Phoenix, Arizona, October 1, 2023 (Arizona Republic, abc15.com) A man faces first-degree murder charges after he was accused of attempting to rob another man with a knife and chasing him into a Phoenix street, where he was fatally hit by a car. On Sunday night,...
https://youtu.be/nilbP72sF24 Dr. John Lott talked to Perry Atkinson on the Dove Network's Focus Today about our research on election integrity and discussed the growing problem with government crime statistics, such as with the FBI's active shooting reports....
Rasmussen Reports survey from May 31 to June 5, 2022 shows that Americans are divided on banning "assault weapons," including AR-15s. The survey finds that 44% of Likely U.S. voters believe banning weapons like the AR-15 would not violate the Second...
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Armed American Radio show to discuss a wide range of topics to wrap up 2023, including the weaponization of the federal government and political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election. (Sunday, December 31, 2023,...
There has been a lot of legal back and forth California's new concealed handgun that law bans carrying guns in 26 new places; most public places, including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks, and zoos, go into effect today (see the list below). Going into...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber to discuss how a gun buyback program by New Mexicans Against Gun Violence (NMPGV) in New Mexico violated the state's Universal Background Check Law that they lobbied for. Bizarrely, the New Mexicans...
The Illinois State Police won’t pursue charges against Illinois residents who didn’t register their weapons that fall under the new law by the January 1st deadline. The ISP says the FOID Portal will remain open and people can submit endorsement affidavits at any time....
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Prices in the U.S. have been rising across the board, but the increase in airfares has been particularly acute. Part of that is due to a significant pilot shortage. A new report from the Oliver Wyman consulting...
The Iowa Perry High School is under the Perry Community School District. The shooting left two people dead and six injured. It has a very clear firearms policy. The only exceptions for people having guns on school grounds that are listed as: "conducting instructional...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. . As of Jan 1, Californians are banned from carrying permitted concealed handguns in virtually the entire state. There is no evidence that permit holders have caused problems in California or elsewhere in the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKlVRvj58Vo As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, Amazon's Reacher Show is no different (Season 2,...
Dr. John Lott talked to KNRS’s Clark Aposhian about how the media misinforms people on guns and our research comparing crime rates in Republican and Democrat states. (Saturday, December 30, 2023)