Townhall, April 27, 2017 As gun scholar John R. Lott Jr. notes, “Letting teachers and staff carry concealed handguns is nothing new in the United States. And there has been good reason for allowing it -- police virtually always arrive after an attack has occurred....
Breitbart (May 10, 2017) had a long discussion on our recent research about the geographic concentration of murders in the US. A study conducted by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows that U.S. counties with the highest murder rates are among those with...
A news article at Fox News discusses our research on blacks and women getting concealed handgun permits. Firearms instructors are reporting an increase in the number of black women learning how to use guns in self-defense courses around the country -- and the reasons...
Dr. John Lott talked with Greg Garrison on the state of the gun control debate at the federal and state level. (Wednesday, May 2, 2017, from 12:35 to 1:00 PM)
Dr. John Lott has started as a contributor for The Hill newspaper, which is read by members of Congress and their staff, though it has a somewhat broader audience. Lott's first piece is on the Democrats consistently pushing fees and taxes that make it difficult for...
Dr. John Lott talked with lawyer Guy Relford on his Saturday afternoon radio show on the big WIBC. Lott and Relford about the heavy geographic concentration of murders in the US. (Saturday, May 6, 2017, from 5:35 to 5:50 PM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Matt Garret on the giant 50,000 watts KOKC about our new research on the geographic concentration of murders in the US. (Thursday, May 4, 2017, 6:20 to 6:50 PM)
Dr. John Lott joined Lars Larson to discuss the CPRC's new research showing the geographic concentration of murders in the US. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:52 PM) Lars Larson's show is listened to by over 1.25 million people. Larry Elder also briefly...
On Thursday, May 4th, Georgia became the 12th state that mandates that public universities allow people to carry guns on campus. Following Arkansas, Georgia is also the second state to pass campus carry this year. The other eleven states are: Arkansas, Colorado,...
Arlington, Texas, May 3, 2017 A concealed carry holder is being heralded as a "hero" by Arlington police for preventing mass murder by killing an "incoherent" gunman at a bar Wednesday evening. Before he was shot about 6:15 p.m., the gunman killed the manager of Zona...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by America's 1st Freedom about the geographic concentration of murder in the US. Here is the interview: Many in the so-called “mainstream” media like to use America’s “murder epidemic” as a call to action for more restrictive gun laws....
UPDATED: Democrats say that the support the poor, but when it come to letting the poor defend themselves, if it were up to Democrats in Texas, they would never have lowered the fees paid the state for permits. In Texas only Democrats voted against reducing the fee...