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...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show early this past week about the national gun control debate and his recent research on crime by illegal aliens. (Tuesday, February 7, 2018, from 10:05 to 10:30 AM)
In a series of scenes that could have been written by Michael Bloomberg, Designated Survivor keeps making the case for expanded background checks. No intellectual argument or even an emotional argument is provided against the gun control claims, and those opposing...
NBC's The Blacklist showed real bias against guns in the segment titled "The Invisible Hand," Season 5, episode 13. The show starts off with a group of people accusing a maker of inexpensive guns of being a purveyor of death, that the cheap guns are only designed for...
Dr. John Lott was on the Rev. Jesse Peterson's National Radio Show to discuss crime by illegal aliens. (Wednesday, February 7, 2018, from 9:15 to 9:22 AM)
Dr. John Lott appeared on Fox News to debate immigration attorney Allen Orr about Lott's new research on crime by illegal immigrants and the attacks on his work. The discussion first summarizes Lott's work, then interviews a woman whose son was killed by an illegal...
We have already responded to many comments on Twitter and updated the earlier copy of the research. The latest version can be downloaded here. The Cato Institute and others have raised new attacks, which we respond to below (including responding to their responses...
Dr. John Lott debated Charles Blek from the Brady Campaign about gun control before the Southern California chapter of Junior State of America program. They covered a range of issues from background checks to concealed handgun laws. Lott's presentation starts at 15:50...
This past Friday a concealed handgun permit holder rescued a Springville, Utah police officer who was being beaten by a man. This is just one of many similar cases. From Fox News: . . . Derek Meyer told FOX13 he was driving by the area when he spotted the police...
In the UK, when the police can't solve a crime, people turn to private policing. They charge £200 per month. This is really the UK returning to its roots, but few seem to know that laws used to be privately enforced in the country. From The Sun newspaper in the UK:...
Dr. John R. Lott talked to John Carlson on KVI about his reaction to the SOTU and his new analysis about quantifying the crimes of illegal aliens in the US. (Wednesday, January 31, 2018, from 9:34 to 9:50 AM)
Bias:NBC's Chicago PD. Police tell permit holder, a small businessman, threatened by gang members to leave his gun at home, when he doesn't he is killed. Implies if the man had left his gun at home,he wld still be alive.Yet, a gun is the safest course of action...