Ken Stern has been doing a book tour for his new book “Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right." While Stern says that he still supports all the "reasonable" gun control measures, he showed that he was still open to empirical...
Dr. John Lott talked to Gavin McInnes about whether gun laws will make us safer. During their discussion, they talked about everything from background checks to assault weapon bans to gun-free zones and about mass public shootings around the world. From the CRTV...
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio to discuss another type of politicization of the FBI that occurred during the Obama administration. (Tuesday, November 14, 2017, from 7:20 to 7:30 PM) Lars Larson’s show is listened to by over 1.25 million...
Huffington Post, November 15, 2017 . . . I have been following a similar debate about guns which broke out more than 20 years ago, a.k.a. John Lott versus Everyone Else, and not only does the debate about the role of ‘armed citizens’ seem to be heating up again, given...
Dr. John Lott talked to Joyce Kaufman on the giant 50,000 watt WFTL-AM radio station in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They discussed failures in the NICS background check system. (Thursday, November 16, 2017, from 1:35 —1:50 PM)
A new very short report from a few people at the Harvard Business School claims that waiting periods reduce homicides, though they find that there is no consistent effect on suicides. The report is titled "Handgun waiting periods reduce gun deaths," and it was...
Dr. John Lott joined John Carlson Show to discuss a Seattle Times editorial titled "Tougher laws are our only hope to stem gun-violence epidemic." Lott discussed what is the best way to look at data to investigate the impact of gun control on crime rates, as well as...
Dr. John Lott and Emily Miller joined Governor Mike Huckabee to discuss the recent massacre at a church in Sutherland Springs, TX. People agree that something must be done. But what would help? What is needed to make things better? (Saturday, November 11, 2017, from...
Dr. John Lott was on Sean and Frank's show on the giant 50,000-watt WCBM to discuss everything from Lott's "The War on Guns" to the general gun control debate. They covered background checks (from false positives and the cost of performing them) and the media...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Caplis on his show in Denver to discuss what can be done to stop mass public shootings. They also talked about how gun control laws can backfire and decrease safety. (Monday, November 6, 2017, from 5:06 to 5:30 PM)
With all the discussions of whether people should carry their permitted concealed handguns with them to church, Dr. John Lott has this new piece in The Hill newspaper. The article starts this way: There are simply too many targets for police to be able to guard...
Dr. John Lott appeared on America Talks Live with Miranda Khan two days after the Texas church shooting. The show appears on NewsMax TV. They discussed background checks on guns and what type of gun control laws might stop these mass public shootings. (Tuesday,...