Dr. John Lott talked to Dom Giordano on the giant 50,000-watt radio station about evidence showing that illegal immigrants are not as law-abiding as the mainstream media wants us to believe. (Thursday, January 17, 2019, from 10:35 to 10:45 AM) ...
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On the Michigan Talk Network: Will Universal Background Checks, Red Flag Laws, and Assault Weapon Bans make Americans’ safer?
Dr. John Lott, President Crime Prevention Research Center, discusses a new gun-control bill (SB501) in Oregon. Should this bill pass, it will ban all magazines over five rounds. Ammunition purchases will be limited to twenty rounds per month. No gun that can hold more...
At Townhall: “Look at the Data: Why Trump’s Insistence on a Wall Is the Right Choice for Public Safety”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on the debate over whether the wall makes sense. His piece starts this way: The federal government partial shutdown drags on as politicians can’t agree on what to do with illegal aliens. Trump wants a wall to keep out...
On The Young Turks: Discussing how Universal Background checks harm poor minorities
Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. spoke with the Young Turks' Cenk Uygur about how universal background checks disarm poor minorities. The also debated whether more guns mean less crime. Regarding claims about how crime rates vary across nations see here and how crime rates...
On WMAL to discuss crime by illegal aliens and the coming gun control debate
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Malzberg on DC's WMAL about CNN's claims regarding illegal aliens and crime. Lott and Malzberg also talked about the coming debate over gun control both nationally and in states such as Virginia. He talked about the universal background...
On Fox Nation with Judge Napolitano: Explaining why more guns mean less crime
Dr. John Lott talks with Judge Napolitano about crime reduction when law-abiding citizens own and carry guns for self-defense.
UPDATED: Correcting Gun Control false claims about “America’s unique gun violence problem” and “How to Reduce Shootings”
UPDATED, originally Posted April 3, 2018: An article at Vox has gained attention for illustrating America's "unique gun violence problem" in 17 maps and charts. A similar New York Times opinion piece by Nicolas Kristof on "How to Reduce Shootings" and another at the...
The Gun Show Loophole Myth: New Bureau of Justice Statistics Survey on the Sources of Criminal Guns confirms very few Criminals get guns from gun shows
The gun show loophole has always been a misnomer because it implies that somehow the rules for buying a gun in a gun show are somehow different than buying a gun outside of a gun show. The other part of this is that the multiple surveys done of criminal criminals find...
Talks on Wednesday at the University of Michigan and Cooley Law Schools
Dr. John Lott will be giving talks on gun control on Wednesday, January 16th. -- University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor at 11:50 AM in Hutchins 218 -- Cooley Law School in Lansing at 4:00 PM
On Armed American Radio to discuss the dangers of Gun-free Zones, Universal Background Checks, and other issues
Dr. Lott talks about the dangers of gun-free zones and how places like schools are often-times left vulnerable, where good people are left defenseless. Armed security being used is a deterrent but allowing concealed carry provides an added layer of protection that...
On John Gibson’s national radio show to discuss claims that there is no research showing illegal aliens commit crime at high rates
Dr. John Lott appeared on John Gibson's national radio show to discuss claims that there is no research showing illegal aliens commit crime at high rates. Gibson starts off with audio of CNN’s Chris Cuomo falsely claiming that no studies find illegal aliens commit...
CPRC in the News: Yahoo! News, Washington Times, Ricochet, Foreign Policy Journal, American Thinker, and many others
Yahoo News, January 9, 2019 The Crime Prevention Research Center, a pro-gun rights think tank, reports that there were approximately 17.25 million concealed handgun permits issued in the United States as of August 2018. . . . . Washington Times, January...