Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour and a half to discuss our latest research on school shootings and the danger of gun-free zones. Dr. Lott also answered the audience’s crime and...
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On Armed American Radio: To Discuss Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about the myths surrounding mass shootings and the media’s portrayal of gun violence. They also talked about Dr. Lott's new piece at Townhall titled "Even More Disturbing Than Jay Jones’ Text...
On Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater: Discussing the Crime Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mprmJN9JWY&t=392s Dr. John Lott appeared on Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater to discuss the problem of misinformation in crime statistics and the root causes of rising crime rates. (Friday, October 3, 2025)
PowerPoints from a Debate at the University of Connecticut Law School and a Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Unfortunately, there aren't videos of the presentations, but here are the PowerPoints From the University of Connecticut on October 28th: How does gun control affect public safety? University of Connecticut DebateDownload From the University of Pennsylvania on October...
NBC’s SVU: Television Police Show Bias on Illegal Aliens, Portrays ICE Agents as Villains Allowing Rape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWe1k1fzlS8 The season premiere of Law & Order: SVU cast Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as cold-hearted villains who obstruct the unit’s pursuit of a rapist (S27 E1 09 25 25). . In the episode, “In the Wind,”...
On KLZ’s Rush to Reason: To Discuss the Issues with the FBI’s Crime Statistics
Dr. John Lott appeared on Rush to Reason with John Rush on KLZ in Denver to discuss our research on massive errors in the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014 to 2024. See also Dr. Lott's new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations titled "Unaccountable:...
CPRC in the News: New York Post, Instapundit, MSN, American Thinker, Patriot Post, and More
Some of these articles were extremely long ones. “A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report” shows “Trump was right” last year “when he said, ‘Crime here is up and through the roof,’” reports John R. Lott at RealClearPolitics. The media focused on the...
On 700 WLW’s Midweek Crisis: To Discuss the FBI’s Undercounting of Armed Citizens Who Stop Attacks
Dr. John Lott joined The Midweek Crisis with Dan Carroll on 700 WLW, Cincinnati’s giant 50,000-watt radio station, to discuss his new investigative piece based on our research at Real Clear Investigations titled "Unaccountable: The FBI's Strange Refusal to Fix Key...
On Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice: What the Stats Really Say About Crime Surge
https://youtu.be/-Q0oigDTU3Y Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice to discuss his new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on real violent crime trends in the United States. (Monday, October 20, 2025, from 5:20 PM to 5:50 PM...
Democrat Group Shows How Democrats have Moved Far Left on Gun Control and Claims it is Hurting Them Electorally
A new Democrat group named Welcome has come out with a report on whether the party's shift to the left has helped the party -- there answer is "no." For example, the share of Democrat members of congress who cosponsored an assault weapon ban went from 41% during the...
On RCP’s The Miller Report: To Discuss the FBI’s Flawed Data
https://youtu.be/4cCXMNfXH1w?si=hEnvocVxT8I9Pptm Dr. John Lott appeared on The Miller Report: Real Clear Journalism to discuss the real numbers behind armed citizens stopping shootings. See also Dr. Lott's new investigative piece based on our research at Real...
Argentina: Interview with security specialist John Lott: “Crime decreases if victims can defend themselves.”During a recent visit to Argentina, he highlighted several ways to reduce our country’s high crime rate using proven methods around the world.
This is an interview that Dr. John Lott did while he was in Argentina. . Renowned American economist John Lott granted us an exclusive interview after his presentation the previous day to a select group of attendees at a downtown hotel in Buenos Aires. This event was...












