As expected, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, in an en banc decision, has struck down New Jersey's prohibitions on semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines. It is a major decision because he creates a circuit court split for the first time. The...
Voters appear to hold someone inconsistent positions on deporting illegal aliens and sanctuary policies. While voters are equally divided on "sanctuary" states stopping state and local officials from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, by a ten...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on the push for the SAVE America Act. . Democrats argue that requiring voter photo IDs—even when the ID itself is given away free—creates practical barriers that prevent eligible voters from casting ballots. “We’re all set for...
As President Trump announced in his talk on Thursday evening, Democrat controlled states are refusing to hand over their list of registered voters so the list of non-citizens who are registered to vote will be incomplete. But the numbers for these four states are...
Students, reporters, researchers, and social media influencers increasingly rely on AI chatbots to write term papers, news stories, research papers, and online content. Twenty chatbots were available in February 2024, fifteen in August 2024, thirteen in December 2025,...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk at Freedomfest on why self-defense is critical for public safety. Here is the audio of his talk and a copy of his PowerPoint. Unfortunately, there were real technical difficulties with showing people the PowerPoint so people weren't able to...
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey conducted on June 7-9, 2026 shows that 54% of likely voters want the federal government to impose strong penalties on U.S. employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Twenty-six percent disagree,...
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW's The Bill Cunningham Show in Cincinnati to discuss two recent U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment decisions, explaining the ruling against Hawaii's restrictive concealed carry law and the United States v. Hemani decision limiting...
Originally posted on July 3, 2026: ChatGPT was asked to evaluate the top academic researchers in terms of their impact on the gun control debate on a 1 to 10 scale. ChatGPT also writes of John Lott's research: "Probably the single most influential empirical researcher...
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Mary Walter on WPHT’s The Rich Zeoli Show in Philadelphia about Virginia's new law restricting AR-15-style rifles and California's law barring new sales of most Glock pistols. (Monday, June 29, 2026, from 3:30 to 3:40 PM...
A national survey commissioned by the Crime Prevention Research Center and conducted this year validates what Second Amendment advocates have long argued: the public rejects the gun control premise. When asked what would do the most to reduce violent crime, voters...
This might not involve a terrorist attack, but it just shows how vehicles can be used to kill other people. . A driver plowed into people at a street festival Sunday in Chile, killing at least six, police said. The man reportedly lost control of the vehicle at the...