Dr. John Lott has returned to the CPRC and he had this piece today at Newsweek. After the riot at the U.S. Capitol, gun control organizations warn that armed rioters at state capitols across the country on Inauguration Day pose a threat to our democracy. They claim...
Original Post November 2, 2014: A 2012 survey of the literature in the University of Maryland Law Review is available here. Some of the peer-reviewed research showing that concealed carry laws reduce violent crime is listed here. This list includes papers using US...
Andrew Pollack, the new president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, has a new op-ed up at Townhall.com. Businesses in major American cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. erected plywood barricades for fear of election day violence. To...
The FBI claims that there were 27 active shooting cases in 2018 and 28 cases in 2019, but they have missed at least seven cases, with at least six cases where a concealed handgun permit holder stopped the attack. So there should be nine cases (14.52%) where people...
Media bias on guns takes many forms. Here is an all too typical example where a character comes out and says: “I don’t like guns.” In an episode titled "The Benefactor," MTV's Teen Wolf has an episode where they first show a man almost accidentally shooting his son...
Dr. John Lott talked ot Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms. As Americans have embraced their Second Amendment rights by the millions this year, the number of concealed carry holders has grown as well, though not as quickly as you might think. According to the latest figures...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Frady about our newest report on the number of concealed handgun permits. (Tuesday, October 6, 2020, from 6:05 to 7:00 PM) Part 1 Lock N Load October 6, 2020 Part 2 Lock N Load October 6, 2020
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about what the election means for gun control. (Thursday, October 15, 2020, from 4:16 to 4:30 PM) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin (WISN, WIBA, WMEQ).
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon on his national radio show about Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he would pardon the St. Louis couple,Mark and Patricia McCloskey, if they are convicted of gun charges after waving guns at protesters walking in front of their home...
Dr. John Lott talked to KXNT's Alan Stock about Joe Biden's gun control proposals. They also briefly discussed Lott's new book, "Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched "studies" have twisted the facts on gun control." (Monday, October 12, 2020,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Birmingham, Alabama's WERC about Joe Biden's proposed lawsuits against gun makers and sellers and what that would mean for people's right to self-defense. (Monday, October 12, 2020)
Dr. John Lott talked on KMLB-AM radio about a broad range of issues from Police Shootings to Democrats promise to eliminate the Filibuster to "Gun Control Myths." (Thursday, September 17, 2020, from 6:15 to 7:00 PM)