Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Caplis on his show in Denver to discuss what can be done to stop mass public shootings. They also talked about how gun control laws can backfire and decrease safety. (Monday, November 6, 2017, from 5:06 to 5:30 PM)
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At The Hill: “It’s time for more parishioners to lock and load when they go to church”
With all the discussions of whether people should carry their permitted concealed handguns with them to church, Dr. John Lott has this new piece in The Hill newspaper. The article starts this way: There are simply too many targets for police to be able to guard...
On NewsMax to talk about how to solve mass public shootings
Dr. John Lott appeared on America Talks Live with Miranda Khan two days after the Texas church shooting. The show appears on NewsMax TV. They discussed background checks on guns and what type of gun control laws might stop these mass public shootings. (Tuesday,...
On the Steve Gruber Show discussed how the Liberal media fixated on laws after Texas church shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about how the Liberal media fixated on laws after Texas church shooting. (Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
At Fox News: Good guys with guns saving lives
With all the discussions about people having guns at churches for self-defense, Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News that details some of the cases where people have used permitted concealed handguns to stop mass public shootings: Stephen Willeford’s heroic...
On the Steve Gruber Show to discuss how Chicago’s Law-And-Order Policies Are Failing
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about how Chicago’s Law-And-Order Policies Are Failing. (Tuesday, October 31, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:52 AM)
Ten defensive gun uses by permit holders during first 10 days of November
As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a homeowner uses a gun on their own property to defend themselves. There are so many of those reported in the news. What we aim for here are cases where people who are legally carrying in public use a gun to...
On Chicago’s WIND to talk about background checks for gun purchase and their limits and problems
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on WIND in Chicago about the cost and benefits of background checks for gun purchases. (Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 7:05 to 7:20 AM)
UPDATED: Letter in Scientific American and rebuttal by original author
Scientific American recently ran a 6,000-word article claiming that more guns mean more crime by Melinda Wenner Moyer, who works for Michael Bloomberg's The Trace. Dr. John Lott wrote a letter responding to some of the many errors and the author wrote a response to...
Fox News on “Texas church shooting not the first time a good guy with gun takes down mass shooter”
For those interested, here is our list of mass public shootings that have been stopped by concealed handgun permit holders. Fox News has an article on permit holders stopping mass public shootings. “These killers say they target places where people normally don’t...
On the Vicki McKenna Show to talk about background checks and the Texas Church Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on Wisconsin's WISN to discuss how background checks work in the aftermath the Texas church shooting. (Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 4:05 to 4:18 PM)
Piers Morgan v. John Lott on Good Morning Britain, Piers yells at Lott to “shut up!” “Silence!’
Dr. John Lott with the Crime Prevention Research Center and Alabama Lawyer Eric Guster appeared on Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid the day after the Texas church massacre. As Britain's Daily Star newspaper headline noted: "Piers Morgan yells at...