https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwQb-_HMGRo Our Crime Prevention Research Center study showing that 52% of murders occur in just 2% of counties has gone viral online, with coverage from outlets and commentators including the Dan Bongino podcast. While many of these...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7KnRhAyM6A The House voted and passed on a unanimous voice vote Congressman Thomas Massie’s NICS Data Reporting Act. The House Judiciary Committee had previously passed the bill unanimously.. Massie's presentation on May 12, 2026 and...
Some gun rights advocates cite research by economist John Lott, who leads the Crime Prevention Research Center, suggesting that about 82% of mass shootings occurred in gun-free zones between 1998 and 2025. “All you do by creating a gun-free zone is creating a magnet —...
On April 15, 2026, Elon Musk retweeted our video with John Stossel on the errors in the FBI's active shooting data. Musk's retweet received over 45 million impressions. This is the second time that Musk as retweeted the video, and when he tweeted it out before it...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt retweeted another one of our op-ed pieces, this time in the New York Post titled: "The whole world laughs at Democrats’ lame voter-ID claims." Indeed, this is her fourth time to retweet our work. Her other tweets are...
Fox News' Gutfeld! on February 12, 2026 . Kat Timpf: People who are violent felons, yes, they should be deported, and I think there’s also a big number of people who say, if you have committed felonies, maybe you should not be in this country and given a pass and...
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...