Dr. John Lott talked to Larry Marino on Los Angeles' 870 AM about his new book, "Gun Control Myths." (Sunday, July 19, 2020)
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On WKRC in Cincinnati on how the Selective Media Reporting Further Fuels Our Racial Divide
Dr. John Lott talked to Brian Thomas on Cincinnati's WKRC about how the selective media reporting further fuels our racial divide. (WKRC, Thursday, July 16, 2020, from 6:05 to 6>68 AM)
On the Michigan Talk Network: Discussing the Disrespect to Law Enforcement and the push to Defund the Police
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the disrespect of law enforcement and the push to defund police. (Thursday, July 16, 2020, 8:35 to 8:46 AM)
Concealed Handgun Permit Holder Stops Mass Public Shooting in Brownsburg, Indiana
Here is another example where police have said that if it wasn't for the presence of a legal concealed handgun permit holder many others could have been killed. Fortunately, one of the people wounded in the shooting had a permitted concealed handgun and was able to...
Biden Staffer calls Police worse than “Pigs,” follows Biden’s call to replace police with social welfare workers
Last week in a July 8thinterview with Black Lives Matter advocate Ady Barkan, Joe Biden called for police officers to be replaced with social workers. After talking about America’s supposed “commitment to white supremacy,” Barkan went on to say: “The leaders of Black...
On Montana Talks: How the media exacerbates racial tension.
Dr. John Lott talked to Aaron Flint on the Montana Talk Network about a range of issues including how selective media reporting further fuels our racial divide, how the same politicians who want to defund the police also want to ban guns. Montana Talks covers stations...
At Townhall: How the Media Created a Society That Accepts Refusing Service to Police Officers
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall on the social and other problems facing police officers. Two police officers were murdered in Texas over the weekend, bringing this year’s national total to 34. Being a police officer is a dangerous job, but police nowadays...
On Chicago’s WIND: How the media creates racial division, the case of police shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to John Hinderaker on Chicago's WIND-AM radio about our research on police shootings and our piece in Real Clear Politics. They also discussed our research on mass public shooters. (Friday, July 10, 2020)
The Crime Prevention Research Center completely dominates the Social Science Research Network’s listing of Academic Crime Research
The Social Science Research Network's eLibrary provides 947,686 research papers from 498,760 researchers in more than 50 disciplines. Dr. John Lott's work was the 48th most downloaded researcher over the last 12 months, and he is the 24th most downloaded researcher...
On Brazil’s Record TV: Weapons in Brazil
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by Brazil's Record TV at 1:01:08 into the program (there is a very brief mention at 1:31 in the program). The Camera Record shows the issue of firearms in Brazil. The program addresses the arms trafficking in the national territory, the...
Police Refused Service: We have gone from Companies firing employees who did this to accepting their behavior
From fast food restaurants to coffee shops to grocery stores, police are finding that they are being refused service. The big change is that in the past the problem involved individual employees and the companies would apologize, but now it is something that the...
On the Michigan Talk Network: States with DeFacto Gun Bans
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about states having defacto gun bans by preventing people from being able to buy gun or getting concealed handgun permits. They also talked about the irony of Democratic politicians who are cutting...