Durham, North Carolina, February 26, 2026 Following a fatal workplace shooting at a Durham pizza restaurant, an armed customer followed the suspect outside and held him at gunpoint until police arrived and arrested him. The suspect was charged with first-degree murder...
Dr. John Lott was invited by state Senator Michael McKay to testify before the Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee on SB1. A copy of Dr. Lott’s testimony is available here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPusZCQ3Zhw A man with a concealed carry license shot and wounded a man trying to rob him at gunpoint on a CTA Green Line train Friday afternoon near the Cicero station, according to officials. About 4:45 p.m., the suspected...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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 &...
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)
Memphis, Tennessee, April 22, 2026 The suspect allegedly fired a shot into the air before firing additional shots toward the parking lot of a neighboring tire shop. An armed customer at the tire shop returned fire, critically wounding the suspect. Memphis Police...
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...