Dr. John Lott appeared on The Bill Martinez Show to discuss his new piece at Real Clear Politics about our newest report on errors in the FBI Active Shooting Reports. The FBI data on active shootings is missing so many defensive gun uses that it’s hard to believe...
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New York’s Background Check System for Ammo Sales Facing Constant Delays and False Positives
The system is facing "massive wait times." One has to wonder if gun control advocates view this as a positive part of the law. In New York, background checks are now required to buy ammunition, and background check requests will go through the state police instead of...
On the Alan Nathan Show: To Discuss President Biden’s Gun Control Proposals
Dr. John Lott talked to the guest host John Hayward on the Alan Nathan Show about his new op-ed piece at Townhall titled "On Biden’s Newest False Claims About Guns." (Tuesday, August 29, 2023, from 11:50 to 11:58 AM MT)
On One America News: Discussing the ATF’s Back Door Gun Registry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRM2lUgClo8&t=3s Dr. John Lott talked to One America News about an op-ed that Lott wrote with Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-R) at Newsweek titled: "Biden’s Gun Control Law Will Radically Change U.S. Gun Ownership."
When police were called about someone creating child porn, the police threatened to arrest the 11-year-old girl. The case died at that point.
"Father calls police to report a child sex predator preying on his 11-year-old daughter. Police show up 6 hours later and threaten to arrest an 11-year-old little girl." This is pretty shocking. I understand you want to discourage children from engaging in giving...
On St. Louis’ Giant KFTK-FM: Discussing the Misleading FBI Active Shooter Incidents Report
Dr. John Lott talked with Mark Reardon on St. Louis’ giant 100,000-watt KFTK-FM about his new piece at Real Clear Politics about our newest report on errors in the FBI Active Shooting Reports. Unfortunately, politics has infected the government crime data...
On the Lars Larson Show: Do Gun-Control Groups Care What Really Causes Mass Shootings?
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Lars Larson Show to discuss the UNC shooting and the dangers of gun-free zones. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist on the lawsuit filed by Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown. (Monday, August 28, 2023) The Lars Larson...
On 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show: Discussing a wide range of gun control issues
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show to discuss his new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Do Gun-Control Groups Care What Really Causes Mass Shootings? Everytown Lawsuit Says No." They also discussed the Biden administration withholding...
On “Unfragmented” to discuss John Lott Freedomnomics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmCNgrorkbU Dr. John Lott talked to the people at Unfradmented about his book Freedomnomics.
Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Are Arguing that the Gun Crimes Charges Against Hunter are Unconstitutional
How will Joe Biden, who wants to expand background checks on guns, deal with his son Hunter arguing that all background checks are unconstitutional? . The attorney for Hunter Biden, who is facing felony gun charges, said that the statute is “likely unconstitutional”...
On Alaska’s Michael Dukes Show: To Discuss Statistic Manipulation Around Crime and Guns
https://youtu.be/VF0ejk-qyZ8?feature=shared Dr. John Lott appeared on Alaska’s Michael Dukes Show to discuss his piece at Real Clear Investigation with James Varney titled "Murder, They Spun: Selective Stats Leave Suspicious Fingerprints All Over the Crime Debate."...
Nikki Goeser meets with the Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
The Crime Prevention Research Center's Nikki Goeser meets with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and gives him some light reading material! The future governor of Tennessee?