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...
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry Elder on his national radio show about his book The War on Guns and another example of media bias. (Friday, September 8, 2017, from 7:20 to 7:45 PM)
Dr. John Lott will be testifying before the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity this coming Tuesday at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire (September 12). He will be on the first panel and will discuss some of his past research on the...
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Dan Newmyer Radio Show on WJJF-AM to discuss how gun control laws disarm the people who need the protection the most. The radio show covers parts of New York's Long Island and Connecticut. (Sunday, September 3, 2017, from 10:35 to 11:00...
Even with Stand Your Ground laws, some prosecutors aren't always the most reasonable. A recent case involving Stephen Maddox, an Oklahoma man who was visiting North Carolina, illustrates the point. Maddox claimed that Kelly Wilkerson attacked him three times. The...
Dr. John Lott debated Steve Gruber about President Trump overturning Obama’s ban on supplying surplus military equipment to police. Our piece at Fox News on this issue is available here. (Tuesday, August 29, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
For our lists of other cases where permit holders have used guns to stop crime click here. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, WISN 12 News, August 18, 2017 The car owner, a 24-year-old man, fired shots at the suspects. They then drove away in the same car they came in. Their white...
UPDATE: The Des Moines Register has published a debate that we have had in the pages of their Sunday paper over the last couple of weeks. Original post: This past Wednesday the Des Moines Register ran an editorial calling for more gun control as a way of saving...
We have worked hard to revise and expand our research on police shootings. We are proud of this research, and strongly recommend that people download it and read it. The study is available here. Abstract Using a unique new data set on police-involved homicides, we...