https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illxfSeSM3k CBS's FBI pushes the claim that "Second Amendment Purists" are the real danger (FBI S8 E4 November 3, 2025).
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On Missoula’s KGVO: Discussing a wide range of crime and gun control issues
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour and a half to discuss a range of topics, including America’s dramatic decline in homicide clearance rates from 1965 to 2024 and his new op-ed at Real Clear...
Talk in Brazil 2025 on How to Make People Safer
https://youtu.be/mSRArgsIXwg?si=0mT4jjMoDETqRUQ0&t=729 Sorry, the video is bouncing around a fair amount. While the video here is started at Lott's presentation, you can watch Luciano Lara's talk before Lott. Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Brazil on July 5th that...
On NTD Newsroom: Trump Crime Crackdown: FBI Redirected Away From Political Activity to Tackle Actual Crime
https://youtu.be/6tVFdFs0xZs?si=ByIQN8GhrJb9JkYw Dr. John Lott appeared on NTD Newsroom to discuss the successes of President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown. The Justice Department describes the 764 network as a "violent extremist" group that originated in Texas in...
At The Federalist: DOJ Lawsuits Against Gun Control Policies Especially Protect The Weak
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. . Gun control laws disproportionately harm minorities, women, and the poor — the people who benefit most from being able to protect themselves. _________ In a major shakeup at the U.S. Department of Justice, the...
Media Bias: How Often Do People Who are Legally Carrying a Concealed Handgun Accidentally Shoot a Bystander? How about the Police?
Wall Street Journal reporter Mark Maremont continues his attacks on people carrying concealed handguns (this titled "The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings"). Previously we tried writing letters to the WSJ pointing out legal...
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2025
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2024 are available here. . After peaking in 2022, the number of Concealed Carry Permit holders across the United States has declined for the third year in a...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss a Self-Defense Incident and Misleading Gun Statistics
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about the recent incident at a 7-Eleven where an employee defended herself with a firearm, and the media’s misrepresentation of gun violence statistics. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at Real Clear...
CBS’ Boston Blue Claiming Parents Should be Responsible for Violence with a Gun Even if Guns are Locked Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYipnWjord8 Understandably, people want to blame someone in addition to the teenager who murdered three people in this episode of CBS' Boston Blue (Season 1, Episode 5, November 14, 2025). How is it possible that the parents didn't...
On the Lars Larson Show: To Discuss Stockton Mass Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about the recent deadly mass shooting at a toddler's birthday party in Stockton, California. They also discussed new data showing that U.S. mass killings have dropped to a 20-year low in 2025. (Tuesday,...
More Television Police Show Bias: FBI Fighting Criminals Using Machine Guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxa_Orrr_5Q Apparently another TV show doesn’t think the strict gun control in the UK or Belgium is working too well. As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think...
The NICS Background Check System has Issued 5.1 Million Denials Since 1998, Only 0.1% were Referred for Prosecution and the Conviction Rate is Less than 0.01%
Between 1998 and 2021, there were about 4.8 million denials for gun purchases. There were another 131,865 denials in 2022, 116,587 in 2023, and 110,505 in 2024. The total is about 5.1 million denials. There is a lot of missing information on the number of prosecutions...