Dr. John Lott talked to Terry Maxwell on Central California’s KNRZ at SHOT Show 2023 in Las Vegas. They discussed a wide range of topics including our latest research on murder concentration in the US, our previous study about massive errors in the FBI’s Active...
Blog
At America’s Voice Live with Steve Gruber: The Tyre Nichols Video Has Launched Another Firestorm of Criticism of Police
https://rumble.com/embed/v25erd6/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on America’s Voice Live about the criticism of police after the public release of that graphic video showing the Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols who died days...
Number of police in the Asheville Police Department is down 42% since May 2020, 200% surge in break-ins amid a violent crime spike
This isn't too surprising to anyone who have been following our work. . . . Violent crime in Asheville increased 31% per 100,000 people between 2016 and 2020 – nearly double the national average and 18-percentage points higher than North Carolina's 13% increase...
On the Bill Martinez Radio Show: To Discuss COVID Overcounts and Murder Concentration in the US
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about COVID deaths and hospitalizations being overcounted, and our latest research that murders in the U.S. are becoming increasingly concentrated in densely populated urban centers in a small set...
On America’s Voice Live: Discussing COVID Conspiracies
https://rumble.com/embed/v23ew4m/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott joins Steve Gruber to discuss the "overcounting" of COVID deaths and hospitalizations in the United States. Dr. Leana Wen admitted to the Washington Post: "The true toll of deaths and hospitalization, she...
CPRC in the News: New York Post, Just the News, Axios, Orange County Register, El Tiempo Latino, and much more
“Does Biden talk to police to see why they do what they do? Biden doesn’t understand policing,” John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said Monday. “If he wants to increase retention, don’t immediately release criminals &...
On Armed American Radio: Discussing Brazil’s gun control and America’s murder concentration
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about his recent piece at Real Clear Politics on what is happening in Brazil, and our latest study on the concentration of murder in the United States. (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)
UPDATED: Good Samaritans: People legally carrying guns have protected others
Allentown, Pennsylvania, December 19, 2025 A concealed carry permit holder opened fire at a Big Woody’s bar after seeing one man place his friend in a headlock while another struck him in the head, then shot a third man who allegedly tried to stab him. Investigators...
At Real Clear Politics: Gun Control Laws Backfiring in California
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The piece also appeared at Zero Hedge. . After the three public shootings over the last two weekends in California, Democrats are again clamoring for even more gun control laws. To California Gov. Gavin...
On TRT World: To Discuss Gun Control in the US
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y4V2IWss8sM Dr. John Lott appeared on TRT World to discuss the Monterey Park mass shooting, in which 11 people lost their lives, during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration in California on Sunday, 22 January 2023. (TRT World Now,...
At The Federalist: False Statistics Fly As California Democrats Push For Gun Control Laws That Failed Already
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. . The per capita rate of mass shootings was much higher in California than in the rest of the U.S., despite the state having the strictest gun control laws in the country. . After Friday’s mass public shooting in Israel...
On the Mark Davis Show: To discuss how you can protect yourself from stalkers
Nikki Goeser, the executive director of the Crime Prevention Research Center, talked to fill-in host Allen West on 660 AM The Answer in Dallas TX about her own experience as a victim of a deadly stalker and life-saving advice for stalking victims. See also...











