Michael Bloomberg is giving strong signals he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 at age 78. Bloomberg is getting a lot of IOUs from Democrats. He is putting $80 million this year to help Democrats take control of Congress. He is putting tens...
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At Townhall: The Reporters Also Committed a Crime
Dr. John Lott has become a columnist at Townhall. His first piece keys off an article that was in Monday's New York Time and their initial investigation into Ali Watkin possibly using sex to obtain leaks from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The op-ed starts this...
With threats of violence and the rising temperatures, Trump administration officials should be able to carry permitted concealed handguns
UPDATE: New Rasmussen Poll: "59% of all voters are concerned that those opposed to President Trump’s policies will resort to violence, with 33% who are Very Concerned" During March of Obama's second year in office, the same numbers were "53% and 28% respectively."...
TV bias on guns: CBS’s Ransom: Gun fails to protect family and puts children in danger
Media bias on guns takes many forms. In just 34 seconds, this segment from CBS' Ransom tries making the case that owning a gun didn't provide protection against attackers but still puts their children in danger (Season 2, Episode 11, June 23, 2018). The wife is also...
Eight Defensive gun uses by People Legally Carrying Guns Over 12 Days
Atlanta, Georgia, June 16, 2018 (WSB-TV Channel 2) Three would-be robbers are in the hospital after the couple they targeted pulled a gun and fought back. . . . Investigators said three people followed a couple out of the grocery store along Wesley Chapel Road and...
At The Hill: “The media just can’t stop lying about Trump”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in The Hill about the constant lies that the media makes against President Trump. President Trump’s half-hour, impromptu interview on Fox & Friends on last Friday sent the media’s fact checkers into overdrive this weekend. Everyone...
At the Daily Caller: The Media Image of Leaks Coming from Morally Troubled Whistleblowers is taking a Serious Beating
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller points out that the news media has been committing series felonies in making payments to FBI agents. The piece starts this way: Many members of the media act like leaks of government information are coming from...
On Chicago’s WIND to discuss Illinois’ experience with permitted concealed handguns
Dr. John Lott appeared with the Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson on WIND to discuss Illinois' experience with permitted concealed handguns (see our post here).
Michael Bloomberg announces pouring at least $80 million in 2018 House elections to make Democrat Majority
Michael Bloomberg “has approved a plan to pour at least $80 million into the 2018 election” to give Democrats control of the US House of Representatives. Note this doesn’t include money Bloomberg is putting in pushing gun control issues. This reminds us of Robert...
On Michigan Talk Network on Financial Institutions stopping transactions involving firearm companies
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about financial institutions stopping transactions involving firearm companies. (Tuesday, June 19, 2018, from 6:45 to 6:52 AM)
In News article at Fox News: Experts shoot holes in CNN’s report on school gun violence
Dr. John Lott was interviewed about recent claims about how frequent schools shootings are in the US. From the Fox News article: John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center and contributor to FoxNews.com, who has published “More Guns, Less Crime,”...
Two Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Stop What Could have been a Mass Public Shooting in Tumwater, Washington
"He is a hero," Adams said. "He took action. I really think more people could have been shot... he saved us all." A wild rampage at a Walmart in Tumwater, Washington was stopped when three concealed handgun permit holders confronted and killed the attacker. The...











