Dr. John Lott joined Dana on her national radio show to discuss the polling showing that the Women's March doesn't represent women's views on guns as well as the problems with a new study on concealed handgun laws. (Thursday, July 13, 2017, 2:35 to 2:50 PM)
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At The Hill: The false claims behind the Women’s March on the NRA
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Hill newspaper about false statements being made by the organizers of the Women's March on the NRA today and the mainstream media. The piece starts this way: The Women’s March protest today at NRA headquarters was partially...
12.3% of Americans sometimes carry handguns, 5.4% of Americans carry most or all the time, & 2.4% carry all the time
One of the big questions about concealed carry is how frequently permit holders carry their guns. At least 6.5% of the adult population has a concealed handgun permit, but with 14 states allowing people to carry without a permit, it is hard to know how many people...
At Fox News: “A Women’s March on the NRA – but do they represent a woman’s view on guns?”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News about the claim that there is a "women's view" on guns. Is there a women’s view on guns? The organizers of the massive Women's March — which took place the day after President Trump's inauguration — are holding a protest...
Problems with discretion: Few Concealed Handgun Permits Given to Hispanics, Blacks, or Women in Los Angeles County
In 2013, LA Weekly obtained a list of the 341 concealed carry permit holders in Los Angeles County, California. That is only about 0.0045% of the 7.7 million adults living in the county in 2013. As of January this year, there were only 226 permits, about 0.0029% of...
Responding to John Donohue’s responses to our evaluation of his new study
John Donohue responded to our comments on our website and in an op-ed at Fox News. Below we go through and respond to the points that he raised. Amusingly, the author of the original piece in Michael Bloomberg's "The Trace" emailed Donohue as soon as my comments...
On Coast to Coast AM: On teachers getting training to carry guns at school
Dr. John Lott talked to George Noory about teachers at K-12 schools getting training to carry concealed handguns. (Thursday, June 28, 2017, 1:05 to 1:08 AM) Coast to Coast AM is heard by over 2.75 million people.
On the Lars Larson Show: Discussing flawed research on concealed carry
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson about John Donohue's newest claim that right-to-carry permit holders are committing violent crime. (Monday, July 10, 2017, from 6:50 to 7:00 PM) Lars Larson’s show is listened to by over 1.25 million people.
Nine defensive gun uses by people legally carrying guns in public over 20 days
COLUMBIA, Mo., ABC Channel 17, July 9, 2017 Columbia police said they are investigating an attempted armed robbery on Claudell Lane, which the victim says he prevented by pulling his own gun and shooting at the robber. Police said they received calls of gunshots being...
At Fox News: Stanford law prof gets it wrong on guns: right-to-carry reduces crime, not the other way around
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Fox News on a study that has been getting a fair amount of attention over the last couple of weeks. Would you rely almost exclusively on trends in Hawaii to predict violent crime rates in Idaho, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, and...
The flawed and misleading Donohue, Aneja, & Weber Study claiming right-to-carry laws increase violent crime
An new study by John Donohue, Abhay Aneja, and Kyle Weber has received a lot of attention for supposedly finding some evidence that right-to-carry laws increase overall violent crime rates. It has been covered in Newsweek, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Vice, Snopes, and...
Cases where people facing death threats have been denied getting concealed handgun permits
Martin Luther King Jr is probably one of the more famous cases where someone who received numerous death threats was denied getting a permitted concealed handgun for protection. Below is a list of similar cases where people who have their lives threatened have been...










