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...
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The Australian Labor Party’s Gun Confiscation Plan Looks to be Falling Apart
We have written many times over the years about how counter productive Australia's gun control laws have been, particularly their 1996/97 gun confiscation. After the December, 2025 Bondi Beach massacre, only New South Wales appears likely to participate in the new...
Worth listening to:”Salon” style dinner-inclusive event at a private home in Sydney, Australia to discuss crime and gun control laws
On Sunday, February 8th, 2026, Dr. John Lott gave a presentation to a dinner event to about 30 people at the private home in Sydney, Australia. They covered an extensive range of issues regarding crime and gun control laws. Part 1 Part 2
Talking to Australian University Students about crime rates, mass public shootings, and gun control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrBA2eIYdws Dr. John Lott addressed university students from the University of New South Wales, Australian National University, and other local colleges in New South Wales during his visit to Australia on February 8th, 2026. The...
On National Conservatives Australia: To Discuss Gun Laws
https://youtu.be/xTy0HeiRM9Q Dr. John Lott Jr. talked to Dan Ryan on National Conservatives Australia about gun laws and what the data shows works and what does not. (Thursday, January 29, 2026)
Spectator Australia: Australians more likely to be victims of violent crime than Americans
Dr. John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, have a new op-ed piece in the Spectator Australia. More information on this issue is provided in our post here. An additional reason...
Australians are dramatically more likely to be victims of violent crime than Americans
Dr. John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, compared the violent crime rates in Australia and the United States. Australian are clearly at much greater risk of violent crime than...
Why Senator Schumer and Many Others are Wrong about the Benefits from Australia’s Gun Control Laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiOaTOz1aPQ Just two days after the mass public shooting in Australia that left 15 murdered and 43 people wounded, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed: 'Australia is no stranger to gun safety legislation. They famously...
At The Federalist: The supposed benefits of Australia’s gun confiscation rest on flawed statistics.
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. The graphs for the changes in firearm and total homicides as well as for firearm and total suicides are provided at the end of this piece. . Democrats in the United States repeatedly praise Australia’s 1996 gun...
Remembering Kamala Harris Supporting a Mandatory Buyback Program for Guns that She wants Banned.
In 2019, Kamala Harris wanted the US to follow Australia's gun confiscation program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6tEmqziE0 In this late 2019 debate, Kamala Harris once again puts herself to the left of Joe Biden on gun control. While both support a ban on...
“US gun control advocates exaggerate benefits of Australia’s gun restrictions”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News responding to all the false claims about how Australia's gun control laws are a model that the US should follow. This is from a much longer discussion in the book, The War on Guns, and see the data at the end of this post...
CPRC on Adelaide, Australia’s big talk radio station 1395 AM on gun control in the US and the World
CPRC's John Lott talked to Leon Byner about gun control in the US and other countries (Thursday, March 10, 2016 from 6:35 to 6:43 PM EST, 11:05 to 11:13 AM local Adelaide, Australia time).








