Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Hill that goes through all the miss information in last week's 60 Minutes program on CBS. It was one of the most biased programs on guns that we have ever seen, and that is quite an accomplishment. The piece starts this way:...
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On Sean Hannity’s Radio Show to discuss the useless policies put forward by gun control advocates and what policies might really work
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Sean Hannity Radio Show to discuss the useless policies put forward by gun control advocates and what policies might really work. (Friday, October 6, 2017, from 4:05 to 4:16 PM) Sean Hannity’s show is heard by over 12.5 million...
An ROTC student said the hero football coach could have stopped the shooter if he had his firearm
An ROTC student said the football coach could have stopped the shooter if he had his firearm. The coach was also a security guard. This was on Friday, February 17th, 2018, and it is something that you surely aren't going to see on other television networks. When...
Worth a listen: On Britain’s LBC radio to discuss the attack in Florida and gun control in Europe and the US
Dr. John Lott discussed gun control in the US and Europe with the LBC's Richard Suchet on Thursday morning after the attack in Florida. (Thursday, February 15, 2018, from 8:05 to 8:12 AM)
On The Morning Ritual with Garret Lewis in Tuscon, Arizona to discuss the attack in Florida
Dr. John Lott was on Garret Lewis' radio show in Tuscon, Arizona to discuss the horrible attack in Florida. (Thursday, February 15, 2018, from 8:38 to 8:50 AM)
At Fox News: Florida shooting: Gun control advocates rush to distort the truth about what happened in Parkland
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News discussing how gun control advocates viciously attack their opponents and yet they are the ones who push gun control regulations that have nothing to do with stopping these attacks. The piece starts this way: Gun control...
On DC’s big WMAL to discuss the immediate call for more gun control laws that wouldn’t have stopped the Florida School Shooting
After each mass public shooting there is an immediate call for more gun control laws, but strangely the effort keeps on being for gun control laws that are completely unrelated to the crime that they were being motivated by. People say that they want to do something,...
On the Lars Larson show to discuss some problems with the current background check system and why gun control advocates refuse to fix them
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson about his piece in the New York Times and what can be done to fix the background check system. These should be simple obvious changes that everyone can agree to. For example, do we really want millions of people wrongly denied...
Gun control advocates make it personal, claim opponents “have blood on their hands”
Notice that when gun control advocates supported laws that made it so that the Republican congressmen last year couldn't defend themselves, did Republicans attack Democrats for having "blood on their hands." No, but that is a common attack for Democrats. As noted...
UPDATE: CPRC Original Research: All but two of the 25 worst mass public shootings, 60 of the worst 68, occurred outside the United States
Picture of victim being removed from ISIS attack in Tunisia that left 39 people dead LAST UPDATED: Updated on February 14, 2018. Previous November 1, 2017; April 29, 2016 (originally posted on June 28, 2015) (Detailed discussion on Europe and the...
Another mass public shooting in Florida, another gun-free zone: Parkland, Florida school shooting
UPDATE: At least 17 people were killed in this horrible attack. ORIGINAL POST: When will there be a serious discussion of the dangers of gun-free zones? When will the media point out in their discussions of the guns used or how the guns were obtained that another...
Op-ed in the New York Times: Background Checks Are Not the Answer to Gun Violence
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the New York Times on some of the problems with background checks. The piece starts this way: With each mass shooting, calls rise from gun control advocates for tighter rules on firearms. The go-to policy prescription involves...












