https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-3PiY_CqoY Something to remember when dealing with public health people when they talk about other issues that they consider themselves experts on, such as gun control.
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On the Las Vegas’ big KXNT Show To Discuss Defensive Gun Use And The Consequences of Lowering Criminal Penalties Is An Increase In Crime
Dr. John Lott was on the Las Vegas’ 50,000-watt KXNT to talk about the consequences of lowering criminal penalties is an increase in crime. Also discussed was lawful defensive gun use occurs five times more than criminal gun use. Monday, January 10, 2022, 9:35 to 9:47...
CPRC in the News: Fox Business/Fox News, Washington Examiner, The National Interest, Omaha World Herald, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, and much more
John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told FOX Business the judges ruled the counties didn’t even try to justify why they closed gun stores, violating the right of citizens to self-defense."The orders by Los Angeles and Ventura counties...
On Cam & Co: Stalking Victim: You Are Your Own First Responder
Monday, January 24, 2022 CPRC's Nikki Goeser talks with Cam Edwards of Bearing Arms, about her newest op-ed piece at Townhall titled "It Shouldn't Take a Bullet To The Head For The Criminal Justice System To Take Stalking Seriously."...
On Chicago’s WIND-AM: Analyzing guns sales and crime rates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiLu9MacxAc Dr. John Lott talked with Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago's top morning radio talk show on WIND-AM. They discussed the claim that increased gun sales were responsible for the rise in violent crime over the last two...
Changes in Crime and Killings of Police After Constitutional Carry Adopted
We have previously provided empirical work on the impact of Constitutional Carry Laws (download the paper here, and see particularly Table 3), but sometimes simple graphs that show the year-by-year changes are more convincing. With Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Indiana,...
At Townhall: It Shouldn’t Take a Bullet to the Head for the Criminal Justice System to Take Stalking Seriously
Nikki Goeser has a new piece up at Townhall that she co-authored with Debbie Riddle: January 2022 marks the 18th Annual National Stalking Awareness Month. We have this awareness month due to one of the authors of this opinion piece, Debbie Riddle. Debbie’s youngest...
Smart Gun Fails During Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OFBU6l2Qeg Despite the video being ended quickly, after the first round he kept pulling the trigger but the gun wouldn't fire. If you listen carefully, you can even hear the trigger making a clicking sound when he continued pulling it...
On KTIE Politics & Issues: Some California Legislators want gun manufacturers sued to put them out of business
Dr. John Lott talks with host Larry Marino about the efforts by some in the California State Legislature to pass laws making it easier to sue gun manufacturers. Saturday, January 15, 2022
Our Research on “Do White Police Officers Unfairly Target Black Suspects?” published in the journal Economics, Law, and Policy
People can download a copy of our research at the journal available here and at SSRN here. Abstract Using a unique data set we link the race of police officers who kill suspects with the race of those who are killed across the United States. We have data on a total of...
On Real America’s Voice: Biden’s rhetoric implies there are virtually no Democratic countries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYAubA2OpPE Dr. John Lott appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room to discuss Lott's piece in the Washington Times about how Biden and Democrat’s rhetoric implies there are virtually no Democratic countries. Lott made two main points: 1)...
At the Washington Times: Biden’s rhetoric implies there are virtually no Democratic countries
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times responding to Democrats' claims about Republicans being anti-democratic and totalitarian because of their support for voter IDs and other anti-fraud provisions. President Joe Biden’s extreme rhetoric in his...