Dr. John Lott taught two classes on statistics at Lake Forest College on January 23rd. While the lectures weren't recorded, the PowerPoint of Lott's lecture is available here. Here are pictures of the students in the two classes and the young woman who organized the...
Dr. John Lott also gave a talk at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. No, former President Trump wasn't there. There is no record of the talk, as it was a private event.
Dr. John Lott has a piece in the Albuquerque Journal responding to a piece that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had earlier this week. Part of Lott's piece was cut out by the newspaper and is included at the end below. . The term “assault weapon” is nonsensical. In 2022,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLI5O64vHOU Dr. John Lott talked to Colion Noir about the Updated information on Mass Public Shootings from 1998 through October 2023. (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)
Nikki Goeser, the CPRC's Executive Director, has a new piece at Townhall. . January 2024 marks the twentieth annual National Stalking Awareness Month. This month is recognized as a call to action to help educate the public about what stalking is, the seriousness and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWcDxKxcRRc Canada might be much more heavily into gun control, but we have found slightly more defensive gun uses on the CBC than on American television. Here is an episode from the CBC's Being Erica (Season 3, Episode 1, September 21,...
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Firearm Trainer's Podcast to discuss the Crime Prevention Research Center's research and how statistics are used to sway people’s opinion and support false messages. January 8, 2024
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Florida ruled Friday that a law banning Americans from possessing guns in postal offices is unconstitutional. The case, US v Ayala, involved a postal worker, Emmanuel Ayala who had possessed a firearm a Post Office. The...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Policy. . When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our country...
When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our country has experienced a staggering 650 mass shootings,”...
Rasmussen Reports survey from May 31 to June 5, 2022 shows that Americans are divided on banning "assault weapons," including AR-15s. The survey finds that 44% of Likely U.S. voters believe banning weapons like the AR-15 would not violate the Second...
There has been a lot of legal back and forth California's new concealed handgun that law bans carrying guns in 26 new places; most public places, including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks, and zoos, go into effect today (see the list below). Going into...