Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com. . With six murdered at the Covenant School in Nashville at the end of March, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee proposed over $200 million in new measures to protect schools and prevent more such attacks. One of his proposals is...
Dr. John Lott appeared on WHO Radio’s The Simon Conway Show to discuss his latest piece with Thomas Massie at Newsweek titled "There Is No Firm, Sustained Support for Gun Control." (Friday, March 10, 2023, from 4:36 to 4:45 PM CDT)
Dr. John Lott talked to Vince Coglianese on WMAL about DC’s crime problem and Joe Biden’s attempt to disarm law-abiding citizens. Related material is available from the Washington Times and Real Clear Politics. (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVaCJdZril0 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 die...
In a very usual move, the Biden Administration is holding onto the manifesto of the Nashville Christian school mass murderer. Many are questioning whether they are refusing to do that because the murderer is a Trans person and their decision is political. That they...
Dr. John Lott testified five times before the Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety on multiple bills, from raising the age to 21, universal background checks, waiting periods, and paperwork requirements for gun dealers. The testimony on these various bills...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about Biden judicial nominee not knowing a criminal law doctrine known as a Brady motion, and Dr. Lott's book "Dumbing Down the Courts." (Wednesday, March 22, 2023) Vicki’s show covers...
This is a dramatic story that could have turned out quite differently if she wasn't armed. . . . The Levy County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 3 p.m. Easter of a person shot at a duplex in the town of Bronson, authorities said. Officials arrived at the scene...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about the Covenant School Shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. They discussed the danger of gun-free zones and that the Nashville school shooter aborted plans to target other locations in the...
With Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signing the state’s Constitutional Carry bill into law this coming Tuesday, twenty-seven states will have Constitutional Carry laws, representing 65% of the land in the country and 44% of the population in 2022. If South Carolina passes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLu82o9arc Dr. John Lott talked to Erika Redic about whether gun control laws make us safer. Join me for a conversation with Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center. We'll discuss crime trends and the sustained attempt by...
This is a dramatic move. Ecuador has authorized the carrying and use of guns by civilians, President Guillermo Lasso said in a televised broadcast, citing rising crime and insecurity in the Andean country. Lasso, a conservative former banker, has been fighting to...