Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah), March 22, 2019 John Lott, an economist and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of the 1998 book "More Guns, Less Crime," said that the best way to ensure the safety of the American people is not...
The Young Turk's Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur spent a recent show attacking Ben Shapiro for referencing the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on Mass Public Shootings around the world (156,000 views as of March 21, 2019). Following an earlier attack by...
Dr. John Lott speaks with Lars Larson about whether so-called Red Flag Laws actually on net endanger people's safety. (Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:20pm-7:30pm) Lars Larson’s show is listened to by over 1.25 million people.
Are innocent people convicted of murder? Yes, though it is extremely rare. Have innocent people been executed? Not in modern times. But CBS's Ransom continues the false claim innocent people are being executed in recent years in the US. Eric Beaumont (played by Luke...
Dr. John Lott talks with host Ben Shapiro about the false belief that gun confiscation or gun buybacks will lower homicide rates and make people more safe. (Thursday, March 21, 2019)
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Townhall.com is about the continued push for gun registration Democrats want to register your guns. It isn’t just something that universal background checks will eventually lead to. There is a push even in a “gun friendly” state such as...
The latest numbers on where criminals obtain their guns is available here. They show that only 0.9% of criminal guns are obtained from gun shows. Another 0.4% are obtained through flea markets. What is interesting is the remarkable consistency of the low rate at which...
Dr. John Lott talked with host Steve Gruber about the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Red Flag Laws. Lott explains how these new laws are like a bad version the Tom Cruise movie, Minority Report. (Tuesday, March 26, 2019 6:45am-6:54am)
In a close 4-3 decision the Connecticut state Supreme Court, gave the green light for a lawsuit against gun maker Remington, which made the Bushmaster gun used in the Sandy Hook shooting. The very liberal Supreme Court, with 6 of the 7 Justices appointed by the...
Dr. John Lott talked to the Daily Signal's Katrina Trinko about whether there really fewer homicides in countries with gun control. They also talked about Australia's gun control laws and the information on mass public shootings. (Tuesday, March 19, 2019) Kate Trinko:...
Dr. John Lott talked to Senate staffers on Monday, March 25, 2019, the day before the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on the Red Flag bills. Lott explained how these new laws are like a bad version of the Tom Cruise movie, Minority Report.
Dr. John Lott discusses the New Zealand mass public shooting and the false sense of security of gun-control. (Monday, March 18, 2019 9:35-9:45am)