Dr. John Lott and University of Maryland professor Jim Purtilo has an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun that discussed crime and gun control in Baltimore. Lott appeared on Baltimore's Giant 50,000 Watt WBAL-AM radio to discuss the piece. (Wednesday, August 19, 2020, from...
Dr. John Lott has another piece up at the Missoulian newspaper about the Senate election in Montana. The print version of the article won't appear for a couple of weeks, but this version is on line at the paper's website. For the last couple of weeks, Steve Bullock...
The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) was introduced in Congress in 1990 by then Senator Joe Biden (D-DE). By contrast, President Trump has continually spoken out on the dangers of gun-free zones. Our research on school shootings from 2000 through 2018 shows that...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about why gun sales are skyrocketing. (Friday, August 21, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:46 AM)
Dr. John Lott appeared on Fox News Rundown on Friday. Besides some editorial comments by the host in the beginning of the program, the discussion seemed to go well. Presumably, the host, Dave Anthony, doesn't think that we should count the San Bernardino, Chattanooga,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Frady about our op-eds on crime in Baltimore and Chicago and our new research on mass public shootings. (Tuesday, August 18, 2020, from 6:05 to 7:00 PM) Lock N Load August 18, 2020, part 1 Lock N Load August 18, 2020, part 2
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. A constant theme of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night was that Joe Biden is a decent and honest person. Someone who wants to heal the divisions in the country and bring people together. Well, in his...
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about how the Democrats promise to end the filibuster would push the US far left. (Wednesday, July 22, 2020, from 5:35 to 5:44 PM) Lars Larson’s National show is listened to by over 1.25 million...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at the Washington Times on the Democrats claims about the dangers of in-person voting. “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to vote, in person or otherwise,” claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Those who dislike Donald Trump may think it’s OK to let the Democrats run things for four years. Never Trumpers might be fearful of the leftward lurch of the Democratic Party but believe they could always fix...
Dr. John Lott talked to Derek Hunter on Baltimore's giant 50,000-Watt WCBM radio about Lott's new book, "Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched “studies” have twisted the facts on gun control." (Friday, July 31, 2020, from 11:05 to 11:30 AM)
Dr. John Lott was interviewed about Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against National Rifle Association. John Lott Jr., the author of Gun Control Myths and head of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said of James, “When she ran for office in 2018,...