On March 28th, James Little, 40, was released from jail because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Little, who had previously served twenty years in prison for murder, was arrested earlier in March for strangulation. Just ten days after his release, he was arrested again...
Dr. John Lott joined Vicki on the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss whether gun stores are "essential businesses." The Vicki McKenna Show that covers most of Wisconsin on WISN, WIBA, WMEQ Radio. (Thursday, March 26, 2020)
Fifty-eight state legislators in Maryland have signed a letter to the Governor Larry Hogan demanding that the state close gun stores in the state. The ability of gun stores to remain open during this pandemic is worrisome for many Marylanders. Less than two weeks ago,...
The number of NICS checks involving gun sales was 2.3 million in March. There is no month that comes even close to these sales, even when sales were booming during the Obama presidency. Compare it to March 2019 where the sales were 1.2 million or March 2018 where the...
PragerU has a video on gun control that references the CPRC research on mass public shootings in gun-free zones and the impact of Australia's 1996-97 gun buyback on crime rates. The number we have on mass public shootings in gun-free zones since 1950 is 94%. If we had...
The US Department of Homeland Security declares: "Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges" are essential. This decision will have an impact on various court cases across...
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)
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...
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)
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...
Steve Gruber and Dr. John Lott talk about COVID-19 and Self Defense.
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...