Dr. John Lott joined The Tennessee Star Report's Michael Patrick Leahy on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC to discuss our new empirical work on the Coronavirus and seasonality. (Tuesday, March 24, 2020, from 8:21 to 8:30 AM)
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Possible Mass Public Shooting stopped by permit holder in Tulsa shopping center
A dramatic shooting was stopped on Friday night, March 27th, 2020 at a shopping center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This attack fits definition of what could have been a mass public shooting: a shooting in pubic that did not involve some other type of crime. Without the permit...
On The Larry Elder Radio Show: To discuss mayors and governors as they deem gun shops “not essential”
Dr. John Lott was on Larry Elder’s national radio show to discuss mayors and governors as they deem gun shops 'not essential,' and force them to close. Is this a wise policy? (Wednesday, March, 2020, from 7:21 to 7:30 PM)
On The Lars Larson Show discussing our research on the Coronavirus
Dr. John Lott appeared on both the Lars Larson National and Northwest Radio Shows to discuss our work on whether the Coronavirus will recede as spring arrives and on quantifying the benefits from Trump's policies. (Friday, March 20th, 2020) The Northwest show appears...
On the Michigan Talk Network: What does the Coronavirus mean for Self Defense?
Steve Gruber and Dr. John Lott talk about COVID-19 and Self Defense.
On the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss the spread of the Covid-19 virus
Dr. John Lott joined Vicki on the Vicki McKenna Show to go over the varied responses in both the US and globally to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. John and Vicki discussed the responses to this pandemic outbreak from countries such as China...
Television shows continued obsession with criminals outgunning police with machine guns: Chicago PD and Hawaii Five-O from March 2020
TV shows continually illustrate criminals using machine guns, with police officers in these episodes completely outgunned by multiple criminals with machine guns (Chicago PD S7 E16, March 4, 2020; Hawaii Five-O, Season 10, Episode 20, March 13, 2020). On TV...
At Townhall: Will the Coronavirus Recede as the Spring Arrives?
UPDATE: Even as recently as at least March 31st, the government was still assuming that the Coronavirus is seasonal. "The models predictions have the surge in deaths going into the summer." ORIGINAL: Professor Timothy Craig Allen, a number of our Board of Directors...
On the Rod Arquette Show: On the Trump administration’s quick response to the coronavirus outbreak
Dr. John Lott joined the show to discuss his piece in Townhall about the Trump administration’s quick response to the coronavirus outbreak. (Friday, March 13, 2020, from 6:35 to 6:45 PM)
At Townhall: Gun Sales Soar When People Need Protection
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about the surge in gun sales. Police are cutting back on policing, and Americans are getting scared. Along with toilet paper, they are also buying guns and ammunition. Some are getting concealed handgun permits.“So American …...
At the Washington Times: Democratic presidential candidates incite panic to buy guns not the coronavirus
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at the Washington Times on the increase in gun sales that has occurred over the five or so months. Crises increase gun sales. So, people don’t have to look far right now for an explanation for the recent surge in purchases. But the...
On One America News: Discussing the push for new gun control laws in Virginia
Dr. John Lott was on One America News' The Daily Ledger to discuss the push for more gun control laws in Virginia. (January 21, 2020)