The original text in Portuguese of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's first executive order is available here. The order represents a dramatic change in the regulations dealing with guns and ammunition. An English translation of the order is available...
Elon Musk understands The Bill of Rights better than most.
The Financial Times has an interesting article on the changing debate over gun ownership in Israel. The debate here is very similar to the gun control debate in the United States. . . . For some at the range, obtaining a gun is a reaction to the wave of bloodshed that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLzJOpQPBrg Over the last two decades, you will search in vain for civilians successfully using guns in self-defense in entertainment television shows. When civilians use guns defensively, something always goes wrong. Either they...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about his testimony before the Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety on HB 2744, raising the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles to 21. They also discussed the original purpose of...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with two Nevada state Senators, Ira Hansen (Reno and six of the state’s rural counties) and Jeff Stone (Las Vegas), on a bill dealing with “ghost guns,” AB354. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is the largest newspaper in Nevada. . The...
Dr. John Lott talked to Joe Pags on his national radio show about the left's misinformation about guns and gun ownership. (Wednesday, April 12, 2023, from 4:35 to 4:53 PM) The Joe Pags national radio show is heard weekly by 5 million people.
On May 10, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Payne has a decision striking down the Federal ban on handgun sales. A copy of his decision is available here. “Commonsense and logic tell us that, unless one is a maker of guns, the right to “keep”/have a gun...
Is this the future for Red Flag laws in other states? Even though "two [New York] state Supreme Court justices have ruled [red flag laws as] unconstitutional," since an executive order by Governor Kathy Hochul in May 2022, the number of extreme risk protection orders...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbnRS65zlWg Dr. John Lott talked to Grant Stinchfield on Real America's Voice about the gun control debate after the Allen, Texas, attack. (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wokN5moqbgc "94 percent of public mass shooting occurred in a gun-free zone," Breitbart News's AWR Hawkins cites a study by the Crime Prevention Research Center. AWR Hawkins, "America Has a Gun-Free-Zone Problem," Breitbart News, May 6,...
https://youtu.be/uavkOaWKtWU Dr. John Lott appeared on NTD News to discuss the reasons that lead to more homicides in cities with Democrat mayors, and policies behind increasing crime. (Tuesday, May 2, 2023, from 12:18 to 12:22 PM ET) A WalletHub report concluded that...