In 2025, ICE arrested and deported approximately 600,000 illegal immigrants — most of whom, as former Department of Justice official and scholar John Lott has pointed out, were detained with administrative warrants issued by immigration judges under DOJ or the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhVkoNb820 John Ruddick is an Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. After Dr. John Lott's presentation to members the previous night, Ruddick recounted Lott's discussion on the floor of the...
Hon. John Ruddick cited Crime Prevention Research Center data on crime and gun ownership in the NSW Parliament, Australia, following Dr. John Lott’s recent visit to the country and his speech at a parliamentary event, which challenged long-standing narratives about...
"Countless news stories have amplified fears that under Trump, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are wildly violating basic rights," said John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. "But the numbers tell a very different story." Lott...
A range of important people noticed Dr. Lott's op-ed in the New York Post, and retweeted it on X: Karoline Leavitt, Larry Elder, Ann Coulter, and others. We are having an impact.
This is part of an hour long interview that Dr. Lott did with crime reporter Paul Davis. . Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., is an author, economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. . Lott, the author of More Guns, Less Crime, and other books on crime...
"It's not rocket science. You make it risky for criminals to go and commit crime. Kash Patel has moved FBI agents out of the DC offices to around the country where the crime is. He's increased arrests by like 100% there. You know, make it risky for criminals to commit...
New data shows that in the state of New York, a self-designated sanctuary state, illegal immigrants make up only 3.38% to 4.15% of the state’s population. Yet, when compared to the number of illegals who are incarcerated, they are overrepresented in prison and jail...
A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) on concealed carry in the U.S. reveals that 46.8 percent of Americans now live in “Constitutional Carry” states—there are 29 of them—where no license or permit is required, while Congress is...
Our research is available here. After the Newsweek was published on Friday, November 21, 2025, the reporter updated her article on Monday, November 24, 2025. Below are the claims in the article along with responses that Dr. Lott emailed the reporter. . Devin Hughes,...
Screenshot According to John Lott, Jr.—author of More Guns Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws—it’s good. Initially published in 1998, and now in its third edition, Lott’s book “directly challenges common perceptions about the relationship of guns,...
Some of these articles were extremely long ones. “A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report” shows “Trump was right” last year “when he said, ‘Crime here is up and through the roof,’” reports John R. Lott at RealClearPolitics. The media focused on the...