We have updated our data on who extremely concentrated murders are in the US. The worst 1% of counties (the worst 31 counties) have 20% of the population and 41% of the murders. The worst 2% of counties (63 counties) contain 30% of the population and 54% of the...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about his new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations titled "Mythbuster: U.S. Much Safer Than Many Peer Nations." They also discussed how murders in the United States are highly...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVv_-jaBnZk Bill Maher: "this new wing with all the energy and it's not just a few people anymore. I read every day I read about a new person in some Colorado and Wisconsin, somebody who is saying some variation of not defund...
We have written about the gun control push to ban Glocks and Glock-type guns because of Glock switches. Well, it turns out that the source of these parts originated from China and the vast majority of them are produced there. We think that the fear of these switches...
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show in Cincinnati to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Hawaii's restrictive concealed carry law. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at Real Clear Politics titled "Crossing a State Line...
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on Montana Talks, Talk Back, which is now a statewide radio broadcast on over 20 stations, for an hour and a half to discuss a range of topics, including two recent U.S. Supreme Court Second...
Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot For years, gun-control advocates have argued that public safety depends on increasingly restrictive firearm regulations. But Americans are increasingly focused on outcomes rather than regulations. They want safer neighborhoods, less...
UPDATE: Strangely, the media coverage in places such as Politico, Washington Post, and New York Times discuss the role of Trump appointees but not the fact that this extremely strong decision was written by a Biden appointee. Indeed, three Biden appointees voted to...
Voters appear to hold someone inconsistent positions on deporting illegal aliens and sanctuary policies. While voters are equally divided on "sanctuary" states stopping state and local officials from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, by a ten...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on the push for the SAVE America Act. . Democrats argue that requiring voter photo IDs—even when the ID itself is given away free—creates practical barriers that prevent eligible voters from casting ballots. “We’re all set for...
As President Trump announced in his talk on Thursday evening, Democrat controlled states are refusing to hand over their list of registered voters so the list of non-citizens who are registered to vote will be incomplete. But the numbers for these four states are...
Students, reporters, researchers, and social media influencers increasingly rely on AI chatbots to write term papers, news stories, research papers, and online content. Twenty chatbots were available in February 2024, fifteen in August 2024, thirteen in December 2025,...