Here is an op-ed that I wrote with Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (though you wouldn't know it until you get to the tag line at the end of the piece). It’s always the same predictions of doom and bloodshed from gun-control activists. They warn us of...
Dr. John Lott talked to JT on Birmingham, Alabama's big WERC-AM-FM about Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics titled: "Support for More Gun Control Falls, But Partisan Gap Grows." See also the new Quinnipiac University Poll. They also discussed Lott's work at Real...
CBS' S.W.A.T. makes the claim that all police support "common sense"/reasonable gun control (Season 5 Episode 6, Nov 12, 2021). The question is what constitutes "reasonable" gun control laws. What most police might think qualifies as "reasonable" is not what the...
It is nice to see the Encyclopedia Britannica relying on the CPRC's research. . . . On Nov. 21, 2020, the Crime Prevention Research Center stated, “There were 2.7 million concealed handgun permit holders in 1999, 4.6 million in 2007, 8 million in 2011, 11.1 million in...
John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on his national radio show about Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics titled: "Why Gun Storage Laws Would Do More Harm Than Good." (Sunday, December 12, 2021)
Dr. John Lott talked to New Orleans' WGSO about the record divide between Republicans and Democrats on the issue of gun control. They discussed Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics titled: "Support for More Gun Control Falls, But Partisan Gap Grows." See also the new...
Well, apparently, CBS thinks that machine guns are commonly used in crimes committed in Europe. In three of FBI: International's first five episodes, machine guns are being used to commit crime. We wonder if Europeans realize how commonly machine guns are used in...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mike Ferguson on St. Louis’ giant 100,000-watts KLJY-FM about the recent school shooting in Michigan. He discussed the CPRC report titled: "Schools that Allow Teachers to Carry Guns are Extremely Safe: Data on the Rate of Shootings and...
After the woman had fatally shot one of her attackers, her boyfriend came outside and helped to chase away the robbers. From ABC Channel 13 in Houston: According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the woman was approached by three men who attempted to rob her...
John Lott talked to Megyn Kelly about a range of gun control issues. The video above shows about eight minutes of their twenty-minute discussion and focused on the push for new gun control laws after the Oxford School Shooting. They talked about Lott's piece at Real...
John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist about Gavin Newsom's promise to use the US Supreme Court decision on Texas' abortion law to push new gun control in California. You would never know it from the reaction of President Biden and Governor Gavin Newsom, but the...
Dr. John Lott appeared on TRT to discuss the School Shooting in Michigan and problems with the Small Arms Survey Data. The first part of the segment is filled with misinformation. Lott tries to correct some of them when he was on. (Thursday, December 2, 2021)