For those under 18, vehicle deaths are consistently greater than those from firearms. When you use the FBI murder data, the vehicle deaths exceed the firearm deaths for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and likely 2021, though the FBI data isn’t available for that year. The...
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On the Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham Show: To Discuss the Problems with Crime Data
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham Show to explain how the democrats are trying to hide crime data. See also Dr. Lott's new investigative piece based on our research at Real Clear Investigations titled "Unaccountable: The FBI's Strange...
Another Attack in a Gun-free Zone: Active shooter at Oklahoma State University dorm leaves 3 wounded
As we have pointed out before, murderers who plan on killing lots of people pick places where their victims are unable to defend themselves (see also here). There was a shooting in the Oklahoma State University dorms, but as the picture above shows, firearms are...
Most Likely Voters Approve of Trump Finding and Deporting Illegal Aliens and Think Trump Can Use the National Guard to Defend ICE Offices
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey of 1,184 likely voters on October 7th to 9th finds that 53% of Likely U.S. voters support Trump finding and deporting illegal aliens, including 39% who Strongly Support the president’s policy. Forty-three...
More Television Crime Show Bias: Terrorists Using Machine Guns in London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjX3mHdUtfg Apparently another TV show doesn’t think the strict gun control in the UK is working too well. As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are...
At Real Clear Politics: What the Stats Really Say About Crime Surge
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published in the Tennessee Star, Alpha News, and the Herald/Review (Sierra Vista, AZ). . During last year’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Trump said violent crime was...
President Trump and FBI Director Hold News Conference, Part Discussing Gun Control and How the Administration is Investigating National Reciprocity for Concealed Carry
The Trump administration is making it clear they are only arrest people who are illegally having a gun. Trump also made it clear that they are talking to people about national reciprocity for concealed carry. The entire press conference is available here. Transcript:...
Aire Libre: John Lott En Argentina
Here is another article that has come out from Dr. John Lott's talks in Argentina. . October 15, 2025. Three months ago, at the NH Tango Hotel, convened by the Federation of Legitimate Users of Argentina (FLUA) and the Association of Legitimate Users of the Province...
Trump’s Memphis Safe Streets Task Force Arrests 850 Violent Criminals in First Two Weeks, 45 Missing Children Located
As with most Democrats, Memphis Mayor Paul Young was not happy with President Trump's decision to put the National Guard into Memphis to fight crime. Memphis Mayor Paul Young: “I’m certainly not happy about the National Guard.” Avery Lotz, "Memphis mayor: "Certainly...
Full Aventura: John Lott in Argentina and Nuevo ReNAr: Much more than a stance in defense of guns
This article appeared in Spanish in the Argentinian publication Full Aventura. The original article is available here. . On Tuesday, July 8th, at the NH Tango Hotel, convened by the Federation of Legitimate Users of Argentina (FLUA) and the Association of Legitimate...
CPRC in the News: Houston’s KTRH Radio, Fort Worth’s 1190AM Radio, Legal Insurrection, The College Fix, and More
After a review by the Crime Prevention Research Center, they found that armed "good Samaritans" stopped as many as 62% of all active-shooter incidents. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has somehow managed to record that number as being just 3.7%. This comes from...
On Cincinnati’s WLW: To Discuss ADL’s Biased Report on Extremist Violence
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on Cincinnati's giant 50,000-watt WLW to discuss the latest shootings and left-wing violence. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Bogus ADL Report Either Mislabels Leftist Violence As ‘Right-Wing’ Or Omits It...












