Dr. John Lott talked to Joe Ligotti on Boston’s WROL about the US Supreme Court granting cert to a New York City case about limitations on people's right to carry guns. Legal gun owners in the city can only transport their guns between their home and a gun range. They...
The Mercury News (San Jose, California), January 20, 2019; East Bay Times (Walnut Creek, California), January 20, 2019; Daily Democrat (Woodland, California), January 21, 2019; Enterprise-Record (Chico, California), January 21, 2019; Oroville Mercury-Register...
Dr. John Lott discusses how BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti impersonated him back in 2003 to support gun control. Peretti sent out hundreds of thousands of emails lobbying against the proposed "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act." This bill ,which was being debated...
Dr. John Lott talked to Eric Bolling about his experience with BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti. Before founding BuzzFeed, Peretti had impersonated Lott and a business competitor named Jeff Goldblatt. Peretti created AskJohnLott.org and sent mass emails from...
Dr. John Lott will be debating Paul Helmke, the former president of the Brady Campaign, at two different universities in the coming weeks. -- University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, Tuesday, January 29th, in the Worsham Cinema from 6:30 to 8:30 PM -- Truman...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network to discuss how Jonah Peretti, now the CEO of BuzzFeed, used Lott's identity to lobby for gun control. (Tuesday, January 22, 2019, from 8:35 to 9:00 AM) Part 1 Part 2
Dr. John Lott talked to Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese on how Jonah Peretti, who would soon afterward found and run Buzzfeed, used Lott's name and identity to lobby for gun control. (Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 8:06 to 8:15 AM)
Dr. John Lott gave the second talk at the La Ciudad de las Ideas 2018 in Puebla, Mexico. The country has a murder rate that is 5 times the US rate and extremely strict gun control laws. But the audience was very open to Dr. Lott's points. Here is a discussion of some...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the strange behavior of the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed news. Jonah Peretti would set up websites and send out massive numbers of emails using other people's identities to either harm their businesses or to advance his...
William Barr comes across as being somewhat receptive to gun control regarding mental health issues. During his confirmation hearing this past week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he had this exchange with Senator Diane Feinstein: Senator Feinstein: "In 1994,...
Dr. John Lott and Professor Carl Moody have new research on the Red Flag Laws/Extreme Risk Protective Orders. A copy of the new research can be obtained here. Abstract Red flag laws had no significant effect on murder, suicide, the number of people killed in mass...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review discusses Pittsburgh's proposed gun control laws. The piece starts this way: Pennsylvania’s 1.3 million concealed handgun permit holders may soon be considered criminals while visiting Pittsburgh. The...