The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) shows a dramatic drop in arrest rates for homicides over the last 60 years -- a 43 percent, 39 percentage point, drop. The Excel file with the data is available here. fbi_murder_rate_1965_2004Download
https://rumble.com/v6zzvi8-1007johnlottpkg.html Dr. John Lott talked to John Hines on One America News about his new investigative piece based on our research at Real Clear Investigations concerning massive errors in the FBI’s Active Shooter Incidents Reports....
https://youtu.be/9k-eQCIf3hc Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on America’s Voice Live about shooters thwarted by armed civilians. Mass shooters target ‘gun-free’ soft targets. To deter them, make schools and public places more secure by training and arming...
For those under 18, vehicle deaths are consistently greater than those from firearms. When you use the FBI murder data, the vehicle deaths exceed the firearm deaths for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and likely 2021, though the FBI data isn’t available for that year. The...
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 massive errors in the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014 to 2024 regarding cases where civilians stop...
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham Show to explain how the democrats are trying to hide crime data. See also Dr. Lott's new investigative piece based on our research at Real Clear Investigations titled "Unaccountable: The FBI's Strange...
Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on Rich Valdés America At Night to discuss Trump's crime crackdown and the FBI's flawed crime statistics. See also Dr. Lott's new investigative piece based on our research at Real Clear Investigations titled "Unaccountable: The FBI's Strange...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bob Frantz on Cleveland’s WHK-AM about the political violence and who is actually responsible. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Bogus ADL Report Either Mislabels Leftist Violence As ‘Right-Wing’ Or Omits It Entirely."...
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about the new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Bogus ADL Report Either Mislabels Leftist Violence As ‘Right-Wing’ Or Omits It Entirely." (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)
As we have pointed out before, murderers who plan on killing lots of people pick places where their victims are unable to defend themselves (see also here). There was a shooting in the Oklahoma State University dorms, but as the picture above shows, firearms are...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Vic Porcelli Show on St. Louis’ Giant KLJY to discuss his new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Bogus ADL Report Either Mislabels Leftist Violence As ‘Right-Wing’ Or Omits It Entirely." They also talked about our latest research on massive...
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey of 1,184 likely voters on October 7th to 9th finds that 53% of Likely U.S. voters support Trump finding and deporting illegal aliens, including 39% who Strongly Support the president’s policy. Forty-three...