The news media focuses on the FBI data to show that murders are falling. We have previously reported the problems with the FBI violent and property compared to the National Crime Victimization Survey data (here and here). But it turns out that the FBI murder data also...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2_3QjE19JQ Dr. John Lott spoke in Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 5th about how to stop crime and what to do when law enforcement isn't doing its job. There is an audio problem at the very beginning, but it is fixed quickly. The Portuguese...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtDOQHoosLk This is one reason that gun control advocates are extremely upset about JD Vance being Trump's vice presidential nominee. JD Vance’s grandmother, who raised him, had 19 loaded handguns in her home when she died. He says that...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The TMA Morning Show on South Carolina’s WTMA about his new op-ed at the Washington Times titled "Don’t defend yourself in New York City: If you do, you will be prosecuted." They also discussed the collapse of law enforcement....
As we have pointed out before, there are lots of problems with crime data from across the country. Now comes concern that the reported drop in crimes in Oakland, California might be about half what the city is claiming. . . . Statistics published by the police...
“They also got such a null response from the police that they rarely even bother reporting crimes anymore, because nothing happens,” Elon Musk wrote last year. Joseph Pisani, Alexa Corse, and Micah Maidenberg, "Elon Musk Says He Will Move X and SpaceX Headquarters Out...
Dr. John Lott talked to John Steigerwald on Pittsburgh’s WPGP AM 1250 about “nearly four dozen pages” of the Nashville Covenant School murderer’s diary and the FBI's request against the diary’s release. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at Real Clear Politics titled...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by the editor of America's First Freedom, Frank Miniter, about the problems with the FBI crime data. Our previous research on this topic can be found here and here. Our op-eds on this are available here and here.
https://youtu.be/V09r_fE43B4 Dr. John Lott appeared on TNT Radio’s State of the Nation to discuss the collapse of law enforcement and his new piece at Townhall, which continues the investigation into the problems with the FBI crime data. (Tuesday, June 18, 2024,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about his new piece at Real Clear Politics titled "Biden Gun Regulations Don’t Affect Mass Shootings." (Thursday, June 20, 2024) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin and part of the...
https://rumble.com/v54d20o-the-bipartisan-blame-for-stricter-gun-control.-john-lott-with-doug-collins-.html Dr. John Lott talked to the guest host Doug Collins on America First with Sebastian Gorka about the Biden Administration's attempts to suppress the Second...
https://youtu.be/d2zkZsSQpl4 Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Santiago, Chile on "Murder Rates and Private Gun Ownership", organized by ANTRA, FECHITIDE, and AGAPECH. The murder rate in Chile has been increasing as the drug cartels have been making a move here. The...