Voice of America, March 16, 2018 Though the NRA has come on board, other gun rights advocates say treatment, not gun seizure, is the answer to dealing with gun owners who show signs of trouble. "If you really believe somebody is a danger to themselves or others, then...
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UPDATE: Gun ownership remains at 47%, but that probably underestimates the true rate
UPDATE: Do you ever notice that most of these surveys on gun ownership seem to be done soon after a mass public shooting? It isn't like they include this question in surveys they do every March or October. A new survey conducted from March 10th to 14th, 2018 by NBC...
NBC/WSJ Survey Shows how people’s views on the benefits of guns has changed over the last 20 years
NBC/WSJ (question 14 on page 12) have a new survey by the Democratic polling firm Hart Research, and it finds that Americans are much more likely to view guns as making them safer than they were 20 years ago. The results show a very similar pattern to that found by...
On CNN’s Michael Smerconish for The Gun Debate: Aiming for Facts
Dr. John Lott debated Vox's German Lopez about the facts behind the gun control debate. This took place with the backdrop of the gun control debate in Washington, DC. Some of the sources for Dr. Lott's statements. Comparing murder rates and gun ownership across...
Worth Watching: On Turkish TV’s WORLD: Commenting on the DC Gun Control March
Dr. John Lott joined TRT WORLD TV to discuss the "March for Our Lives." The interview covered a broad range of topics from background checks to assault weapons bans. (Saturday, March 24, 2018, from 4:06 to 4:12 PM)
At Fox News: “March for Our Lives: Gun control ideas sound good, but are deeply flawed and won’t save lives”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News on the "March for Our Lives" demonstration. The new piece starts this way. America continues to mourn the 17 people killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last month. There is an...
On all the local Fox stations around the country discussing the Danger of Gun-Free Zones
Dr. John Lott was on Fox 5 DC to discuss the DC Gun Control March. Lott and Nicole Goeser discuss the danger of gun-free zones. Here is the post from the Fox 5 DC website: . . . John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, has spent 20 years...
With the “March for Our Lives,” how monolithic are young people on gun control issues?
If you listen to CNN or MSNBC, one would think that all young people have the same views on this topic. It isn't obvious that these young people know that much about guns or gun control, but they are deeply involved in the current debate. A USA Today survey from...
Mark Levin read our latest Op-ed on his National Radio Show to discuss the push towards “Universal” Background Checks
Mark Levin read our latest op-ed from Fox News on his national radio show. The op-ed discussed what impact that Omnibus-spending bill would have on gun control, and it was titled "The Second Amendment rights of more than 4 million Americans are at risk thanks to...
At Fox News: The Second Amendment rights of more than 4 million Americans are at risk thanks to Republicans in Congress
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News talks about the gun control parts of the Omnibus-spending bill. Here are some comments by four congressmen on these problems. The piece starts this way: Congressional Republicans are jeopardizing the Second Amendment rights...
Congressmen Thomas Massie and Scott Perry explain the problem with false positives in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY), Scott Perry (R-PA), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) testified before the House Rules Committee on the Fix NICS portion of the Omnibus Spending Bill. Massie and Perry provide powerful statements on the "false positives" in the National...
Youtube banning videos that promote the sale of firearms and accessories
Here is YouTube's new policy: “YouTube doesn’t allow content that encourages or promotes violence or dangerous acts that have an inherent risk of serious physical harm or death...” said a letter from Youtube to Spike’s Tactical that the gun manufacturer posted on...











