Dr. John Lott appeared on the podcast The Truth with Lisa Boothe for a wide-ranging discussion about illegal immigration, crime, deportations, and the financial costs of prosecuting and incarcerating noncitizens accused of crimes. Dr. Lott discussed his recent...
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Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During May 2026
Cleveland, Ohio, May 2, 2026 (News 5 Cleveland) Officers responded to six ShotSpotter alerts, totaling over 50 rounds of gunfire, on the 3800 block of East 131st Street. When officers arrived, they found the vehicle's owner and another man involved in the incident. A...
On Dallas’ Mark Davis Show: To Discuss Prosecuting vs. Deporting Illegal-Immigrant Criminals
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Mark Davis Show on 660 AM The Answer in Dallas, TX, to talk about his new op-ed at the New York Post titled “Left’s push to delay deporting illegal-migrant criminals imposes huge costs on taxpayers.” They also discussed recent trends in...
On Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice: To Discuss Defensive Gun Use Data
https://youtu.be/glc_XPW4D0I Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice to discuss his new op-ed at Real Clear Politics titled "CDC Undercounts Defensive Gun Uses." (Monday, September 14, 2026)
On KXEL’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein: To Discuss the Current Economy and Mail-In Ballot Safeguards
Dr. John Lott talked to Jeff Stein on Iowa’s giant 50,000-watt KXEL-AM radio station about the current state of the economy. They also discussed Dr. Lott's new op-ed at Real Clear Politics titled "Supreme Court Just Gave Mail-In Ballot Safeguards a Chance." (Tuesday,...
On One America News: The CDC Puts Defensive Gun Use Data Back Up on Their Website
https://youtu.be/iPBjQGjJ1f0 Dr. John Lott talked to John Hines on One America News about the CDC’s recent restoration of information on defensive gun use that the agency had removed from its website in 2022 after gun-control advocates privately pressured officials to...
On 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show: To Discuss Illegal Immigration in the United States
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show in Cincinnati to discuss his new op-ed at the New York Post titled “Left’s push to delay deporting illegal-migrant criminals imposes huge costs on taxpayers.” (Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 11:10 to...
On The Vic Porcelli Show: To Discuss Mail-In Ballots and Election Integrity
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Vic Porcelli Show on St. Louis’ Giant KLJY to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to stay an injunction blocking President Trump’s March executive order on mail-in ballots. They also discussed public concerns about election integrity and...
On Strictly Speaking – Unfiltered with Bob Frantz: To Discuss Big Blue City Violence
https://youtu.be/-J18QkHijkI Dr. John Lott appeared on Strictly Speaking: Unfiltered with Bob Frantz to discuss rising violence in New York City and Chicago and Democratic leaders’ refusal to accept federal assistance from the Trump administration. They also discussed...
On The Larry Elder Show: To Discuss Socialists’ Demands to Abolish Police and Prisons
https://youtu.be/y4r7Asz8L0Y Dr. John Lott talked to guest host Carl Jackson on The Larry Elder Show about his op-ed at The Federalist, "Socialists’ Demands To Abolish Police And Prisons Will Mean More Dead Americans." (Wednesday, September 2, 2026)
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During April 2026
Katy, Texas, April 1, 2026 (ABC 13 Eyewitness New) On Wednesday at around 10 a.m. in the Highland Creek Ranch neighborhood, home security cameras recorded what looked like a woman walking with a gun. This led a homeowner to call the police. The homeowner said officers...
On the Dave Elswick Show in Little Rock, Arkansas: To Discuss Buried Defensive Gun Use Data and Mail-In Ballot Safeguards
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Dave Elswick Show in Little Rock, Arkansas, to discuss his new op-eds at Townhall ("The Trump Administration Restores the Gun-Defense Data the Biden CDC Buried") and Real Clear Politics ("Supreme Court Just Gave Mail-In Ballot Safeguards...












