Students, reporters, researchers, and social media influencers increasingly rely on AI chatbots to write term papers, news stories, research papers, and online content. Twenty chatbots were available in February 2024, fifteen in August 2024, thirteen in December 2025,...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk at Freedomfest on why self-defense is critical for public safety. Here is the audio of his talk and a copy of his PowerPoint. Unfortunately, there were real technical difficulties with showing people the PowerPoint so people weren't able to...
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey conducted on June 7-9, 2026 shows that 54% of likely voters want the federal government to impose strong penalties on U.S. employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Twenty-six percent disagree,...
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW's The Bill Cunningham Show in Cincinnati to discuss two recent U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment decisions, explaining the ruling against Hawaii's restrictive concealed carry law and the United States v. Hemani decision limiting...
Originally posted on July 3, 2026: ChatGPT was asked to evaluate the top academic researchers in terms of their impact on the gun control debate on a 1 to 10 scale. ChatGPT also writes of John Lott's research: "Probably the single most influential empirical researcher...
A national survey commissioned by the Crime Prevention Research Center and conducted this year validates what Second Amendment advocates have long argued: the public rejects the gun control premise. When asked what would do the most to reduce violent crime, voters...
This might not involve a terrorist attack, but it just shows how vehicles can be used to kill other people. . A driver plowed into people at a street festival Sunday in Chile, killing at least six, police said. The man reportedly lost control of the vehicle at the...
We have continued our reports on how very concentrated murders are in the United States. Our newest report is available here. Abstract The worst 1% of counties (the worst 31 counties) have 20% of the population and 41% of the murders. The worst 2% of counties (63...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. It was also linked to by Real Clear Politics, Hot Air, and ACE of Spades HQ. Two days after the piece was posted, it was still the second most read piece at The Federalist (see the bottom of the post). . Is crime...
Dr. John Lott has a new investigations piece at Real Clear Investigations. Also published at Zero Hedge, The Press (Brentwood, California), Times-Leader (Fairfield, MT), TippInsights, Conservative News and Views, and USSA News. . Conventional wisdom holds that the...
There are other academics who have more of an influence on the academic debate, though Dr. Lott is still respectable in academic influence, but very high in terms of legislative & legal as well as the general public debates. More details on the rankings for Lott...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Montana state representative Greg Overstreet in the Lee Newspapers in Montana including the Butte Montana Standard and the Ravalli Valley Ravalli Republic. Overstreet is a Montana state representative for House District 88. . You have...