Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on what is happening in Brazil. The piece also appeared in The Epoch Times. . Although one wouldn’t know it from the media coverage of gun control, the best social science has shown that law-abiding citizens...
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At Townhall: Will Phobias About AR-15s Keep Schools From Adopting This Innovative Product?
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. . Time is of the essence in mass public shootings. Civilians and police stop a lot of mass murders by carrying handguns, but sometimes you need a larger round than is available in a traditional handgun. It often simply isn’t...
At the Hartford Courant: Connecticut Governor Lamont’s plan to expand prohibition on ‘grandfathered’ firearms a losing proposition
Dr. John Lott has a piece at the Hartford Courant with Holly Sullivan, the president of the Connecticut Citizen's Defense League. Connecticut likely will lose the lawsuit against the state’s current assault weapon ban. Still, instead of learning lessons from...
At Real Clear Politics: CDC Basing Funding Decisions Largely on Politics, Not Science
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. This piece was also carried by the Epoch Times, Florida Daily, The Fairfield Sun Times (Tennessee), The Bharat Express News (India), MSN, and the Highland County Press (Ohio). . For the second year in a row,...
At the Washington Times: Why aren’t stalked women ever told to get a gun for self-defense?
Dr. John Lott has a piece with Holly Sullivan, the president of the Connecticut Citizen Defense League, on violence against women and the poor advice that women are usually given to protect themselves. . On this past Tuesday night, Ewen Dewitt brutally murdered...
At Real Clear Politics: The “Crazy, Right-Wing Shooter” Myth
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on media bias. The piece was carried on the Real Clear Wire and published in pieces such as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. . If you only read the New York Times editorials, you’d believe that political violence in...
At The Washington Times: Gun confiscation is not the solution to mass shootings
There have been a lot of false claims about Red Flag laws, and this piece by Dr. John Lott in The Washington Times explaining the errors in the logic. Gun control advocates would have us believe that confiscating people’s guns is the solution to all problems. Without...
At Townhall: Biden Again Wants to Ban Semi-Automatic Guns. When Will Fact-Checkers Apologize?
Dr. John Lott has another piece at Townhall. “The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick,” President Biden claimed on Thanksgiving Day. “It has no socially redeeming value. Zero. None. Not a single solitary rationale for it except profit...
At Townhall: What States Like California and New York Can Learn From Other States About Guns
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com. More people than ever have concealed handgun permits. A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center, which I head, shows the figure now stands at 22.01 million – an increase of 488,000 since last year. Whereas...
At Real Clear Politics: Majority of American Voters Rightly Concerned About Vote Fraud
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on vote fraud issues involving mail-in ballots. . Watching the news, you’d be led to believe that vote fraud doesn’t exist in the United States. Since the election on November 8, news article after news article has...
At the Washington Times: If you want to deter murders, bring back the death penalty
Nikki Goeser and John Lott have a new op-ed at the Washington Times about why we need to bring back the death penalty. . Amidst the high murder rate of the last couple of years, it is little wonder that Americans support the death penalty by at least...
At Real Clear Politics: When Protecting Criminals’ Rights Come at the Expense of Victims
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser and John Lott have a piece at Real Clear Politics on how delays in the criminal process further hurt victims. The Epoch Times, Political Insider, Ohio Press Network, Zero Hedge, even The Bharat Express-News in India, and many regional and local...