After a shooting in California county where concealed handgun permits are banned for general citizens, Ford Motor's solution is not to have Americans own guns? You can see the link available here. A man who had just been fired from a Northern California Ford...
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about the Virginia Beach shooting, the dangers of gun-free zones, and the unwillingness of gun control advocates to advance policies that make people safer. Westwood One’s America in the Morning is on 250 radio stations. (Tuesday,...
On Netflix's police drama Unit 42, a female police officer is reticent to go into after a criminal because she doesn't want to take her gun with her. Female officer: Aren’t we waiting for the tactical unit? Male officer: I am surprised you don’t want to go in solo....
Dr. John Lott was on KSRO's Pat Kerrigan Show to debate general gun control issues. Kerrigan is a gun control advocate so it was a lively discussion. Among the issues discussed was that gun bans have always been associated with increased murder rates. Unfortunately,...
Unfortunately, after a mass public shooting in a gun-free zone, members of the Virginia Beach City Council want to make sure that there are even more gun-free zones. However, not all municipalities in that direction. A commissioner in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee has...
Dr. John Lott discusses the real vulnerability of the Virginia Beach Municipal Building being a gun-free zone for employees and how that made all employees easy targets for the shooter. Also discussed are gun-control proposals such as banning so-called "silencers"...
San Antonio, June 7, 2019 (KSAT ABC 12) A 48-year-old man who was shot in the chest by his on-again, off-again girlfriend has died from his injuries, San Antonio police said. Police also said they found the woman, in her late 50s, with her tooth knocked out. They...
The Shield has a segment where a young girl turns in her family's gun without the knowledge of their knowledge. Regarding the gun, she tells the police officers: "I don't like it." The segment also plays on parents fears because this young girl was able to get a hold...
Dr. John Lott joined Tron Simpson to talk about the biased media coverage of the Virginia Beach attack and mass public shootings generally. (Sunday, March 4, 2018, from 12:20 to 12:50 PM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Pat Miller on the giant 50,000-watt WOWO AM about the impact of gun control on poor blacks. (Friday, June 14, 2019, from 5:05 to 5:20 PM)
An armed citizen and his companions came to the aid of a female police officer who had just been shot with her own gun. She was escorting an inmate to a mental health evaluation when he made a struggle for the firearm. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports...
Dr. Lott talks with host Lars Larson on both his Northwest and national radio shows about the Virginia Beach Shooting and how one female employee was so concerned about a fellow employee, she wanted to carry a concealed gun at work for her safety. However, there was...