Dr. John Lott debated Charles Blek from the Brady Campaign about gun control before the Southern California chapter of Junior State of America program. They covered a range of issues from background checks to concealed handgun laws. Lott's presentation starts at 15:50...
In November, Scientific American published a longer letter by Dr. John Lott and a rebuttal to his letter online. In an earlier post, we provided a point-by-point rebuttal to Ms. Moyer's claims. Lott had no control over what parts of his letter that Scientific...
Dr. John Lott debated a lawyer from Nashville, David Randolph Smith, about whether drug addicts who have frequently failed to provide child support be given the option of birth control to reduce their sentences by 30 days. The debate took place on Wednesday, July...
St. Mary's School in San Antonio has an issues day each year. This year the issue was gun control. This video below is a copy of Dr. John Lott's presentation at the event. The presentation took place on March 3rd, 2017. A copy of the first part of the debate is...
The Arizona State University Federalist Society sponsored a debate between Dr. John Lott and AZ state Representative (soon to be state Senator) Juan Mendez about Campus Carry at public universities in Arizona on Wednesday, September 7th, 2016. Later that day, John...
This post may be updated over the next few days as some other events are finalized. Colorado — September 6th: talk at the Univ of Colorado at Boulder Law School with commentary from Professor Ahmed White from noon to 1:30 PM (see flyer above, sponsored by the School...
The proposition for debate was: “In order to reduce its murder-rate, the U.S. needs more stringent gun-control laws.” John Lott argued against the proposition. Dr. Lott’s book, “More Guns, Less Crime,” now in its third edition, was first published in 1998. He holds a...
Location: NYC Junto-General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York (20 West 44th Street, New York, New York 10036) Date & Time: Thursday, April 7th at 8pm. Details: John Lott and Paul Helmke will engage in an Oxford-style debate on gun control...
Picture taken about 10 minutes before the debate started between former Fort Wayne mayor and Brady Center gun control advocate Paul Helmke and Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott. There were about 100 people in the audience. The debate took place on...
CPRC's John Lott debated Third Way's Jim Kessler, the former Director of Policy and Research for Americans for Gun Safety and a former staffer for Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The debate took place in DC on Saturday, February 27th from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
PublicSquarenet: "Does allowing concealed handguns on college campuses make them safer? John Lott, PhD, debates security consultant James Grayson."
During the next couple of weeks, John Lott will be giving talks around the US. -- Widener University Commonwealth Law School (Harrisburg, PA) (Thursday, February 25th, 12:30 to 1:30 PM) -- Does banning guns on campus make us safer? -- International Students of...