Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed with Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY). . Democrats aim to create a comprehensive national list of gun owners. In a major victory for gun control advocates, American Express, Mastercard, and Visa agreed to help the government track firearm...
Professor Carl Moody and Dr. John Lott have written up some comments on the latest Donohue et al. paper on concealed carry. For some perspective, you can see the academic literature on the issue here and the Amicus brief that we filed with a literature survey here....
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist on the new Senate gun control bill. Senators are billing the new Senate gun control legislation as a bipartisan breakthrough that will make us much safer. “Our legislation will save lives and will not infringe on any...
Predictit.org has betting on whether the Senate will pass a gun control bill by June 30th. As of Wednesday, June 15th, the odds were somewhat against it passing.
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) authored a bill that mandates an audit of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This is not the first time that Massie has pushed this idea. Amazingly, the bill passed by a 380 to 47 vote. For years, Dr. John...
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at Newsweek. Democrats are pushing legislation that will dramatically change gun ownership in the United States. Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D-NY) "Protecting Our Kids Act," which the House Judiciary...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Missoulian that discusses how the Biden administration is using financial regulations to achieve gun control and destroy the US domestic oil and gas production. Some Democrats are pushing back on President Biden’s plan to buy oil...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiLu9MacxAc Dr. John Lott talked with Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago's top morning radio talk show on WIND-AM. They discussed the claim that increased gun sales were responsible for the rise in violent crime over the last two...
A new poll by the Trafalgar Group of 1,076 likely general election voters from December 17th to the 21st shows that large numbers of likely Democrat, Republican, and independent voters find strict gun laws ineffective or even harmful. While a plurality thinks that gun...
While some focus on Biden's nominee to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova, education in the former Soviet Union and claims that she is a Marxist, she is in favor of using the “debanking” of what she called “socially sub-optimal...
Dr. John Lott joined Steve Gruber to discuss the 2 million people who are now on the Terror Watch List and Democrats' desire to ban people on the list from buying guns. America's Voice Live Wed August 25 2021 from 1216 to 1212 PM
In July 2021, A Gallup poll showed that only 1% of Americans named guns/gun control the most important problem facing the country. Nor is that any unusual polling result. By contrast, 4% of Americans viewed crime/violence as the most important problem. Even the...