https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f34xcF0v-6A As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, NBC's Chicago PD is no different (Season 10, Episode...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about a raid by IRS agents on a gun shop in Montana, seizing records that contain personally identifying information of firearm purchasers from the store. They also discussed...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Meyer on Medford, Oregon’s KMED-AM about the takeaways from Hunter Biden’s plea deal in federal tax and gun cases. They also discussed Dr. Lott's piece with James Varney at Real Clear Investigation on murder rates in Biden and Trump...
While there were about 3,839 suicides per year in Canada in 2020, there were 13,500 assisted suicides in Canada in 2022. With a population of about 38.25 million people, that implies an assisted suicide rate of 35.294 per 100,000 people. The total...
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show to discuss his new piece with James Varney at Real Clear Investigation on murder rates in Biden and Trump counties. They also discussed Hunter Biden’s “sweet-heart” plea deal for his gun and tax crimes....
Dr. John Lott talked to Lee Elci on 94.9 News Now and Stimulating Talk about Trump's indictment and Dr. Lott's own experience working in the US Department of Justice as Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics. They also discussed the U.S. economy, the nationwide...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MrxC6LeaaI As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, NBC's Magnum P.I. show is no different (Season 5,...
Apple's AirTag has been credited with solving many different types of theft. Just a week ago, a Texas restaurant recovered its beloved 6-foot-tall, 150-pound fiberglass bull statue thanks to an AirTag. At the beginning of May, a hidden AirTag thwarted a $1.1...
This is a revised, updated version of a post originally written on April 21, 2015. We have most seriously updated this list starting at the beginning of 2020. UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh wrote in the Washington Post on April 20, 2015: "Have civilians with...
Dr. John Lott talked to Jennifer Horn and Grant Stinchfield on AM 870’s The Morning Answer about California’s Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed amendment to the US Constitution to impose gun control regulations. Lott has a piece on this available at Townhall. More...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . If you believe Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), fellow Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) has “blood on your hands” for fighting to reduce the number of hours of training necessary to become a pilot. A headline at The...
Our newest research paper is available here. Because of our earlier work on this topic, the Ohio legislature on June 30th passed the Data Analysis Transparency Archive bill to ensure that the number of voters who voted can be matched with the number of ballots cast. ....