A new survey from American Associate for Public Opinion Research shows that Americans are much more likely to think that mass shootings and other types of homicides make up a much larger share of total homicides than they do. The huge gap between how people think...
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Eleven of Florida’s 67 School Districts are Arming Teachers
Eleven of Florida’s 67 county school districts have given classroom teachers the option to carry guns. Only seven of those eleven school districts have made their policy intensions public and they include: Bay, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Okeechobee, Putnam and...
New piece at Broad & Liberty: We don’t need Red Flag laws – we have the tools in place to help the mentally ill and protect people’s rights
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Broad & Liberty, a new opinion outlet in Philadelphia. Everyone wants to stop dangerous people from getting guns. The hot new policy option before this committee is Red Flag laws, which take away the guns of people deemed dangerous to...
On The Vicki McKenna Show To Discuss the new FBI crime data and the increase in permitted concealed handguns
Dr. John Lott was on the Vicki McKenna Show that covers most of Wisconsin (WISN, WIBA, WMEQ) to discuss the newly released FBI crime data and the increase in permitted concealed handguns. The Trump administration has reversed the increase in violent crime that we...
On Las Vegas’ giant 50,000 watt KXNT to discuss the Democratic Presidential Candidate forum on Gun Control
On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, MSNBC joined the Giffords and March for Our Lives gun control groups to put a a forum for the Democrat presidential candidates. Dr. John Lott talked to Alan Stock about the different gun control proposals that Democrats are offering....
On the Lars Larson Show: On the rapidly increasing number of concealed handgun permits
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson about our new report on the increase in concealed handgun permits. There are now 18.66 million concealed handgun permits in the US. (Thursday, October 3, 2019 for Larson's Northwest Radio Show, Friday, October 4, 2019 for Larson's...
Crime Prevention Research Center in the News: US News & World Report, The Blaze, Breitbart, Epoch Times, and much more
US News & World Report, September 17, 2019 Banning all guns, including concealed weapons, would affect a significantly higher number of people, says Dave Workman, communications director for the Second Amendment Foundation and a senior editor for the group's...
Worth a listen: On the Larry Elder National Radio Show: Gun Bans, Universal Background checks, and the Gun Control Debate
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry Elder on his national radio show about a range of gun control issues. (Thursday, October 3, 2019, from 7:20 to 7:55 PM)
The War on Guns translated into Portuguese
Copies of Dr. John Lott's book that have been translated into Portuguese.
At Townhall.com: Women, Minorities Fueling Increase in Concealed Handgun Permits
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com that starts this way: Each year brings a new record increase in the number of concealed handgun permits. The rate of growth in permits among women and minorities has far outpaced growth among white men. The data paint a...
At Fox News: “1.4 million more Americans than last year have concealed carry permits, report says”
Fox News has a news story about our latest report on the number of concealed handgun permits continuing to grow: Even as the topic of gun control continues to remain a focus in the Democratic 2020 presidential primary, more Americans than ever are believed to have...
Maj Toure talks to Congress about More Guns, Less Crime
Maj Toure talks about More Guns, Less Crime during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security for a hearing on “Community Responses to Gun Violence in our Cities.”(Maj Toure before the House Judiciary...












