Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. A constant theme of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night was that Joe Biden is a decent and honest person. Someone who wants to heal the divisions in the country and bring people together. Well, in his...
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At the Washington Times: Dangers of in-person voting greatly exaggerated by Democrats
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at the Washington Times on the Democrats claims about the dangers of in-person voting. “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to vote, in person or otherwise,” claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of...
At Real Clear Politics: Ending Filibuster, as Dems Vow, Would Push U.S. Far Left
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Those who dislike Donald Trump may think it’s OK to let the Democrats run things for four years. Never Trumpers might be fearful of the leftward lurch of the Democratic Party but believe they could always fix...
At the Missoulian: This election will determine future of private gun ownership in US
Dr. John Lott has a piece in today's. UPDATE: It also appeared in Butte, Montana's Montana Standard on Friday, August 14, 2020. This past week, President Trump claimed the election will determine the future of private gun ownership in the United States.He’s...
At the Baltimore Sun: Guns protect people from criminals when the police can’t
Dr. John Lott and University of Maryland Professor James Purtilo have an op-ed on crime and gun control regulations in Maryland. The piece has some interesting numbers on what has happened in Maryland after they passed their gun control regulations in 2013. For years,...
At Fox News: Chicago’s crime problem — this is real reason behind it that city’s Dem mayor will never admit
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way. “Let’s be clear: We are coming to get you,” Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned on Monday morning, after riots that night had caused more than $60 million in damage to Chicago’s upscale Magnificent Mile and...
At Newsweek: New York Abuses the Legal System to Target The NRA
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Newsweek. Gun rights have never been more at stake than in this November’s election, and Democrat politicians are now attempting to remove the NRA from the debate. At the very least, they want to run up the NRA’s legal bills so...
Newsweek: Voting Fraud with Mail-in Ballots Is a Real Concern. Just Look Around the World
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Newsweek on the concerns over vote fraud with mail-in ballots. This piece is based upon our research on voting rules around the world available here. Thirty-seven states have changed their mail-in voting procedures this year in...
At National Review: Limiting Gun Rights While Defunding Police Is a Recipe for Disaster
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review. For years, gun-control advocates told people that it is the job of police to protect them. But now, the same people who want to ban gun ownership also want to defund and disarm the police, replacing them with...
At the Washington Times: How the liberal media, with Michael Bloomberg’s help, are biased against guns
Dr. John Lott has a piece at the Washington Times on how Michael Bloomberg biases the discussion about guns. Would Scientific American ever pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control? Never. But they and many other media outlets have no problem using...
At Real Clear Politics: Myths the Media Perpetuate About Gun Control
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics. The push to disarm Americans, such as Pamela and Mark McCloskey of St. Louis, stems from the belief that disarming the public will make us safer. But those beliefs arise from myths perpetrated by the media. The...
At Real Clear Politics: News Outlets Turn a Blind Eye on The Trace’s Anti-Gun Bent
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. NPR, Politico, Time, and Scientific American are unlikely ever to pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control. But they have no problem hiring people who work for The Trace, a Michael...








