Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News responding to the claims in the New York Times that communists in the former Soviet Union had better sex. But the policies that the Soviet Union set up to weaken the family have a much darker side. The move to single parent...
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In the Washington Times: Confirming Kevin Hassett to chair the Council of Economic Advisers is prudent and necessary
Kevin Hassett's confirmation to chair the Council of Economic Advisers is important not just taxes but also for a whole range of other issues, including crime. The Council of Economic Advisers touches on every issue that economists have done research on. From the...
Seven defensive gun uses in public over seven days
As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a home owner uses a gun on their own property to defend themselves. There are so many of those reported in the news. What we aim for here are cases where people who are legally carrying in public use a gun to...
Did the National Research Council Report on “Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review” show that right-to-carry laws don’t reduce crime?
A frequent claim by gun control advocates is that the National Research Council (NRC) 2005 report, "Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review," has "debunked," "emphatically rejected," "disproved," or failed to support research showing that right-to-carry laws reduce...
Steve Gruber Show to discuss how Democrats are making it difficult for poor people to defend themselves
Dr. John Lott was on the Steve Gruber Show to discuss how Democrats are making it difficult for poor people to defend themselves and the increased number of guns found in carry-on luggage at US airport. (Tuesday, August 8, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
Washington Post piece on our discussion of Guns found in carry-on luggage at Airports
Fred Kunkle at the Washington Post has a follow-up story on the seizure of guns at US airports and on our work on concealed handgun permits. A researcher has run the numbers on the record-setting number of guns found in carry-on luggage at airport checkpoints and...
On WLW’s Scott Sloan Show to talk about how Democrats are working to have only the wealthy own guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Scott Sloan on the big 50,000-watt WLW about his op-ed in the Chicago Tribune about how Democrats are working to have only the wealthy own guns as well as the coming congressional debate about concealed handgun reciprocity. (Wednesday, August...
On Fox 5 in DC on the Circuit court decision striking down DC’s strict concealed handgun law
Fox 5 DC interviews Dr. John Lott about DC Circuit Court's Decision Striking down DC's restrictive Concealed Carry law. Lott pointed out how DC is not letting the most likely victims of violent crime (Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 10:02 PM)
On The Blaze TV to discuss our new research on Concealed Handgun Permits
Dr. John Lott was on the Pat & Stu show to discuss the Crime Prevention Research Center's new research on concealed handgun permits. Warning: the audio in the video is far from perfect, it is much louder on Dr. Lott's side of this interview. However, if you...
On the Lars Larson Show to discuss Democrats making it costly for the poor to defend themselves
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson about his piece in the Chicago Tribune on how Democrats are making it particularly difficult for poor blacks to defend themselves. (Monday, August 7, 2017, from 6:20 to 6:30 PM) Lars Larson’s show is listened to by over 1.25 million...
More news coverage of CPRC report on Concealed Handgun Permits: Fox News, Colorado Politics, Houston Press, CNS News, Breitbart, and many others
The CPRC has done multiple radio interviews on our new report (e.g., here, here, here, and here), and we continue to get other media coverage. Fox News, August 2, 2017 There are more than 16 million concealed-carry permittees in the U.S., a figure that soared 256...
Greg Gutfeld notes CRPC research on Fox: Mentions how gun control laws prevent the poor from defending themselves
On Monday, August 7th at 9:09 PM, Greg Gutfeld discussed Dr. John Lott's new op-ed in the Chicago Tribune that discussed how gun control laws are disarming the very people, poor blacks, who need protection the most. GUTFELD: The reason why we're doing this segment is...












