The video below provides more details on what happened. The last of four inmates who escaped the Cullman Co. Jail Thursday night has been captured after some help from a Hanceville resident.Leo Chavez was taken into custody Friday evening by police in Hanceville,...
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NBC’s Chicago PD exaggerates the danger to law-abiding concealed handgun permit holders
People may remember the Philando Castile case out of Minnesota in 2016. It is the only case that I know of where a police officer, Jeronimo Yanez with the St. Anthony police department, fatally shot a concealed handgun permit holder, Castile, who was black. The media...
On Colorado’s KVOR: On the gun control bills passed by the Democrats in the US House
Dr. John Lott talked to Tron Simpson on Colorado’s KVOR radio about the gun control bills passed by the Democrats in the US House. (Sunday, March 14, 2021)
On the Russ Clark Show at CPAC: What the Biden administration means for gun control
Dr. John Lott talked to Russ Clark on KBLU in Yuma, Arizona about what the Biden administration means for gun control. (Friday, February 26, 2021)
Criminals on television entertainment keep using machine guns: Again on NBC’s Chicago PD
As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. This episode of NBC’s Chicago PD (Season 8, Episode 8, March 10, 2021) has machine guns being used...
On The Vicki McKenna Show: The Media Bias on Guns, the false claims put out by the Gun Violence Archive
Dr. John Lott joined Vicki on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin to discuss the media bias on guns and the false claims put out by the Gun Violence Archive. (Thursday, January 21, 2021, from 4:35 to 4:51 PM) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin (WISN, WIBA,...
At Townhall: Keeping Georgetown Law School Profs from Talking About Black Students’ Low Grades Helps No One
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. Some simple, obvious facts are too politically incorrect for academics to state publicly. Georgetown University just fired law professor Sandra Sellers and forced out professor David Batson. Sellers' offense? "I end up having...
On NTD News: Understanding some of the Problems with Democrats’ Background Check Bills
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by NTD about the bill to close the "Charleston Loophole" and the costs of Universal Background Checks. Other relevant information is available here.
Summarizing the Dominant Ideas in the Democratic Party on Policing
Democrats don't like police. They don't view the police as the solution for crime. That is at least if you believe Perry Bacon's piece at 538 summarizing the current views in the Democratic Party. Interestingly, they don't include anything on gun control presumably...
Biden’s likely ban on the importation of modern sporting rifles would have a big impact on an already tight market
With record gun sales this last year as police have been ordered to stand down and massive numbers of inmates have been released from jails and prisons, the importation of guns in 2020 also surged by about 60% over the previous year. With an estimated 22.8 million...
Headline in New Zealand: Rise in gun crime despite government confiscation of guns
Gun bans don't ever seem to work very well. The New Zealand gun buyback started in June 2019, and over the next six month 50,000 guns were turned in, less than a third of the 170,000 semi-automatic weapons estimated to be in circulation in New Zealand. The buyback and...
Rayla Campbell interviews John Lott at CPAC about guns
Rayla Campbell interviews John Lott at CPAC about guns. He talks about how it is the most vulnerable who benefit the most from owning guns. (Thursday, February 25, 2021)











