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 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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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 (Volume 1 • Issue 3 • 2018, Article 3). See also related research...
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...