Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics that discusses our new research on murder and murder victims.See also World Net Daily . . World Cup visitors discovered something many Americans already know: The United States does not feel like the dangerous place...
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On KNRS’s The Rod & Greg Show: U.S. Much Safer Than Many Peer Nations
Dr. John Lott appeared on KNRS’s The Rod & Greg Show to discuss his recent piece for Real Clear Investigations about America’s falling crime rate and why the U.S. is safer than most nations. (Tuesday, July 14, 2026, from 6:05 to 6:15 PM MT)
New Survey on the Rate that People Carry Concealed Handguns: Percent of Americans Carrying Continues to Increase from 24.3% in December 2024 to 29.8% in May 2026 to 30.9% in July 2026
The CPRC hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey 1,000 general election voters on July 22nd, 2026 (cross tabs available here), regarding whether likely voters carry concealed handguns. In the survey, 15.7% carry all/most of the time, with another 15.2%...
On What’s On Your Mind: To Discuss the Crime Statistics
Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on What’s On Your Mind with Scott Hennen, broadcast across North Dakota, South Dakota, western Minnesota, eastern Montana, and the southern central Canadian provinces, to discuss the National Crime Victimization Survey, exposing massive...
Are most people in prison there for crimes motivated by poverty? No, poverty explains just a few percent of the variation in crime rates, and relatively few crimes are related to poverty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldlsMfnlQq8 This interview on Fox News Sunday with the co-chair of the Democratic Socialist of America has the claim that most people in prison there for crimes motivated by poverty. Here are some facts: Roughly 58.2% of state prisoners...
On Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham Show: To Discuss the SAVE America Act
Dr. John Lott appeared on the national Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham to discuss the SAVE America Act, election integrity, and voter fraud. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at Townhall titled "Why We Need the SAVE America Act." (Sunday, July 19, 2026, from 9:08 to...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 21 Cases During February 2026
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2, 2026 (WBRZ) An arrest warrant for Daylin Woods says that he was with his girlfriend, Savannah Spears, when he ordered a to-go meal from the LJK Roun 2 Cafe on Feb. 2. After he paid and left with the food, Woods reportedly called the...
On NewsMax’s The Pulse with David Harris Jr.: To Discuss Federal Crime Crackdown, Concealed Carry Reciprocity, and International Crime Comparisons
https://youtu.be/VUuqzsLmtFk Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s The Pulse with David Harris Jr. to discuss the Trump administration’s deployment of 11 federal agencies to combat violent crime in Chicago, the push for national concealed carry reciprocity, how...
On WPHT Afternoon Show: To Discuss Violent Crime, Immigration, and International Crime Data
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Mary Walters on the WPHT Afternoon Show in Philadelphia about his new op-ed piece at The Federalist ("Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Really Is Slashing Violent Crime") and new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss International Crime Comparisons and America’s Declining Murder Rate
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about eye-opening crime data comparing the United States with Canada and Australia, explaining why reported crime statistics can present a dangerously misleading picture and how immigration...
DHS says 35,152 noncitizens are registered to vote in NJ, Democrat governor says 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote after error in NJ motor vehicle system, but this is only those who told the system that the were noncitizens, Vendor says decision to include the 6,600 was the state government’s
About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver's licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024 . . . blamed a Motor Vehicle Commission system software error but said a preliminary analysis...
At Real Clear Politics: The Second Amendment Opinion That Scrambled the Partisan Script
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the assault weapon ban decision out of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. It was also published at The Epoch Times. . Friday’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals’ Third Circuit striking...











