It made it harder for people to buy stabilized brief — braces. Put a pistol on a brace, and it ma- — turns into a gun. Makes them where you can have a higher-caliber weapon — a higher-caliber bullet coming out of that gun. It’s essentially turning it...
Dr. John Lott was on Western Montana's KGVO from 8:30 to 10 AM on June 1, 2023. He covered many gun control and crime topics: pistol braces, Australia's gun control regulations, "reasonable gun control laws," school shootings, and more. Western Montana's KGVO, June 1,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dSJGTWtCbA 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, CBS's S.W.A.T. show is no different (Season 6, Episode...
Biden keeps repeating a call for banning all semi-automatic guns. He keeps calling for a ban guns that fire 9-mm or higher caliber ammunition, and given that this clearly also involves most handguns, isn't it obvious that he wants to ban the vast majority of handguns?...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2, 2023 (6 ABC) The confrontation happened as Joel was walking home from a Chinese takeout around 11:15 p.m. Thursday. He was approached by two men on the 2400 block of N. 10th Street. The pair tried to rob him, but Joel fought back....
This is being sold as a gun "safety" summit, but they won't have us or others who represent a different view on how to make people "safer." The message from the Democrats and the gun control advocates is that they are the only ones who support "safety." . Work is...
A Tennessee DA publicly praises a brave woman who saved her children and herself. . A woman was commended for her bravery after shooting and killing a man that posed an imminent threat to her and her kids in McMinnville on Monday, according to District Attorney...
Dr. John Lott joined Frank Mottek on KABC’s radio show to discuss California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for a U.S. constitutional amendment on gun control that would raise the age to own guns, ban assault weapons and mandate background checks and waiting periods for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wro3wtjSOTk 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, CBS's Blue Bloods show is no different (Season 13,...
We have previously examined this rate from 2011 to 2015, but the above chart updates that data from 2016 to 2020. The FBI only has firearm murder data up through 2020. The average over the last five years is 67%, down slightly from the five-year average from 2011 to...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in Townhall on Gavin Newsom's new proposed constitutional amendment. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is conceding that the U.S. Constitution needs to be amended before he can pass his gun control wish list. But he doesn’t have the votes....
https://youtu.be/9gxwPXCjrVE Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice to discuss his new op-ed at the Washington Times titled “Advocates of ‘reasonable’ gun control laws don’t want any firearms at all.” (Wednesday, June 7,...