Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on the impact of Democrats promises to get rid of the filibuster. For months, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Senate Democrats have talked about eliminating the filibuster. And with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, the discussion by...
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At Newsweek: Biden Got the Coronavirus Death Toll Wrong
Dr. John Lott and Dr. Timothy Craig Allen have a new piece on the Coronavirus discussion in the first presidential debate up at Newsweek. On Tuesday night, in his first debate with President Donald Trump, Joe Biden claimed "200,000 dead, 7 million infected [with the...
At Real Clear Politics: Debate Was a Missed Chance to Detail Mail-In Vote Flaws
The first presidential debate between President Trump versus Joe Biden rehashed a lot of false claims about vote fraud. Here is Dr. John Lott's piece at Real Clear Politics about some of the false claims made by Joe Biden and Chris Wallace during the debate. Neither...
In the Missoulian: Proof of expertise
Responding to attacks on an op-ed that I recently wrote in the Missoulian. They called into question both my expertise as an economist to deal with price controls and claims regarding the National Research Council work regarding firearms and violence. An...
At Real Clear Politics: Amy Coney Barrett a Clear 2nd Amendment Backer
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The Second Amendment is hanging in the balance, and Trump’s Supreme Court nomination this Saturday will determine its fate. All of Trump’s likely nominees – 7th Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 11th Circuit Judge...
At Townhall: Democrats’ Threats to End the Filibuster and Pack the Supreme Court Will Help Republicans in November
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall. Despite pundits’ reactions to the contrary, the new Supreme Court vacancy will improve Republican odds keeping the Senate and the presidency. The Democrats are showing voters, like never before, what is at stake in this...
At Newsweek: Senate Republicans have Precedent on Their Side
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Newsweek. While Senate Republicans promise to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court and Democrats threaten to pack the Court, leading Democrats claim precedent is on their side. "Mitch McConnell set...
At Real Clear Politics: Biden’s Gun Control Claims at Odds With Crime Stats
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics and Microsoft News. After two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies were shot and critically wounded on Saturday, Joe Biden warned, “Weapons of war have no place in our communities." And within just hours of the attack,...
In the Billings Gazette: Bullock’s pharmaceutical claim misguided
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the Billings Gazette on the Montana Senate campaign that may determine control of the US Senate. The piece also appeared in the Missoulian on September 17th, 2020. Steve Bullock’s Senate campaign is targeting greedy pharmaceutical...
At Newsweek: Americans’ very right to keep and bear arms is on the ballot this election
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Newsweek on why this election will determine the future of private gun ownership in the US. Lott debated John Rosenthal, who is the co-founder of Massachusetts-based Stop Handgun Violence, and his piece is available below at the end...
At Townhall: What Democrat Control of the Senate Means for Gun Control
Dr. John Lott and Professor emeritus Joe Olson at the Mitchell-Hamline School of Law have an op-ed at Townhall.com. Last week, President Trump claimed the election will determine the future of private gun ownership in the United States. On Saturday, the NRA...
The Missoulian: Bullock ads claim support for the Second Amendment
Dr. John Lott has another piece up at the Missoulian newspaper about the Senate election in Montana. The print version of the article won't appear for a couple of weeks, but this version is on line at the paper's website. For the last couple of weeks, Steve Bullock...





