Dr. John Lott talked to Sam Malone on Houston's giant KNTH about Lott's book "Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched "studies" have twisted the facts on gun control." (Wednesday, June 2, 2021, from 8:35 to 8:48 AM)
Gun Control Myths
Gun Control Myths: The lie that AR-15s are the weapon of choice of Mass Public Shooters
Here is an all too typical Twitter post making the claim that AR-15s are the weapon of choice for mass public shooters. But you have to wonder though if all this media coverage that these are the best weapons for mass public shooters actually causes more of these...
On The Michael Dukes Show: Discussing the new book “Gun Control Myths”
Dr. John Lott was on the Michael Dukes show to discuss Lott’s new book “Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched ‘studies’ have twisted the facts on gun control.” (Friday, September 11, 2020, from 10:20 to 11:00 AM) Alaska on the following stations...
Review of “Gun Control Myths” by Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
It is greatly appreciated that Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership has put up a review of Lott's new book, "Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched 'studies' have twisted the facts on gun control." A second reviews is also included below. Doctor...
Our New Book: “Gun Control Myths” is now available for sale.
The book is available at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. “John Lott has been giving us the facts about guns for decades. Finally clear to all that one party in America has an anti-Second Amendment platform and wants to disarm you. Now you need to arm yourself with...
On WMAL with Larry O’Connor: “Gun Control Myths”
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry O'Connor on Washington DC's WMAL about his new book, "Gun Control Myths." (Thursday, July 23, 2020, from 3:30 to PM)
On KABC with Larry O’Connor: “Gun Control Myths”
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry O'Connor on Los Angeles's KABC about his new book, "Gun Control Myths." (Thursday, July 23, 2020, from 2:05 to 2:30 PM)
A review of “Gun Control Myths” at Townhall: Anti-Gunners Will Hate This New Book On Gun Control
Mark Overstreet has a review of John Lott's newest book, "Gun Control Myths." To get straight to the point, Dr. John Lott, formerly of the U.S. Sentencing Commission and now of the Crime Prevention Research Center, is the most important gun control researcher in...
Worth a listen: On the Chris Plante Show: Discussing the new book “Gun Control Myths”
Dr. John Lott talked to Mike Opelka, who was substituting for Chris Plante on his national radio show, about Lott's new book "Gun Control Myths." Mike Opelka:“The new book is 'Gun Control Myths' and the information is quite valuable.” (Tuesday, July 21, 2020, from...
Sunday Morning Newsmakers with Larry Marino on Los Angeles’ 870 AM: “Gun Control Myths”
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry Marino on Los Angeles' 870 AM about his new book, "Gun Control Myths." (Sunday, July 19, 2020)
UPDATED: Correcting Gun Control false claims about “America’s unique gun violence problem” and “How to Reduce Shootings”
UPDATED, originally Posted April 3, 2018: An article at Vox has gained attention for illustrating America's "unique gun violence problem" in 17 maps and charts. A similar New York Times opinion piece by Nicolas Kristof on "How to Reduce Shootings" and another at the...
Updated: Murder and homicide rates before and after gun bans
Original post: Every place that has banned guns (either all guns or all handguns) has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to one place where murder rates have fallen, whether it's Chicago or D.C. or even island nations such as England, Jamaica, or Ireland. For...