On Friday, February 7th, 2025, President Trump signed a dramatic executive order that will undo the regulations put in effect by Biden. . By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby...
Dr. John Lott co-authored an op-ed with Wyoming state Senator Cheri Steinmetz about a bill to eliminate gun-free zones in the state. The Cowboy State Daily is Wyoming's largest state newspaper, and it is located in the state Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyoming. . Would you...
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 77% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that requiring voter photo ID is a reasonable measure to protect the integrity of elections – up slightly from 74% in 2022 and 2021. Just 17% disagree. As in...
We recently noted that Poland has started mandating firearms training for schoolchildren. Now, gun ranges are booming in Finland. The Czech Republic has also started a pilot army training program for high school students. Of course, Ukraine also did so, though they...
Full Measure's Sharyl Attkisson does a deep dive with Dr. John Lott on problems with the FBI’s crime data. This interview was related to Dr. Lott’s investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations titled “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats.”...
Sweden has 10.6 million people, just 1/32.6th the population of the US. Since 2000, the US has had five mass public shootings in universities. Sweden on a per capita rate would have had 32.6 -- 6.52 times the rate in the US. Finland had the Kauhajoki Vocational...
As of December 2021, 36,000 inmates from the federal prison system were placed in home confinement because of COVID-19. It would be interesting to get information on the age distribution of those released. The US prison population declined by...
Dr. John Lott talked to the guest host Carl Jackson on Dennis Prager's national radio show about the myth of mass deportation being more expensive than illegal immigrants staying in the United States. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at The Federalist titled...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXk9_ALQ8Xk CBS's FBI has a woman's licensed gun used in a murder. Her dad had given her the gun, but she would never use it in self-defense, and now the gun has gotten her and her family in trouble. Of course, licensed, permitted...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Also published at Zerohedge, America First Report, Vigilant News, and VACA. . President Biden’s and President Trump’s pardons have generated a lot of controversy. But there are large differences between the two...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about his new piece at The Federalist on the cost of deportation, which takes a deep dive into the numbers. (Thursday, January 9, 2025)
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, appeared on the Talk Back program for an hour and a half to discuss various topics, including the reliability of the FBI's crime data and what to expect under Trump's second presidency....