A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2024 are available here. . After peaking in 2022, the number of Concealed Carry Permit holders across the United States has declined for the third year in a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYipnWjord8 Understandably, people want to blame someone in addition to the teenager who murdered three people in this episode of CBS' Boston Blue (Season 1, Episode 5, November 14, 2025). How is it possible that the parents didn't...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxa_Orrr_5Q Apparently another TV show doesn’t think the strict gun control in the UK or Belgium is working too well. As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think...
Between 1998 and 2021, there were about 4.8 million denials for gun purchases. There were another 131,865 denials in 2022, 116,587 in 2023, and 110,505 in 2024. The total is about 5.1 million denials. There is a lot of missing information on the number of prosecutions...
If you add up the fees for the Federal Firearms Licensee ($120) as well as the fees for the background check charged by the DC police department ($35) and their registration fee ($13), the total cost of a universal background check is $168. Amazingly, even if one...
At the end of this we have added Fact-checks from ChatGPT 5.1 and Grok Expert In April 2025, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) held 32,469 incarcerated individuals. By November 2025, New York’s jails held another 18,334...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Qt5i3t2ms John Hines: "If you're interested in hearing from one of the world's leading experts on guns, crime, and public policy, a man whose research has shaped national debates and informed policymakers at the highest levels, then...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also published at The Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, Yahoo, and World Net Daily. . Stephanie Dilyard is lucky to be alive. . Yet last week, 7-Eleven fired the 25-year-old after she used her gun to save her own...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Stacy on the Right, a nationwide radio show, to discuss his piece in The Federalist titled: "Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie." They also discussed the impact of media bias has on gun ownership and the...
“Democrats keep claiming that Trump ‘gave away’ $40 billion to Argentina,” but “the claim isn’t true,” explains John R. Lott Jr. at RealClearPolitics. “The US didn’t give Argentina money. It entered into a currency swap — and the US has actually earned a...
Here is an article from Reuters. This is a big change in the commitment to protect the civil rights of Americans. Not surprisingly some don't agree. As one former Civil Rights Division attorney claims, this is "moving us even further away from our nation's commitment...
Our research is available here. After the Newsweek was published on Friday, November 21, 2025, the reporter updated her article on Monday, November 24, 2025. Below are the claims in the article along with responses that Dr. Lott emailed the reporter. . Devin Hughes,...