Dr. John Lott was on Laura Ingraham's national radio show to discuss the Las Vegas massacre and some of the myths about guns. (Monday, October 2, 2017, from 9:45 to 9:52 AM)
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On WBCK FM in Central Michigan: Does the US have an “astronomically” higher gun violence than the rest of the world
Dr. John Lott appeared on WBCK FM in Central Michigan to discuss where the US has an “astronomically” higher gun violence than the rest of the world. Unfortunately, the audio on this fairly poor. From the show's webpage: I reached out to Dr. Lott after the mass...
CPRC in the Dallas Morning News: “It’s already too late for gun control to work”
Dr. John Lott had a piece at the Dallas Morning New on Monday (the morning news had run this op-ed about a year ago, but decided it was timely enough to run again): It seems obvious: Restrict gun access, and people will be safer. Indeed, in all four presidential...
Fox News: Gun control in Europe is almost total. It hasn’t stopped mass shooting attacks like Las Vegas
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News on the responses to the attack in the Las Vegas. In addition to 35 guns, the killer in this attack had explosives at his home and a large amount of ammonia nitrate in his car. The piece starts this way: Within hours of...
Media Bias: CBS fires VP after she say she’s not sympathetic to Las Vegas victims since they were likely Republicans
Here are Hayley Geftman-Gold's two tweets that got her in trouble: “If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing.” “I’m actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often are Republican gun...
On DC’s WMAL regarding the initial discussions about gun control after the Las Vegas attack
Dr. John Lott talked to Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese on WMAL in the immediate aftermath of the Las Vegas attack. (Monday, October 2, 2017, from 7:37 to 7:44 AM)
Letter responding to attacks in the Los Angeles Times, Discussing President’s Election Integrity Commission
The Los Angeles Times had a news article by Lauren Rosenblatt attacking Dr. John Lott's testimony to the President's Election Integrity Commission. John Lott, head of the gun rights advocacy group Crime Prevention Research Center, suggested such a process would ease...
Letter responding to Seattle Times’ article by Julie Wise’s piece “Trump’s election commission long on rhetoric, short on integrity”
Julie Wise, the King County Elections Director, had an op-ed attacking Dr. John Lott's testimony One particularly egregious presentation was given by Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center. Relying on data from 1996 to 2004, Lott made the case that...
At The Hill newspaper: “The ugly truth behind Obama’s war on the Second Amendment”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook School shooting. Sometimes, when the government abuses its tremendous power to scapegoat someone, even proponents of government power find it to be too much. Mike Weisser is a...
Letter responding to Philip Bump’s “Let’s see what happens if we take the unserious background-checks-for-voters idea seriously”
Philip Bump had an article in the Washington Post attacking Dr. John Lott's testimony before the president's Election Integrity Commission. The Post did not publish Lott's letter, but this is what was sent in: Dear Letters Editor: Philip Bump doesn’t understand how...
In the Detroit News: “Handgun permit holders boost safety”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Detroit News on how incredibly law-abiding concealed handgun permit holders are. This piece looks at recent claims by public health researchers that those who have guns tend to drive more dangerously. The piece starts this way:...
On Canada’s The Rebel: Another concealed carry hero stops mass public shooter
Dr. John Lott talked to Ezra Levant on Canada's The Rebel about the Antioch mass public shooter who was stopped by a concealed handgun permit holder. (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)