"It's not rocket science. You make it risky for criminals to go and commit crime. Kash Patel has moved FBI agents out of the DC offices to around the country where the crime is. He's increased arrests by like 100% there. You know, make it risky for criminals to commit...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post. ChatGPT and Grok's evaluations of the accuracy of the article are attached at the end. A comparison is also provided for the Texas and American Community Survey (ACS) data that is often used by those who want to...
One point that the debate over deporting illegal aliens often ignores is that authorities frequently deport individuals after they have been arrested and charged with crimes, but before a court has convicted them. Open-borders advocates, including the Cato Institute,...
New data shows that in the state of New York, a self-designated sanctuary state, illegal immigrants make up only 3.38% to 4.15% of the state’s population. Yet, when compared to the number of illegals who are incarcerated, they are overrepresented in prison and jail...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fMiHucB1j0 The Crime Prevention Research Center has often discussed the issue of marginal deterrence. When a mass public shooter has already murdered multiple people and facing multiple death penalties or life sentences, the additional...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ymJUkPKZYs USA Today: What's been your biggest disappointment? .Nancy Pelosi: My disappointment, I always have it. I'll never give up on it, is guns. A four-letter word, guns. Guns. That children would be dying in a classroom. That...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiOaTOz1aPQ Just two days after the mass public shooting in Australia that left 15 murdered and 43 people wounded, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed: 'Australia is no stranger to gun safety legislation. They famously...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . Democrats in the United States repeatedly praise Australia’s 1996 gun confiscation law as a successful model to emulate, while many Australians — especially after the Bondi Beach terror attack earlier this week —...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the Australian Spectator with Kesten Green, a researcher at the University of South Australia, about the massacre of Jews at the Bondi beach in Australia. The piece appeared in Australia on December 16th, 2025. . Australia already has...
Yesterday we saw mass shootings in Australia where 15 were murdered and at Brown University where two were murdered. Both occurred in places with strict gun control (the rules for Brown are available here). The problem is that uniformed law enforcement have an...
D.C. has been accused by its police union of manipulating crime data to hide violent crimes. Mayor Bowser claimed the manipulation was limited to just one precinct, but this new report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shows the problem was...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Real Clear Politics. Also covered at Zero Hedge, Lucianne.com, and JohnLocke.org. . Legally armed civilians, we’re told, pose a major danger. They shoot innocent bystanders, justifiably kill others whenever they personally...