Only one retailer bans guns in their stores. While a number don't allow open carrying of guns, that is not the most important type of carrying of guns (see a piece we wrote earlier on open versus concealed carry). Retailers with no gun restrictions No. 16 TJX...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about the reaction of Democrats to the Midland, Texas shooting. Joe Biden's comments appear to call for a ban on all semi-automatic guns. (Tuesday, September 3, 2019, from 7:44 to 7:52 AM)
Dr. John Lott was on Stephen Hook’s radio show on New Jersey’s WCTC to discuss the push for Universal Background Checks and Red Flag laws. (Saturday, August 10, 2019, from 2:20 to 3:00 PM)
Our latest video is available here. Hollywood pushes endless myths that demonize guns and gun owners. Ultimately, the film industry endangers lives by misleading people about such an important issue. Here are just a few myths: MYTH: Guns are more likely to do harm...
The Crime Prevention Research Center will have a booth at Personal Protection Expo on September 6th, 7th, and 8th in Fort Worth, Texas. Our booth number is 1432 -- please stop by and say hello. The event will be held at the Ft. Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston...
Dr. John Lott talked to Michael Dukes on show in Alaska to discuss the federal push for background checks on private transfers and Red Flag laws. (Friday, August 30, 2019, from 10:20 to 11:00 AM)
Dr. John Lott was interviewed on the Sinclair Broadcast network about what can be done to stop mass public shootings. NBC Montana (Missoula), Sunday, August 4th, 2019; WPDE, ABC 15 News (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina), August 4th, 2019; KEYE CBS Austin (Texas), August...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Instagram announced the new Portuguese translation of Dr. John Lott's book, The War on Guns. We don't have a link to the Portuguese translation. The quote from the book goes as follows: "Possessing a weapon is undoubtedly the most...
Dr. John Lott joined with Professors Arthur Z Berg, MD and Gary A. Mauser in surveying criminologists, economists, and public health researchers on gun control. A copy of the new research is available here. Abstract Hundreds of millions of dollars go to firearms...
In 2018, Mexico had 35,964 murders -- a rate of 29 per 100,000 people. Preliminary estimates for 2018 show a US murder rate of 4.9 per 100,000. And in the first seven months of 2019, Mexico is on track to set a new record of 20,058 murders, but this preliminary number...
Dr. John Lott's talk in Mexico last fall was again given national news coverage in Mexico. Here is the translation provided by Twitter (you can see the original post here (it probably wouldn't hurt to encourage more of this coverage by retweeting their link)): Not...
Here are the two important paragraphs in Dr. John Lott's latest post. Twitter offered to unlock the accounts if I agree to a post saying that “your Tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.” But Twitter refuses to explain why they locked our...