Dr. John Lott has a short piece on whether schools should allow teachers to carry guns in Health Behavior Research, a journal of the American Academy of Health Behavior. The paper can be downloaded here. See also related research here. Abstract With 20 states having...
On CNN Chris Cuomo, Ana Navarro, and Steve Cortes trade claims about research on crime by illegal aliens versus native-born Americans. While Cuomo and Navarro claim that there is no research showing illegal aliens commit crime at a higher rate than...
Fox Nation's Deep Dive gets into the current gun control proposals being put forward in Congress and state legislatures. Host James Freeman leads a discussion with Ray Kelly (the longest serving Commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department), John...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network on Universal Background Checks. Lott noted how these laws that the Democrats are pushing disarm the most vulnerable people in our country, particularly the poor. (Tuesday, January 8, 2018, from 6:45...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese on DC's WMAL about all the new gun control proposals that Democrats are pushing. (Monday, January 7, 2019, from 7:35 to 7:43 AM)
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece on what Brazil's recent presidential will mean for people's safety around the world. Brazil’s strict gun control laws have failed. The country's annual homicide rate now stands at 31 per 100,000 people—almost six times higher than...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dana Loesch about a few of the false claims made in the gun control debate. More information is available here. (Friday, January 4, 2019: 6 PM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about new gun control laws across the US and what we can expect this year. (Tuesday, January 1, 2019, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
Dr. John Lott's piece at the Union Leader (New Hampshire) addresses the move by state House Democrats to ban the carrying of guns at the state Capitol. His piece starts this way: One wonders how Democrats in the New Hampshire State House ever go to restaurants or...
Dr. John Lott was involved in a hearing that was on the subject of Red Flag/Extreme Risk Protection Orders. Thirteen states currently have passed these laws. The audio here has just Dr. Lott's discussion. The other speakers spoke on condition of anonymity, so we...
Dr. John Lott talked to John Cardillo on NewsMax TV about whether people who have been involuntarily committed for even a period of observation should be banned for life from owning guns. (Friday, December 28, 2018, 1:53 to 1:55 PM)
“The citizen deserves to have the means to defend himself, respecting the referendum of 2005, when he chose, at the polls, the right to self-defense.” From President Bolsonaro's inaugural address, Tuesday, January 1, 2019. In a Tweet, Brazil's president-elect made...