Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. Copies of the correspondence are available here. This piece also appeared in American Liberty. “I contacted 12 prominent gun-control advocates…I offered a $1,000 bet on if Brazil’s homicide rate would go up or down...
Dr. John Lott talked to Erskine on TruthExpress Radio about his book "Dumbing Down the Courts" and his research on vote fraud in the 2020 presidential election. (Saturday, March 4, 2023)
The Washington Post probably ran this article because they thought conservatives would be upset about blacks owning and carrying guns. In fact, from the very beginning of Dr. John Lott's research in More Guns, Less Crime, he has argued that the very people who are the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL3cXUoLmug 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, CBS's Blue Bloods TV show is no different (Season 13,...
The original text in Portuguese of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's first executive order is available here. The order represents a dramatic change in the regulations dealing with guns and ammunition. An English translation of the order is available...
Elon Musk understands The Bill of Rights better than most.
The Financial Times has an interesting article on the changing debate over gun ownership in Israel. The debate here is very similar to the gun control debate in the United States. . . . For some at the range, obtaining a gun is a reaction to the wave of bloodshed that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLzJOpQPBrg Over the last two decades, you will search in vain for civilians successfully using guns in self-defense in entertainment television shows. When civilians use guns defensively, something always goes wrong. Either they...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about his testimony before the Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety on HB 2744, raising the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles to 21. They also discussed the original purpose of...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with two Nevada state Senators, Ira Hansen (Reno and six of the state’s rural counties) and Jeff Stone (Las Vegas), on a bill dealing with “ghost guns,” AB354. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is the largest newspaper in Nevada. . The...
Dr. John Lott talked to Joe Pags on his national radio show about the left's misinformation about guns and gun ownership. (Wednesday, April 12, 2023, from 4:35 to 4:53 PM) The Joe Pags national radio show is heard weekly by 5 million people.
On May 10, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Payne has a decision striking down the Federal ban on handgun sales. A copy of his decision is available here. “Commonsense and logic tell us that, unless one is a maker of guns, the right to “keep”/have a gun...