Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. . The term “assault weapon” is nonsensical. Finally, the Associated Press’s highly influential Stylebook followed by the news media is recognizing that fact. As the AP now acknowledges, the term conveys...
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At The Federalist: How Vax Mandates And Regulatory Red Tape Created A Critical Airline Pilot Shortage
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . More than 1,400 U.S. flights were canceled and over 17,000 were delayed over the July 4th holiday weekend, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. And in recent years, airlines including American, Delta,...
Responses to our Wall Street Journal article on the plummeting murder rates in Brazil and our response to them
Dr. John Lott's June 26th op-ed in the Wall Street Journal generated three different letters to the editor. In “More Legal Guns Reduced Crime in Brazil” (op-ed, June 27), John Lott Jr. suggests that loosening gun restrictions in Brazil has led to a precipitous drop in...
At Real Clear Politics: Gov. Hochul Short on Answers, Thin on Data
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. When a local reporter in Albany, New York, asked Gov. Kathy Hochul if she had “the numbers to show it’s the concealed carry permit holders that are committing crimes,” Hochul dismissed the question outright. “I...
Responding to George Will’s misleading column on the Supreme Court’s recent gun control decision
George Will had a column that was published in the Washington Post that condemned the Supreme Court's ruling in Bruen. Will relied heavily on an Amicus brief from retired federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig which cited the 1897 Supreme Court case Robertson...
At Newsweek: Democrats’ Fearmongering About SCOTUS Gun Rights Decision Is Baseless
The Democrats and the news media are making predictions of disaster for the recent Supreme Court decision on guns. Their fears are completely misplaced. "Lives are on the line," President Joe Biden warned after the Supreme Court held last week,...
In the Wall Street Journal: More Legal Guns Reduced Crime in Brazil
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Wall Street Journal that questions the apocalyptic predictions by Biden and others over guns after the US Supreme Court decision on New York's concealed handgun law. . ‘Lives are on the line,” President Biden said after the Supreme...
At the Federalist: Why The Senate’s Rushed Gun Bill Will Not Make America Any Safer
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist on the new Senate gun control bill. Senators are billing the new Senate gun control legislation as a bipartisan breakthrough that will make us much safer. “Our legislation will save lives and will not infringe on any...
The Federalist: Why Biden’s Planned Student Loan Bailout Is Completely Unfair
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist on a different type of topic than what he normally writes on. The Federalist summary: Because we saved up and behaved responsibly, President Joe Biden will punish us. Nor is his plan fair to those who don’t go to...
At Newsweek: Democrats Are Trying to Jam a Terrible Gun Control Law Through Congress
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at Newsweek. Democrats are pushing legislation that will dramatically change gun ownership in the United States. Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D-NY) "Protecting Our Kids Act," which the House Judiciary...
At Real Clear Politics: Red Flag Laws and Unintended Consequences
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a new op-ed piece with her former boss, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), on a real threat to American's safety. The senseless murder of 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas is leading to calls for...
At Newsweek: Democrats’ Focus On ‘Gun Control’ Won’t Solve Any of Our Problems
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Newsweek after the public school shooting in Texas. Another horrible tragedy occurred on Tuesday with the attack on the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. With 19 elementary school students slain, President Joe Biden was right...






