In the six months after the Supreme Court's Bruen Decision, the New York City Police Department granted only 503 permits for an annual rate of just about 1,000. By contrast, in 2021, they granted 2,591. They were granted permits at just 38.5% of the rate in 2021. Even...
While the BATF claims that during the last half of 2021 they drove 5 FFLs out of business and an additional 88 in 2022, a lawsuit by Gun Owners of America found that the number of FFLs where a compliance inspection resulted in them going out of business increased from...
Dr. John Lott appeared on WDRC’s Morning with Gary Byron in Connecticut to discuss his new piece at Townhall titled "Can Democrats Even Believe What They Are Claiming About Guns?" (Monday, January 30, 2023, from 9:09 to 9:30 AM ET)
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour to discuss many crime and gun control topics: pistol braces, media coverage on mass public shootings, SCOTUS accepting case dealing with a...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about Hunter Biden's case, likely mass public shootings stopped by concealed handgun permit holders, and Florida permitless carry. (Friday, July 7, 2023, from 8:00 to 9:00 PM ET)
Shannon Watts and the Bloomberg groups are taking credit for Jason Aldean being cancelled on Country Music Television for his song "Try that in a Small Town." They were very upset about the reference to guns in the song: "Got a gun that my granddad gave me." Watts...
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Mike Allen Sr. on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show about California Governor Gavin Newsom’s gun amendment proposal that would raise the federal minimum age to buy a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate universal background checks,...
Dr. Carl Moody, the Crime Prevention Research Center's research director, has published a new paper on stopping mass public shootings. A copy of the paper is available here. Clicking on this link downloads a pdf. . Abstract . The fact that an individual is willing to...
Dr. John Lott talked to Aaron Flint on the Montana Talks Network about his new piece at Townhall titled "Can Democrats Even Believe What They Are Claiming About Guns?" They also discussed the unexpected raid of a local Montana gun store by an estimated...
For those who have been following the case of the monster who murdered Nikki Goeser's husband and then continued to stalk her from prison, he was sentenced in federal court for stalking her today. Here is a brief summary of the decision. The judge accepted the plea...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about the Baltimore block party shooting, firearm background checks, and the culture shift. (Sunday, July 2, 2023, from 9:35 to 10:00 PM ET)
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . Gun control advocates often point to polls showing overwhelming support for gun control. For instance, in May, a headline for an NPR/PBS Newshour survey proclaimed: “Most Americans say curbing gun violence is more...