possibly they don’t even care about getting numbers right because they know that no one in the press will check. But by virtually any measure, Biden’s...