John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: In debates on gun control, gun opponents usually speculate about what might go wrong. Unfortunately, the current debate over arming soldiers on military bases is no different. Except for the military police,...
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Media Matters, TPM, and others mislead over CPRC’s interview on MSNBC: Gun-free zones on military bases
It is quite flattering that any time Media Matters and TPM spent so much real estate going after me. Media Matters' post was at the top of their front page from late morning on Friday until at least midnight (my last check). [UPDATE: As of 6:30 AM on Monday, April...
CPRC making a difference in the debate over the Fort Hood Mass Public Shooting
John Lott's op-ed on the shooting at Fox News starts this way: The Obama administration hasn’t learned anything from the massacres at Fort Hood in 2009 or the Washington Navy Yard last year. For all my research on how to stop or prevent mass public shootings and all...
At Fox News: Fort Hood attack: My son, our soldiers, are defenseless, sitting ducks
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News. . The Obama administration hasn’t learned anything from the massacres at Fort Hood in 2009 or the Washington Navy Yard last year. For all my research on how to stop or prevent mass public shootings and all the victims at these...
A personal note about the Ft Hood shooting today: When family are near the attack
Personal note from John Lott: With all the people who I have talked to who have been present at mass public shootings over the 16 years since I first wrote about gun-free zones in the Wall Street Journal, this attack at Fort Hood was different: my second oldest son,...
New York Times Claim: “a handful of mostly Southern states that allow people with permits to take concealed guns into bars and restaurants” that serve alcohol
The figure is from opencarry.org. Playing the typical hypothetical possibility angle, the New York Times story quotes one worried restaurant owner saying: “On some nights you have college kids wall to wall in here drinking,” he said. “You don’t want a gun in here.” No...
Comparing murder rates and gun ownership across countries
Charles Blow in the New York Times last year made the very common argument: “America has the highest gun homicide rate, the highest number of guns per capita . . . .” In another story, the New York Times quotes researcher David Hemenway as claiming: “Generally, if...
Errors in Piers Morgan last speech on guns at the end of his show on CNN
Below is the relevant text of Piers Morgan's comments. Here a few comments. 1) Doesn't Piers recognize the irony that the Aurora movie theater and Newtown shootings both occurred where guns are banned? That the movie theater shooting occurred in the one movie theater...
Do people feel safer if they own guns in the home?
Despite the constant onslaught exaggerating the risks of guns in the home (see also here), YouGov has a new survey finding that "42% of Americans would feel safer with a gun in the house, while 20% would feel less safe." And it turns out that they have good reason for...
CPRC on Bill Bennett’s Morning in America to discuss bans on guns at military bases and at NFL stadiums
CPRC's John Lott was interviewed on Bill Bennett's Morning in America show to discuss the ban on soldiers being able to carry guns on military bases and police officers being able to at NFL games. The audio of the interview is available here (March 28, 2014 from 7:06...
Remembering Piers Morgan as his show is canceled
On the eve of Piers' last show, here are some videos and commentary that will give people a flavor of the type of show that he had. It is too bad that his show has been canceled. In many ways, Piers unintentionally helped out those who opposed gun control. Piers'...
CPRC on Coastal Daybreak to discuss the NFL’s ban on off-duty police carrying guns at football games
The audio of John Lott's interview with Ben Ball's Coastal Daybreak on WTKF 107.1 (46,000 watts) is available here (March 25, 2014 from 8:45 to 9 AM). For people's interest, here is an interview that John Lott did with Mark Reardon on KMOX on September 11th, 2012.