UPDATE August 14, 2026: Include the new graph at the top. So there was a 86% increase in licensed firearm owners from 2017 to 2018. There was another 238% increase from 2018 to 2019. Between the year before Balsonaro took office in 2019 to his last year in office...
The Crime Prevention Research Center commissioned a new McLaughlin & Associates survey of 1,000 American general election voters on July 22nd, 2026 (cross tabs available here). Despite frequent claims that the public supports gun control as a way to reduce crime,...
Amicus Brief for Supreme Court, Viramontes et al v Cook County, on Assault Weapon Bans
I worked with the California Association of Highway Patrolmen & the California Peace Officers Research Association on this brief. Gun-control advocates’ main argument falsely claims that
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by the Federation for American Immigration Reform about his research on crime rates by illegal aliens. More detailed information can be found here and here.
#CPRC #Crimepreventionresearchcenter
https://crimeresearch.org/2026/09/interview-with-the-federation-for-american-immigration-reform-interview/
@seanmdav CATO's numbers are bogus. https://crimeresearch.org/2025/12/at-the-new-york-post-new-data-reveals-the-horrific-truth-about-illegal-immigrant-crime/
BTW, is it a coincidence total felony violent crime soared when we had record influx of illegals coming in under Biden & it is falling now?
https://crimeresearch.org/2025/10/final-data-through-2024-shows-that-violent-crime-increased-even-more-during-biden-administration/
I still hope CATO will debate
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Dr. John Lott has a new investigations piece at Real Clear Investigations. Also published at Zero Hedge, The Press (Brentwood, California), Times-Leader (Fairfield, MT), TippInsights, Conservative News and Views, and USSA News. . Conventional wisdom holds that the...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed with Montana state representative Greg Overstreet in the Lee Newspapers in Montana including the Butte Montana Standard and the Ravalli Valley Ravalli Republic. Overstreet is a Montana state representative for House District 88. . You have...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also published in the Journal Courier (Illinois) and Conservative News and Views. . Imagine a woman driving across state lines alone at night, fearful that her car might break down and leave her vulnerable. Or...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also at YahooNews! and World Net Daily. . California’s new ban on Glock handguns takes effect on July 1. It is a new tactic for gun control advocates. Instead of trying to ban all handguns, a growing number of...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed with Canadian Professor Gary Mauser on the high violent crime rate in Canada that explains the research that we recently posted. . Canada faces a serious crime problem, but many Canadians believe crime is relatively low compared with the...
Dr. John Lott coauthored an op-ed in Australia with an Australian federal senator, Malcolm Roberts. It was also published at Australians for Science & Freedom. . Australia faces a serious crime problem. Many Australians believe our crime rate is low compared with...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Investigations. It also appeared in the Epoch Times, Hot Air, Zero Hedge, Tennessee Star, Times-Leader (Fairfield, MT), The Daily News, Sign of the Times, and Ohio Press Network. . Alessandra Coote was walking on a trail...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. . Gun control advocates are trying a new tactic. Instead of trying to ban all handguns, some Democrat states are trying to ban one of the most commonly owned handguns – Glocks, which they claim can be easily converted into...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Houston on April 17th, 2026 titled "The FBI Crime Data is a Politicized Mess." The audio here isn't perfect,, but hopefully between the audio and the PowerPoint the main message will get across. This audio missed the first 10 minutes of...
Dr. John Lott gave a talk at the Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan about errors in the FBI crime data. The PowerPoint slides that correspond with the audio is available here. Talk at Cooley Law SchoolDownload
In the George R. Brown Convention Center, Dr. John Lott will be giving the following talks. Sessions GUN CONTROL MYTHS Friday, April 17 • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Level 3, 371CF THE FBI CRIME DATA IS POLITICIZED AND A MESS Friday, April 17 • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM , Level 3,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOke2EeIS8c Dr. John Lott was interviewed by the Federation for American Immigration Reform about his research on crime rates by illegal aliens. More detailed information can be found here and here. August 26, 2026
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show in Cincinnati to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to reverse the Biden administration’s DEI policies in police and fire departments, growing calls among Democrats to “Abolish ICE,” calls by some...
https://youtu.be/NynuhqmDdQs?si=MdArLxP9G_gkFqR_ Dr. John Lott talked to Frank Miniter on The Armed Citizen Podcast about why America is experiencing a period of all-time low violent crime, such as murder. It’s no coincidence that all-time high gun-ownership and...
According to research published by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), many studies have found that right-to-carry or concealed carry laws are associated with reductions in violent crime by increasing the potential risks faced by offenders. CPRC...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. The piece also appeared at the Epoch Times and World Net Daily. . The Supreme Court’s decision to stay the injunction blocking President Trump’s March executive order on mail-in ballots gives...
Take the case of Isaac Melendez-Carranza, an illegal alien from El Salvador, who was recently arrested for allegedly selling fentanyl to students at Park View High School in Loudoun County, Virginia. Investigators linked him to at least two student overdoses, though...
