Phoenix, Arizona, CBS TV Channel 3 (Phoenix), August 1, 2017 Sgt. Jonathan Howard described it as a "good samaritan in the right place at the right time." A video of the news broadcast is available here. From the Associated Press: Phoenix police tell the Arizona...
Dr. John Lott talked to John Gibson on his national radio show about our new study on concealed handgun permits and Chicago's violent crime problem. (Tuesday, August 1, 2017, from 1:19 to 1:43 PM) Part 1 Part 2
Fox & Friends briefly mentioned our report showing the huge 93% increase in concealed handgun permits by women over the last four years. There was one mistake in their report. Permits for blacks increased 30 percentage points faster than for whites.
There is a move in Fresno to allow city employees who have a concealed handgun permit to be able to protect themselves and others while they are on the job. Note that California requires 16 hours of in class training and two hours of training on the range. From the...
Dr. John Lott says optimism over tax reform is boosting the markets. He explains how money will US flood markets if we get tax cuts.
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the incredibly slow confirmation process for Trump's nominees. Because of the delays created by the Democrats, even if Trump had nominated people as quickly as past administrations, it wouldn't have made any difference in...
Dr. John Lott talked to Joyce Kaufman on the giant 50,000 watt WFTL-AM radio station in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They discussed our new study on concealed handgun permits. (Friday, July 21, 2017, from 1:35 —1:50 PM)
Dr. John Lott spoke to John Brewer on the giant 100,000 watt KPFT-FM left-wing Pacifica Radio in Houston. Lott discussed our new study on concealed handgun permits. Our work, especially the discriminatory aspect of May Issue states, got a positive reaction. (Monday,...
Dr. John Lott debated a lawyer from Nashville, David Randolph Smith, about whether drug addicts who have frequently failed to provide child support be given the option of birth control to reduce their sentences by 30 days. The debate took place on Wednesday, July...
Dr. John Lott has his newest piece in The Hill newspaper on Tuesday's DC Federal Circuit Court decision regarding DC's ban on concealed handguns. The piece starts this way: As of July 3, there were just 124 concealed handgun permit holders in Washington, D.C. But,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mary Walter and the Daily Caller's Editor Vince Coglianese about the DC Federal Circuit court's decision to strike down the district's strict concealed handgun law and Baltimore City's proposed 1-year mandatory sentence for gun offenders.
Dr. John Lott talked to Radio America about our new research on concealed handgun permits. (Wednesday, July 26, 2017) Greg Corombos, who interviewed Lott for Radio America, wrote up this piece for World Net Daily: . . . In response to losing a series of court cases in...