Dr. John Lott has this new op-ed at the Washington Times. A few Democratic governors have sought to build a more positive relationship with President Trump amid the coronavirus crisis, but Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has chosen to lead her party’s drumbeat of...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com on the massive increase in gun sales in March. March saw the biggest gun sales on record. And with many states and local governments shutting down gun stores in March, there were clearly many people who wanted guns but...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall about the fundamental differences in how Democrats and Republicans handle the Coronavirus crisis. If you want to see the difference in how President Trump and the Democrats handle the coronavirus, you don’t have to look any...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall in defense Congressman Thomas Massie. Massie is the chair of Congress' Second Amendment Caucus and someone who Dr. Lott has co-authored six op-eds with. Lott's piece starts this way: For a while last week, Congressman Thomas...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review on states closing gun stores by claiming that they are "non-essential." Law-abiding citizens want the right to buy a gun, especially in the midst of a pandemic. Police have stopped responding to many 911 calls, and...
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new op-ed at the Washington Times. Media bias has a huge impact on the gun control debate. The entire debate would be dramatically different if at least three points about mass public shootings ever got...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Daily Caller on the school safety report released this laws week by the Trump administration. The piece starts this way: The “Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety” — signed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos,...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Hill that starts this way: The polls indicate that Americans support more gun control right now, but are also very skeptical that more gun control will reduce violence or mass public shootings. We typically see such increased...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal: Each year brings a new record increase in the number of concealed handgun permits. The rate of growth in permits among women and minorities has far outpaced growth among white men. The data paint a picture of...
Dr. John Lott debated Ohio State Rep. Kristin Boggs (D) about whether college campuses should be gun-free zones in the pages of the Columbus Dispatch. Rep. Boggs' piece is available here. Dr. Lott's is here: Ohio State University is still reeling from the attack...
Dr. John Lott had a piece at the Washington Post today: It seems obvious: Restrict gun access, and people will be safer. Indeed, in all four presidential debates, Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine have pushed for background checks on private transfers of...
John Lott has this new piece in the Detroit News: Would you post a sign announcing that your home is a gun-free zone? Would you feel safer? Criminals don’t obey these signs. In fact, to criminals, gun-free zones look like easy targets. So why do we put up these signs...