Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Townhall. Twice in thirty days, YouTube censored videos of mine on topics that I previously covered for Real Clear Investigations and Real Clear Politics. The video platform blocked me from posting anything for two weeks, and...
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At Real Clear Politics, Epoch Times, and MSN.com: Media Continue Rewriting History on Trayvon Martin Anniversary
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics, Epoch Times, and MSN.com: On the 10th anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death, the media is rewriting history. He is being depicted as an innocent young victim minding his own business who wasn’t a threat to...
At The Federalist: Biden’s State of the Union Promise to “Fund Police” was Pure Lip Service
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Biden claims that he wants to restore safety and control crime. He denounced efforts to “defund” the police. But with congressional elections coming up, he lacked any...
At Townhall: Canada Isn’t Alone in Using Debanking As a Weapon Against Political Opponents
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. Canada may be the future for many Americans. The Canadian government is freezing the bank accounts of truckers involved in the freedom protest. But on Thursday, they went even further, freezing the bank accounts and blocking...
At Newsweek: Biden’s Rhetoric on Guns is Far From ‘Reasonable’
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at Newsweek about Biden's continual push to ban semi-automatic handguns, by far the most commonly owned handguns in the US. Fact-checkers keep assuring Americans that President Biden doesn't want to...
In the Los Angeles Times: You don’t have to shoot someone to use a gun defensively
Dr. John Lott has a letter responding to the absurd claim in the Los Angeles Times and Yahoo! News that there are only 2,000 defensive gun uses per year. A slightly longer version of the letter was published in the Kankakee, Illinois Daily Journal (February 12, 2022)....
At Fox News: Biden’s ‘guns first’ approach to violent crime ignores basic facts: Over 92% of violent crimes in America do not involve firearms
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News: With violent crime increasing over the last two years, Americans want a solution. But President Joe Biden constantly frames violent crime as only a gun problem. Again, it was the sole focus of Biden's speech in New...
At Real Clear Politics: Democrats Pushing Gun Registry as Precursor to Gun Ban
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics and the Epoch Times. Federal law explicitly prohibits the creation of a federal firearm registry, but the Biden administration is making one anyway. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has...
At the Birmingham News, Alabama Today, and Yellowhammer News: What constitutional carry provisions would mean for Alabama
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Alabama State Rep. Shane Stringer on the Constitutional Carry bill that is currently being considered by the state legislature. The Birmingham News is the largest newspaper in Alabama. Gun-control advocates keep making the same...
In the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star: Constitutional carry, Gun story missed key elements
Dr. John Lott had a letter to the editor that appeared in the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star that responded to a news article in newspapers around Nebraska about an op-ed that Lott had with Nebraska state Senator Tom Brewer. A Jan. 20 World-Herald article...
At Townhall: It Shouldn’t Take a Bullet to the Head for the Criminal Justice System to Take Stalking Seriously
Nikki Goeser has a new piece up at Townhall that she co-authored with Debbie Riddle: January 2022 marks the 18th Annual National Stalking Awareness Month. We have this awareness month due to one of the authors of this opinion piece, Debbie Riddle. Debbie’s youngest...
At the Washington Times: Biden’s rhetoric implies there are virtually no Democratic countries
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times responding to Democrats' claims about Republicans being anti-democratic and totalitarian because of their support for voter IDs and other anti-fraud provisions. President Joe Biden’s extreme rhetoric in his...










