Vince Coglianese on his national radio show on August 25th discusses our estimates of the probability that the drop in D.C.'s homicide rate after Trump federalization of policing is just a random occurrence. Vince Coglianese: "The Great John Lott from the Crime...
The top story on the Fox News website features an interview Dr. John Lott did on the Minneapolis and other mass murderers targeting gun-free zones. John Lott, the founder and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told Fox News Digital about some of the...
The New York Times has a new piece by a gun control advocate who claims that increasing law enforcement in D.C. will be either "needless" or counterproductive. At least gun control advocates are consistent, they don’t want law enforcement to protect people at the same...
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal about the media bias in covering mass shootings. . Once again a mass shooter has struck and the media is refusing to acknowledge why he chose his target. Like other killers, he...
A new analysis by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) found that the FBI has understated the number of times armed civilians have stopped active shooter incidents in the United States. According to the FBI, civilians stopped just 14 out of 374 active shooter...
https://youtu.be/3QgDb2CVwEQ?feature=shared&t=1635 The President's Daily Brief Situation Report is hosted by former CIA operations officer Mike Baker. He talked to Dr. John Lott about accusations that the Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated...
Updated August 27, 2025: You would think the empirical evidence would be overwhelming at some point. When the Aurora, Colorado Batman movie theater shooter attacked, seven movie theaters were showing "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20th within 20 minutes of the...
It turns out that it wasn't an accident that attack in Minneapolis occurred at a gun-free zone. The murderer's manifesto makes it clear that he purposely picked a gun-free zone. The murderer wrote his manifesto in Russian, but here is the relevant translation. "I...
The suspected gunman in a horrific church and school shooting in Minnesota took his own life after a rampage cops say killed at least two people and wounded as many as 20 others, with victims including kids and adults. Police said the unidentified shooter -- who was...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post on the incredibly large, very statistically significant drop in D.C.'s homicide rate since President Trump federalized D.C.'s law enforcement. It is the lead op-ed in today's New York Post. Democrats are still in...
Who would have thought it? Adding more police to the streets, reducing restrictions on policing, and targeting illegal aliens do cut crime. The D.C. police union reports that crime fell sharply during the 14 days after President Trump announced the federalization of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZax0C1Obho UPDATE: The streak ended early on the 14th day, the morning of Tuesday, August 26, 2025, when 31-year-old Franck Foute Mohdjiom was fatally shot in the 300 block of Anacostia Rd SE. Original: The news report above is from...