Dr. John Lott spoke with host George Noory about gun ownership rates, the problems with gun-control policies such as Universal Background Checks and Red Flag Laws and how certain gun-control laws are racist etc.. (Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 1:09 to 1:14 AM EST) Coast to...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Washington Times. His piece relies heavily on our research on mass killings around the world. The national Sunday morning talk shows blamed President Trump for the New Zealand massacre that left 50 dead. CNN’s Jake Tapper warned:...
Democrat Presidential Candidate Kirsten Gillibrand: “Unfortunately, because the gun manufacturers only care about gun sales, they oppose the commonsense reform that can save lives. They want to oppose universal background checks because they want to sell an assault...
Dr. Lott talks with host Steve Gruber about the huge push for more funding for gun-control research. Many of these organizations impact people's perceptions about gun ownership, even though many of these organizations do very poor research on guns and crime. (Tuesday,...
The media wants to call anyone who is a racist a "right-wing" extremist. Here is Dr. John Lott's take on the mass public shooting in New Zealand. The Washington Post called the New Zealand mosque shooting “one of the worst cases of right-wing terrorism in years.”...
Dr. Lott's testimony before the Kentucky state House Judiciary Committee on Constitutional Carry received some coverage in USA Today (link available here). A video of his testimony is available here.
On CBS's FBI, a seventeen-year-old steals his father's gun from a locked gun safe at home and attempts a mass public shooting. The message is parents should be afraid of guns in the home even if they are locked in a safe. Others would support banning guns in the home....
Dr. John Lott talked to One America News' John Hines about the House Judiciary Committee's voting on the Universal Background Check bill. Lott's portion of the news segment starts at 1:59 in the video and goes to 2:19. (February 13, 2019)
UPDATE: The original news reports suggested that a Muslim at the Mosque had run home (presumably very nearby) to get his gun to stop the attack. Well, new reports suggest something quite different happened. There are basic inconsistencies between the two reports. The...
It is only too easy to find media who are blaming Trump for the mass public shooting in New Zealand on March 14, 2019. Below are transcripts of some CNN clips. Just one question to think about: If Trump is so responsible for these attacks, why is it that these attacks...
Dr. John Lott joined John Cardillo to talk about all the moves by Democrats to make it costly for law-abiding citizens to own guns. They discuss everything from universal background checks (background checks on the private transfer of guns) to waiting periods to get a...
The attack at a public school in Suzano, Brazil on March 13th, 2019, resulted in eight deaths and 23 people wounded. Two former students committed the massacre, and they reportedly modeled their attack after the Columbine attack, the 20th anniversary of which will...