Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his weekday radio show about the Democrats' push for gun control and how gun control hurts minorities and the poor. (Monday, March 8, 2021, from 4:05 to 5:00 PM)
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UPDATED: Cracks start appearing in Senator Joe Manchin’s promise to keep his filibuster pledge
With House Democrats passing two major gun control bills, the push for gun control moves to the Senate. With all the Senate Democrats and some Republicans supporting more gun control, whether gun control passes Congress depends on if the Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)...
Never a successful Civilian Defensive Gun Use on CBS: Store owner pulls out gun and is fatally shot by robber
More television bias against guns. You won't see an entertainment television show that has a victim successfully using a gun defensively, and the latest episode of Blue Bloods is no different (Season 11, Episode 8, March 5, 2021). In that episode, a jewelry store...
At the Tennessee Conservative: Victim Of Stalking & Violent Crime Shares Her Harrowing Story In Support of Lifetime Protection Bill
CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a new opinion piece at the Tennessee Conservative March 12, 2021 The Tennessee State Senate unanimously passed the Lifetime Order of Protection Bill this week. The final vote will take place on Monday, March 15th on the House...
Age Limits to Carry Concealed in Constitutional Carry States and Right-to-Carry States
With a number of states adopting Constitutional Carry laws, one of the issues that is coming up is what should the age limit be for those who carry. Of the 18 Constitutional Carry states, twelve allow people to carry guns at 18 years of age. One other state allows...
On the Bill Martinez Show: On the relationship between crime and gun ownership
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national show about the claims that the increased crime last year was because of increased gun sales. Also on who are the real victims of last year's riots? (Wednesday, March 3, 2021, from 10:05 to 10:30 AM)
69 year old man uses permitted concealed handgun to protect himself against three robbers
On Tuesday, March 9th at 10:35 PM, three robbers attempted to rob a 69-year-old man in a Beverly residential neighborhood (about 15 miles south of downtown Chicago). Two of the three robbers have been charged, including receiving, possessing, and selling a stolen...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Discussing the House’s votes on two gun control bills today
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about two gun control bills that the US House is voting on today (Wednesday, March 10, 2021). The two bills are Universal Background Checks and closing the "Charleston Loophole." (Wednesday, March 10,...
Correcting yet another error in the New York Times: Andrew Sorkin, “The Most Important Lawsuit You’ve Never Heard of,” March 4, 2021
There is little point in writing letters to the New York Times because no matter how egregious their errors, they don't print letters that point out errors in their articles. Still, it doesn't hurt to keep track of a few of their many errors. Of course, the Times...
34 States allow Open Carry without a permit in all (33 states) or virtually all (Iowa) their state
After many years with no real change in state laws on open carry, following the move to Constitutional Carry, there has been a significant increase in the number of states that allow open carry without a permit. Just in the last couple of years you have seen changes...
On Armed American Radio: Discussing the Democrats Push in Congress for more Gun Control Laws
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national radio show about the Democrats push in Congress for more gun control laws. (Monday, March 8, 2021, from 4:05 to 5:00 PM)
More Media Bias on Guns: CBS’s Magnum PI shows that supposedly if only a gun hadn’t sold a gun illegal man couldn’t have attempted suicide
CBS has been working closely with gun control groups to bias people's views on gun ownership. In this episode of Magnum PI (Season 3, Episode 10, March 5, 2021), an Army ranger on leave obtains a gun illegally an attempts suicide. Somehow the claim is that if only the...