Dr. John Lott appeared on Houston's Morning News on KTRH to discuss Trump’s FBI reforms. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed piece at The Federalist titled "Trump’s FBI Reforms Need to Include Ending Data Distortions." (Tuesday, February 18, 2025, from 7:52 to 7:56 AM...
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Washington Post Putting Out Articles on Minority Groups Getting Guns
These articles discuss how blacks and trans people are buying guns for protection. This is quite the change in the Washington Posts' approach to guns. For weeks, men carrying rifles have guarded the roads leading into Lincoln Heights, Ohio, stopping and questioning...
On WBT Charlotte’s News Talk: To Discuss Birth Right Citizenship and the Problems of Illegal Immigration
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Jason Lewis on WBT Charlotte's The Brett Winterble Show about misleading claims about birth right citizenship and the crime created by illegal immigration. See also Dr. Lott's piece at The Federalist titled "Contrary To Media...
Paramount+’s Landman: “Better to have a gun and not have to use it”
Paramount+'s Landman is continuing Taylor Sheridan putting guns in a relatively positive light. His Yellowstone had a couple of examples of defensive gun use. This episode of Landman (Season 1, 2024) makes the point often made by gun owners that it is better to have a...
The Former Director of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation Wrote a Letter Referencing Our Work. A Letter from a Retired Law Enforcement Officer also References Our Work.
The former director of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation references our work. . Dear editor: . I read with interest and some dismay the dueling letters between Dr. John Lott and lawyer Linda Burtabout the issue of gun free zones. ...
On Cleveland WHK’s Strictly Speaking with Bob Frantz: To Discuss FBI Reforms
Dr. John Lott appeared on Cleveland WHK’s Strictly Speaking with Bob Frantz to discuss Kash Patel's nomination to lead the FBI and the necessity of FBI reforms. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed piece at The Federalist titled "Trump’s FBI Reforms...
Guns Shown Prominently in 1962 Episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww6gSG_IPbU Here is a discussion of a 1962 episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show. Firearms are shown hanging on the wall in their house. How many TV shows today would have firearms hanging on the walls of a suburban house?
At Real Clear Politics: Family of Stoneman Douglas Victim Still Victimized
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics. . Being in the public eye brings many challenges, and the Pollack family knows this all too well. In 2018, they lost their daughter, Meadow, in the horrific shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,...
On the Lars Larson Show: To Discuss President Trump’s Executive Order on Protecting the Second Amendment
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio shows about President Trump’s executive order directing new Attorney General Pam Bondi and his other executive officers to review "all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other...
A TV Show makes the Point that an Armed Society is a Polite Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDcMGziws88 Paramount+'s Landman is continuing Taylor Sheridan putting guns in a relatively positive light. His Yellowstone had a couple of examples of defensive gun use (here, here). This episode of Landman (Season 1, Episode 10,...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss Trump’s Latest Executive Order on 2nd Amendment
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on the Armed American Radio show about various topics including the implications of Trump’s recent executive order protecting the Second Amendment rights and the impact of ATF policies on small businesses. (Sunday, February 9,...
News Headline: 14-year-old “Child shoots, kills 2 home intruders in self-defense, police say”
Here is another defensive gun use by a child. A 14-year-old Kentucky boy shot and killed two men trying to steal firearms from a safe in a home over the weekend, police said. Clay County 911 got a call at about 4:24 a.m. Sunday about a shooting incident in Manchester....











