https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WDl4bdTjso 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. TV show is no different (Season 6,...
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On The Vicki McKenna Show: To Discuss Louisville Bank Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about the Old National Bank shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, and a continuation of a pattern when it comes to mass shooters picking their targets---Gun-Free Zones. (Tuesday, April 11,...
Talk on Gun Control Myths at the Annual NRA convention
Dr. John Lott gave a presentation on gun control myths at the NRA convention in Indianapolis. It started with this video, then here is the audio of the rest of my talk, and the final video that he showed. His PowerPoint is also provided....
In New York City, 327 people responsible for more than 6,000 shoplifting arrests, about one-third of all shoplifting arrests
Yet another example of how a relatively small number of criminals account for a large percentage of crimes. For professional shoplifters, one might imagine that they are arrested at a lower rate per offense than others who are not as experienced. Nearly a third of all...
More Media Bias on Guns: CBS’s Blue Bloods TV show with Robbers firing a machine gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9tomhAIvoY 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 show Blue Bloods is no different (Season 13,...
Worth listening to: On Stacy On The Right: To Discuss Covenant School Shooting in Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. John Lott appeared on Stacy on the Right, a nationwide radio show in Wisconsin, to discuss the Nashville School Shooting, the problems with statistics on Mass Public Shootings, and the danger of Gun-Free Zones. (Tuesday, March 28, 2023, from 9:20 to 9:43...
On NewsMax’s Chris Salcedo Show: Gun-Free Zones Are ‘Magnets’ for Attacks
Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Chris Salcedo Show to discuss the Nashville Christian school shooting and the danger of gun-free zones. (Tuesday, March 28, 2023, from 4:17 to 4:23 PM ET) https://youtu.be/XjX1HeTLt2w Dr. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention...
On 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show: To Discuss Mass Public Shootings
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show to discuss the recent mass public shootings and a continuation of a pattern for mass shooters picking their targets---Gun-Free Zones. (Tuesday, April 11, 2023, from 1:05 to 1:22 PM EDT)
A Lively Debate on Turkish TRT World’s The Newsmakers: Will Nashville’s school shooting bring about gun control reform in the US?
https://youtu.be/B97tj2_IiEo Dr. John Lott debated Allen Louis Linton II, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at ACM, and Larry Barton, Professor of Crisis Management and Public Safety at UCF, on Turkish TRT World's The Newsmakers about gun control...
On WPHT’s The Rich Zeoli Show: To Discuss the Louisville, Ky., Bank Shooting
Dr. John Lott joined Rich Zeoli on Philadelphia’s WPHT to discuss the Old National Bank shooting in Louisville, Kentucky. They also discussed the assault weapons ban and the danger of gun-free zones. (Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 4:35 to 4:52 PM ET)
Testimony to the Nevada State Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Senate Committee on Judiciary about raising the age of gun possession to 21 years of age
Because the hearing date was changed at the last minute, Dr. John Lott provided testimony telephonically during the Joint Meeting of the Nevada State Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Senate Committee on Judiciary opposing AB355, which would raise the age of gun...
Fox News covers us pointing out that the Louisville Mass Murderer attacked yet another Gun-free Zone
Finally, some news coverage on gun-free zones. The question we have continually been asking: "Why isn’t it newsworthy that time after time these mass murderers pick targets where their victims are defenseless?" . The tragic shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky,...












