George Will had a column that was published in the Washington Post that condemned the Supreme Court's ruling in Bruen. Will relied heavily on an Amicus brief from retired federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig which cited the 1897 Supreme Court case Robertson...
Letters that we submitted
Responding to the San Jose Mercury: ‘We are at great peril’: Overturn of California’s weapons ban stokes fear among gun violence experts”
Dr. John Lott submitted a letter to The San Jose Mercury News about false claims made in a news article about U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez’s decision striking down California’s Assault Weapon Ban. The newspaper didn’t accept the letter for publication, but here...
Responding to James Carville’s false claims about Crime in the Wall Street Journal
Dr. John Lott submitted a letter to The Wall Street Journal about false claims that James Carville made in an op-ed. The Journal didn’t accept the letter for publication, but here is what was sent in. Dear Letters Editor: James Carville’s piece contains a big lie in...
Responding to false claims about Constitutional Carry in The Economist magazine
Dr. John Lott submitted a letter to The Economist magazine about false claims that they made about Constitutional Carry (“Permitless-carry gun laws are misguided and should be scrapped,” May 8, 2021). The Economist didn't accept the letter for publication, but here is...
Responding to the New York Times’ claims that attempts to reduce vote fraud prove Republicans are “anti-democratic”
The New York Times' David Leonhardt claims that the move by states to provide protections against voter fraud is part of “the Republican Party’s growing discomfort with democracy.” Dr. John Lott submitted the following letter to the editor in response. Of course, the...
In the Washington Post: Correcting the Record on Red Flag Laws
While there were many other errors in Robyn Thomas' piece on Red Flag laws, the Washington Post allowed Dr. John Lott a chance to respond to her criticism of his work. A data file with a list of all the state laws and there content is available here. Robyn Thomas’s...
Correcting yet another error in the New York Times: Andrew Sorkin, “The Most Important Lawsuit You’ve Never Heard of,” March 4, 2021
There is little point in writing letters to the New York Times because no matter how egregious their errors, they don't print letters that point out errors in their articles. Still, it doesn't hurt to keep track of a few of their many errors. Of course, the Times...
Responding to the New York Times’ piece claiming “That Assault Weapon Ban? It Really Did Work,” September 4
This letter was submitted to the New York Times Dear Letters Editor: There’s a serious flaw in John Donohue and Theodora Boulouta’s claims about the 1994 assault weapons ban ("That Assault Weapon Ban? It Really Did Work,” September 4). There are few actual “assault...
Responding to the Chicago Sun-Times attack on concealed handgun
A Chicago Sun-Times editorial had the headline: "One brave rescue of a Cicero cop doesn’t justify concealed guns." The Sun-Times continues to fight against the notion of permitted concealed handguns. Here is part of their piece: Hang your argument on a single...
Responding to an attack on a talk given in Minnesota
The Star Tribune published an op-ed attacking Dr. John Lott for a talk that he had given in Lakeville, Minnesota on February 23rd. The attacks weren't of much substance. This letter appeared on March 1st. Paul Shambroom’s Feb. 27 commentary about the Lakeville...
Again, the New York Times as a Fake News Site: Again cites false information from the Violence Policy Center
Last December 5th, the New York Times had yet another editorial making false claims about guns. The information from the Violence Policy Center has been recycled over and over again every few months by them. We have written numerous letters to the editor...
Our edited letter in Scientific American
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...