The Washington Times has a long article on our annual report on concealed handgun permit report: More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks...
Dr. John Lott will be giving four talks on a variety of topics this coming weekend (August 25th, 26th, and 27th) at the Carry Guard Expo 2017 to be held at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (400 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203). Lott will be talking...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Hill on the issues of false media claims on race, Trump's U.S. Department of Justice investigating civil rights violation charges in the Charlottesville case, and the question of what orders were given to the police...
From Society and the State's description of our interview: As widespread and instantaneous as our mass media has become, it's curious that stories involving firearms are so rarely reported accurately. Does private firearms ownership translate into a societal bloodbath...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Daily Caller on Media bias in the reporting of the vehicle attack in Spain. We have done work on vehicle attacks around the world. The news media wants to tie everything it can to the Charlottesville attack. Wolf Blitzer was...
Dr. John Lott wrote a letter to the Arizona Capitol Times responding to a news article on August 11th titled "Controversial researcher hired to update prison population study." Dr. Lott's response is available here (published online August 17, 2017): Dear Editor: A...
Dr. John Lott was on the Steve Gruber Show to discuss how a column in the Sunday New York Times about how wonderful life was for women in the former Soviet Union. (Tuesday, August 15, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Michael Dukes on KFAR in Anchorage, Alaska about the new CPRC report on concealed handgun permits. Focusing on how gun ownership is different in the US media Capitols than in the rest of the country. (Friday, June 9, 2017, from 11:24 to 11:45...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters about how incredibly law-abiding concealed handgun permit holders are and about how Democrats are trying to keep poor people from being able to defend themselves. (Sunday, August 13, 2017, from 9:35 to 10:00 PM)
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill about how the media is completely distorting what Trump has said about Charlottesville. The piece starts this way: Has the media ever so deliberately and consistently misinterpreted what a president said? It certainly seems...
Dr. John Lott was on The Morning Show with Brian and Leland in Brownsville, Texas and central Texas to discuss Kevin Hassett's nomination to chair President Trump's Council of Economic Advisers. Unfortunately, the beginning part of this interview is missing where we...
West Wing Reads, July 31, 2017 Regarding historic Democratic obstruction, at Fox News, former U.S. Sentencing Commission economist John R. Lott writes that “Democrats have done everything they can to slow down all of President Trump’s nominees,”highlighting the case...