Dr. John Lott talked to the guest host Mike Allen on WLW, Cincinnati’s giant 50,000-watt radio station, about his new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie." (Wednesday, November 26, 2025, from 9:00 to...
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Australia Mass Public Shooting: 15 murdered, 40 wounded. Did it take 13 minutes for Police to Arrive on the Crime Scene in Australia? One survivor says that even then the police didn’t immediately act. Australia and Brown University are both gun-free zones.
Yesterday we saw mass shootings in Australia where 15 were murdered and at Brown University where two were murdered. Both occurred in places with strict gun control (the rules for Brown are available here). The problem is that uniformed law enforcement have an...
Investigation Shows that D.C.’S Police Chief Ordered Serious Crimes be Underreported
D.C. has been accused by its police union of manipulating crime data to hide violent crimes. Mayor Bowser claimed the manipulation was limited to just one precinct, but this new report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shows the problem was...
On NTD Evening News: To Discuss the FBI’s Arrest of the Pipe Bomb Suspect and Their Targeting the “Worst of the Worst”
https://youtu.be/63uDGjwsfhI Dr. John Lott appeared on NTD Evening News to discuss the FBI’s arrest of the D.C. pipe-bomb suspect and the bureau’s effort to pursue the “worst of the worst.” (Thursday, December 4, 2025, from 6:38 to 6:49 PM ET)
At Real Clear Politics: WSJ’s Fearmongering Doesn’t Survive Contact With the Evidence
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Real Clear Politics. Also covered at Zero Hedge, Lucianne.com, and JohnLocke.org. . Legally armed civilians, we’re told, pose a major danger. They shoot innocent bystanders, justifiably kill others whenever they personally...
CPRC in the News: American Thinker, Ammoland, America’s 1st Freedom, Bearing Arms, and more
A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) on concealed carry in the U.S. reveals that 46.8 percent of Americans now live in “Constitutional Carry” states—there are 29 of them—where no license or permit is required, while Congress is...
CBS’s FBI Pushing the Claim that “Second Amendment Purists” are the Real Danger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illxfSeSM3k CBS's FBI pushes the claim that "Second Amendment Purists" are the real danger (FBI S8 E4 November 3, 2025).
On Missoula’s KGVO: Discussing a wide range of crime and gun control issues
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour and a half to discuss a range of topics, including America’s dramatic decline in homicide clearance rates from 1965 to 2024 and his new op-ed at Real Clear...
Talk in Brazil 2025 on How to Make People Safer
https://youtu.be/mSRArgsIXwg?si=0mT4jjMoDETqRUQ0&t=729 Sorry, the video is bouncing around a fair amount. While the video here is started at Lott's presentation, you can watch Luciano Lara's talk before Lott. Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Brazil on July 5th that...
On NTD Newsroom: Trump Crime Crackdown: FBI Redirected Away From Political Activity to Tackle Actual Crime
https://youtu.be/6tVFdFs0xZs?si=ByIQN8GhrJb9JkYw Dr. John Lott appeared on NTD Newsroom to discuss the successes of President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown. The Justice Department describes the 764 network as a "violent extremist" group that originated in Texas in...
At The Federalist: DOJ Lawsuits Against Gun Control Policies Especially Protect The Weak
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. . Gun control laws disproportionately harm minorities, women, and the poor — the people who benefit most from being able to protect themselves. _________ In a major shakeup at the U.S. Department of Justice, the...
Media Bias: How Often Do People Who are Legally Carrying a Concealed Handgun Accidentally Shoot a Bystander? How about the Police?
Wall Street Journal reporter Mark Maremont continues his attacks on people carrying concealed handguns (this titled "The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings"). Previously we tried writing letters to the WSJ pointing out legal...












