https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAmAoY7lNCU As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on his national Sunday radio show to discuss the recent school shooting at Florida State University. They also discussed our latest research, "Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More Effectively Than Uniformed Police?"...
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey asked likely voters from April 15to 17th: "You cannot just free the criminals and think crime is going to go down magically, you have to imprison [criminals] so you can liberate 350 million Americans...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXAv_upPIAQ As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns...
We believe that this is an unusually important op-ed by Dr. John Lott. Also published at World Net Daily. . Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified a shocking plan by former President Joe Biden’s administration for dealing with domestic...
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour and a half to discuss our research on cases where armed civilians stopped active shooters compared to the police. He also answered the...
Likely Voters are A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey shows that 79% of likely U.S. voters believe the U.S. should deport illegal immigrants who commit crimes, with 56% saying it’s very important. Only 17% say it’s not important, with just 5% saying that it...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about his new piece at the Washington Times titled "A nonlethal firearm alternative?: Self-defense requires certainty, not wishful thinking." (Sunday, April 6, 2025, from 9:05 to 9:25 PM ET)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RmHLwXaLtFc The knife threat in the UK is causing some to want to ban even more types of knives. Where do things end? Will chefs have to get specially licensed to have knives for cooking? Knife crime is viewed as a serious and going...
This is reminiscent of the UK before its 1920 gun control law. Gun ownership was very common and if you ever look at old copies from the London Sunday Times, you would see ads for everything from walking stick guns to brief case or book guns....
For those who wonder about President Trump's commitments to the right to self defense, you can listen to his comments immediately after the Florida State University shooting. Here is our recent research on active shootings being stopped by concealed handgun permit...
No one supports terrorism, but this document explicitly talks about dealing with non-criminals in terms of censorship, gun banking, and gun ownership. The document quotes start here. My comments are in bold and indented. You can download a copy of the 2021 plan here....