Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. . You have to wonder if Democrats know anything about the gun control laws they vote on. That is on something as simple as the recent votes on pistol-stabilizing braces. . Under new rules from the Biden administration, gun...
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At The Federalist: Biden’s Latest Anti-Gun Claims Aren’t Just False — They Don’t Even Make Sense
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. . Biden’s gun control speech on Friday at the National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut got attention because the President nonsensically concluded with “God save the Queen.” However, this was not his only...
Real Clear Investigations: Murder, They Spun: Selective Stats Leave Suspicious Fingerprints All Over the Crime Debate
Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. and James Varney have a new piece at Real Clear Investigation. The piece was also republished at Zero Hedge, Black Hill Pioneer (South Dakota), Ohio Press Network, and Rantingly. . As gun violence has spiked across the country, Republicans have...
At Townhall: Gavin Newsom Is Conceding He Has to Amend the Constitution
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in Townhall on Gavin Newsom's new proposed constitutional amendment. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is conceding that the U.S. Constitution needs to be amended before he can pass his gun control wish list. But he doesn’t have the votes....
At the Washington Times: Advocates of ‘reasonable’ gun control laws don’t want any firearms at all
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times: . Gun control advocates keep claiming that they just want “reasonable” gun control, but self-defense advocates are understandably skeptical. New York and New Jersey cover their states with gun-free zones, to...
At the Detroit News: Concealed weapons could save lives
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Detroit News with Phil Green, who represents the 67th House District in Michigan and is the chair of the House Second Amendment Caucus. . During the first quarter of 2023, Detroit had the fifth highest murder rate in the country,...
At the Federalist: If Brazil’s Firearm Ban Is So Great, Why Won’t Gun-Control Activists Bet On It?
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. Copies of the correspondence are available here. This piece also appeared in American Liberty. “I contacted 12 prominent gun-control advocates…I offered a $1,000 bet on if Brazil’s homicide rate would go up or down...
At the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Bill is a step toward creating a gun registry
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with two Nevada state Senators, Ira Hansen (Reno and six of the state’s rural counties) and Jeff Stone (Las Vegas), on a bill dealing with “ghost guns,” AB354. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is the largest newspaper in Nevada. . The...
At the Reno Gazette Journal: ‘Ghost gun’ bill won’t help prevent crime, will create firearm registry
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Nevada State Senators Ira Hansen (Reno and six of the state's rural counties) and Jeff Stone (southern Las Vegas) on a bill dealing with "ghost guns," AB354. “Ghost guns” sound scary. Who could want guns that no one could trace?...
At the Washington Times: Alec Baldwin’s problems are not over: You don’t point a gun at something unless you intend to shoot it
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . News broke Thursday that prosecutors were dropping involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42. New facts are reportedly the...
At Townhall: Uniformed School Resource Officers Aren’t the Solution to Stop Mass Public Shootings
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com. . With six murdered at the Covenant School in Nashville at the end of March, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee proposed over $200 million in new measures to protect schools and prevent more such attacks. One of his proposals is...
At the Washington Times: There have been no shooting attacks in schools where teachers can legally carry guns
Dr. John Lott and Thomas Massie have a new op-ed at the Washington Times. The piece was the "most popular piece on the Washington Times website. Earlier this month, cameras filmed Rep. Jamaal Bowman, New York Democrat, yelling in the halls of Congress that...