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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
If you add up the fees for the Federal Firearms Licensee ($120) as well as the fees for the background check charged by the DC police department ($35) and their registration fee ($13), the total cost of a universal background check is $168. Amazingly, even if one...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show, where he responded to a recent Newsweek piece focusing on our research examining the FBI’s active shooting data from 2014 to 2024. They also discussed the impact of armed civilians in active...
At the end of this we have added Fact-checks from ChatGPT 5.1 and Grok Expert In April 2025, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) held 32,469 incarcerated individuals. By November 2025, New York’s jails held another 18,334...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Stacy on the Right, a nationwide radio show, to discuss gun rights and misleading statistics about children and firearms. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Qt5i3t2ms John Hines: "If you're interested in hearing from one of the world's leading experts on guns, crime, and public policy, a man whose research has shaped national debates and informed policymakers at the highest levels, then...