A law firm in Brier, Washington, conducted with 400 Americans across the United States using Pollfish. The sample is small, but it still provides some indication that about half the people are concerned enough about the danger from these types of attacks to be...
The 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics is out and the increase in violent was even worse than seen during the first three years of Biden's administration. During the first three years, the increase in felonious violent crime...
. . . Two were mass shootings, which are defined by the Crime Prevention Research Center as the killing of four or more people in a single incident that’s not gang-related or related to some other crime. . . . “If you look at mass public shootings since 2018, what you...
The Washington Times has a lead article on our new research on errors in the FBI's active shooting data. Screenshot . Federal data undercounts both the number of active shooter incidents across the country and how often concealed carry holders stop gunmen before...
Publix grocery stores the most locations of any grocery chain in Florida — with 907 stores across 252 cities in 2025. . . . . Florida began allowing open carry on Sept. 25 after an appeals court overturned the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms, deeming it...
Virginia Democrat Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones has gotten donations and endorsements from all the gun control groups from Everytown, Brady Campaign, and Giffords. Michael Bloomberg's Everytown and the Brady Campaign have removed their statements supporting...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on the race to be the top law enforcement officer in Virginia. . Democratic Virginia Attorney General nominee Jay Jones has faced sharp backlash after saying he wanted a Republican murdered and wished death on the Republican’s...
The Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard has a write up on our new research showing the errors in the FBI's active shooting reports. . Americans packing heat have stopped active shootings at least 10 times more than the FBI has counted, showing that life-saving...
Vince Coglianese discussed our research on his national show, "The Vince Show." Our list of what police say would have been mass public shootings that were stopped by concealed handgun permit holders is available here. (Wednesday, September 24, 2025)
Dr. John Lott again addressed the Monday Meeting in New York City (some old appearances here and here). He discussed then recent crimes at the school in Minneapolis, the stabbing in Charlotte, and Charlie Kirk's assassination. Part of the talk is related to Lott's...
Dr. John Lott has a new investigative piece based on our research at Real Clear Investigations. It was also published at Zero Hedge, Tennessee Star, and World Net Daily. Our detailed data is available here. This article builds on our research report available here and...
John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and former senior adviser for research and statistics in the Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Legal Policy at the Justice Department, told Blaze News about another disheartening...