https://youtu.be/zXanV8qNd3I Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Bannon on America’s Voice about how pro-gun policy made Brazil safer. We have written extensively on the issue of Brazil (e.g., here and here) and given talks over many years there. (Wednesday, April 23,...
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On The Vicki McKenna Show: To Discuss the Latest School Shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about the latest school shootings at Wilmer-Hutchins High School and Florida State University. They also discussed our new research paper, "Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More...
Vancouver Driver with a History of Mental Issues Plows into Crowd Attending Filipino Festival, Killing 11 People, injuring More than Two Dozen Others
Vehicle attacks are able to harm a lot of people. A driver plowed a car into a crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada, on Saturday night, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than two dozen others, authorities said Sunday. Police say the...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss DOJ Bondi Memo Creating 2A Task Force and ATF Changes
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about the establishment of a new task force by Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed at protecting gun rights. They also discussed the implications of this task force, the legal challenges it may face,...
Yet more examples on CBS’s and NBC’s police shows having criminals use machine guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAmAoY7lNCU As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns...
On the Bill Cunningham’s National Radio Show: The Florida State University Shooting and Our New Research on Active Shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on his national Sunday radio show to discuss the recent school shooting at Florida State University. They also discussed our latest research, "Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More Effectively Than Uniformed Police?"...
Rasmussen: Do Likely Voters Believe that Prison is Important for Reducing Crime and Terrorism? Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters agree with that quote, including 43% who Strongly Agree. Just 21% disagree with Bukele’s statement, while another 13% are not sure.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey asked likely voters from April 15to 17th: "You cannot just free the criminals and think crime is going to go down magically, you have to imprison [criminals] so you can liberate 350 million Americans...
Yet another television show having American criminals using machine guns, lots of machine guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXAv_upPIAQ As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns...
Real Clear Politics: DNI Releases Secret Biden Plan Raising Serious Civil Liberties Concerns
We believe that this is an unusually important op-ed by Dr. John Lott. Also published at World Net Daily. Updated information is shown at the end of this piece. . Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified a shocking plan by former President Joe...
On Missoula’s KGVO: Discussing a wide range of policy and gun control issues
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour and a half to discuss our research on cases where armed civilians stopped active shooters compared to the police. He also answered the...
Rasmussen Asks: How important is it that illegal immigrants who commit crimes in America should be deported?: 56% Very Important, 23% Somewhat Important. All Groups Supportive though Liberals, Democrats, and those 18 to 39 are the least Supportive.
Likely Voters are A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey shows that 79% of likely U.S. voters believe the U.S. should deport illegal immigrants who commit crimes, with 56% saying it’s very important. Only 17% say it’s not important, with just 5% saying that it...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss Non Lethal Self Defense Tools
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about his new piece at the Washington Times titled "A nonlethal firearm alternative?: Self-defense requires certainty, not wishful thinking." (Sunday, April 6, 2025, from 9:05 to 9:25 PM ET)











