Dr. John Lott appeared on The Andrea Kaye Show on San Diego’s giant 50,000-watt KCBQ radio station to discuss his latest op-ed at Real Clear Politics titled "Democrats Using Shutdown Threat To Rewrite Immigration Enforcement." (Friday, January 30, 2026)
In addition to the demands that ICE agents be readily identified by name (despite all the Doxxing and attacks on them) and that the agents stop racial profiling (which isn't happening, note the tiny error rate in American citizens who have been detained by ICE),...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about his new piece at the New York Post titled "How Trump’s ICE enforcement record blows Obama’s out of the water— by a lot." (Friday, January 23, 2026) Vicki’s show covers most of...
Dr. John Lott will be giving a talk at Australia National University on Monday, February 9th from noon to 1 PM AEDT. Tickets to the talk are available here. . The FBI tracks active shooting cases-where individuals attempt to kill people in public places, excluding...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Alaska’s Michael Dukes Show to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Hawaii’s law restricting firearms on private property and ICE enforcement under the Trump administration. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at the Wall Street Journal...
https://youtu.be/g3QJN386Aw8 Dr. John Lott appeared on the LEO Round Table at SHOT Show 2026 to discuss his new piece at the Wall Street Journal titled “Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment.” They also talked about gun-free zones and media bias on guns. Some of...
https://youtu.be/ZG_dOlRi5Rc Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice to discuss his new piece at the Wall Street Journal titled "Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment." (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)
"Countless news stories have amplified fears that under Trump, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are wildly violating basic rights," said John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. "But the numbers tell a very different story." Lott...
Dr. John Lott appeared on KNRS’s The Rod & Greg Show to discuss his piece in the Wall Street Journal about how the state of Hawaii is trying to skirt the Second Amendment via a law that bans firearms on private property – a law now being challenged in front of the...
Dr. John Lott talked to Aaron Flint on the Montana Talks Network about the significant decline in U.S. crime. They also discussed Dr. Lott’s new piece at the Wall Street Journal titled “Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment.” Audio Clip – Segment 1: Audio Clip –...
The Canadian government's pilot program to buy civilian guns was a flop. Now multiple provinces are refusing to implement the Liberal government's nationwide confiscation of guns. . On Tuesday the government of Newfoundland announced that it will refuse to...
Many graphs using the data are shown at the end of the post. Each time a public shooting draws national attention, particularly at places such as schools or churches, politicians and the media often respond by citing figures that claim the United States suffers...