Dr. John Lott has a new opinion piece at The Hill newspaper on the union-backed disruptions of congressional Republicans. The title used by The Hill says "Democrats must denounce the rise in violence against Republicans," but that isn't exactly what the op-ed piece...
In 2015, Bloomberg spent $2 million just on two state Senate races to flip the control of the Virginia state Senate. The announcement of a new $1 million only includes initial money directly from Everytown and not the side donations that Bloomberg makes directly to...
Much of this media coverage over the last week has been critical and distorted what Dr. Lott actually said during his testimony before President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (a video of the testimony is available here and a discussion of some of the...
Dolton, Illinois, ABC Channel 7 WLS, September 14, 2017 The 20-year-old man with a gun walked into the Advance Auto Parts store in the 800-block of East 147th Street around 8 p.m. and tried to rob the store, police said. He ran out of the store and toward a customer,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on WIND in Chicago about his testimony before the President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity and his idea to use background checks for voters. (Wednesday, September 13, 2017, from 8:05 to 8:18 AM)
Over the last few days, there have been a lot of attacks on Dr. Lott research after his testimony to the President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. One of the common lines of attack has been that he testified in an area where he is not an expert. The...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the Kansas City Star on the debate of permitted concealed handguns on college campuses. The piece starts this way: As college classes start up in Kansas this fall, it’s a good time to take stock of the rise in the number of schools where...
Dr. John Lott discussed how the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) could be used to check the eligibility of voters. Lott also discussed his research on vote fraud. His testimony starts at 33:00 minutes into the video. A copy of his PowerPoint...
Dr. John Lott has another op-ed in the Chicago Tribune based on part of the testimony that he will be giving on Tuesday morning to President's Commission on Voter Integrity in New Hampshire. The piece in the Tribune starts this way: Republicans worry about vote...
At least of the time being, Amazon is pricing the Kindle version of " The War on Guns" at just $1.99! The link is available here. I don't know how long they will have this sale. The audio version of the book has also been temporarily reduced in price. The...
Gun control advocates live in a media bubble. After Lois Becket wrote a story in the Guardian that focuses on how gun sales for one company have fallen, the Washington Post's Christopher Ingraham followed up, thinking that anything showing that gun sales are down as...
Have an extra $2,000? For that amount, you can hire two armed body guards to travel with you for a day while you are in Europe. Foreigners visiting the US, who obviously can't get a permit to carry a concealed handgun, are also hiring armed bodyguards. Concealed...