From a Twitter Post on June 17, 2023 Kamala Harris: "The number one cause of death of the children in America is gun violence." As we have previously discussed, a common claim is that firearms are the leading cause of death for "children or adolescents." On June 2nd,...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber to discuss the policies that have resulted in more violent crime. (Monday, May 8, 2023)
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Detroit News with Phil Green, who represents the 67th House District in Michigan and is the chair of the House Second Amendment Caucus. . During the first quarter of 2023, Detroit had the fifth highest murder rate in the country,...
Fox News has a news article on a bet that Dr. John Lott offered twelve prominent pro-gun control academics. He wrote about this offer in The Federalist and in the piece he deals with the claims made below by a couple of the academics. A gun expert is asking academics...
An article in the New York Post discusses a new ride-share service where you can get an armed driver for protection. This is one way to avoid gun-free zones. Right now the ride-service is offered in Atlanta and New York City. The surge in violent crime nationwide has...
The Harvard/Harris Poll data is available here.
Dr. John Lott, who is an economist, appeared on The Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber to discuss the $31.5 trillion national debt and the debt ceiling. (Monday, May 15, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNvDRffFlYM 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, Hulu's Class of '09 show is no different (Season 1,...
A copy of the report is available here.
Dr. John Lott contacted 12 prominent gun-control advocate academics, and he offered a $1,000 bet on if Brazil’s homicide rate would go up or down during the first two years of the bans that President Lula has implemented. Here are the records of the correspondence...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about "Texas teachers packing heat to make $25K as armed ‘sentinels’ if bill passes." (Monday, May 1, 2023) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin and part of the Minneapolis area in...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about his recent piece at Townhall about titled: "Uniformed School Resource Officers Aren’t the Solution to Stop Mass Public Shootings." (Thursday, April 27, 2023)