Dr. John Lott and Emily Miller joined Governor Mike Huckabee to discuss the recent massacre at a church in Sutherland Springs, TX. People agree that something must be done. But what would help? What is needed to make things better? (Saturday, November 11, 2017, from...
Dr. John Lott was on Sean and Frank's show on the giant 50,000-watt WCBM to discuss everything from Lott's "The War on Guns" to the general gun control debate. They covered background checks (from false positives and the cost of performing them) and the media...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Caplis on his show in Denver to discuss what can be done to stop mass public shootings. They also talked about how gun control laws can backfire and decrease safety. (Monday, November 6, 2017, from 5:06 to 5:30 PM)
With all the discussions of whether people should carry their permitted concealed handguns with them to church, Dr. John Lott has this new piece in The Hill newspaper. The article starts this way: There are simply too many targets for police to be able to guard...
Dr. John Lott appeared on America Talks Live with Miranda Khan two days after the Texas church shooting. The show appears on NewsMax TV. They discussed background checks on guns and what type of gun control laws might stop these mass public shootings. (Tuesday,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about how the Liberal media fixated on laws after Texas church shooting. (Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
With all the discussions about people having guns at churches for self-defense, Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News that details some of the cases where people have used permitted concealed handguns to stop mass public shootings: Stephen Willeford’s heroic...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about how Chicago’s Law-And-Order Policies Are Failing. (Tuesday, October 31, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:52 AM)
As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a homeowner uses a gun on their own property to defend themselves. There are so many of those reported in the news. What we aim for here are cases where people who are legally carrying in public use a gun to...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on WIND in Chicago about the cost and benefits of background checks for gun purchases. (Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 7:05 to 7:20 AM)
Scientific American recently ran a 6,000-word article claiming that more guns mean more crime by Melinda Wenner Moyer, who works for Michael Bloomberg's The Trace. Dr. John Lott wrote a letter responding to some of the many errors and the author wrote a response to...
For those interested, here is our list of mass public shootings that have been stopped by concealed handgun permit holders. Fox News has an article on permit holders stopping mass public shootings. “These killers say they target places where people normally don’t...