Over the eight years from 2015 to 2022, 92.1% of violent crime over that period of time didn't involve guns. Violent crime is much broader than firearms. Despite President Biden continually referring to violent crime as a gun problem, that is clearly not the case....
Asking whether "guns" are an important issue for Americans is not particularly useful as both those concerned about the right to self-defense and gun control advocates may both answer yes. While a new Economist/YouGov poll (p. 36) from March 24-26, 2024 has guns and...
Concealed handgun permit holders are “extremely law-abiding” and make up an insignificant portion of violations, John Lott told The Fix via email. The Crime Prevention Research Center president said permit holders are convicted of firearms violations at...
A new Economist/YouGov poll confirms what we have seen before in surveys: high income people as well as liberals and Democrats are the least concerned about crime, though other surveys also show that those with a graduate school education are also the least concerned....
The suspected shooter has been identified as Guy Rivera, a 34-year-old who had been arrested 21 times, the New York Post reported. The vehicle's other occupant, the driver of the car, was named as 41-year-old Lindy Jones, who had 12 known prior arrests, according...
Darrell Brooks was freed from jail on $1,000 bail in Milwaukee County just days before the Waukesha Christmas parade on Nov. 21, where prosecutors say he careened his SUV through the route, killing six and injuring more than 60. . . . Sixteen days before the Waukesha...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CsZGnK37aY Television show bias against guns is never-ending. It is exceedingly rare to see an entertainment television show with a civilian successfully using a gun defensively. Instead, something always seems to go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKGnsnJoXMQ CBS's FBI Most Wanted pushes another liberal idea, that torture of terrorists doesn't work. In this case, the torture only generated more hatred of Americans (Season 5, Episode 2, February 20, 2024). Note that the CIA claims...
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at The Federalist. A Democrat-controlled Congress authorized the president to give grants to states that have red flag laws, but never was he authorized to establish a federal red flag center. On...
One restrictive policy that most Americans (79%) are on board with, however, is requiring photo identification to vote. Nicole Willcoxon and Lydia Saad, "Eight in 10 Americans Favor Early Voting, Photo ID Laws," Gallup, October 14, 2022.
At least 139 murdered The death total in Moscow exceeds the 130 people murdered at the Paris concert shooting in November 2015. It is more than twice as many as the 59 people who were murdered in Las Vegas. The US has experienced a number of Islamic-based mass...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The piece was also carried by Zero Hedge, Before its News, and USSA News. Some 20 artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are currently available for general use. Students, reporters, and researchers already rely...