Many graphs using the data are shown at the end of the post. When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our...
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UPDATED: Cases where armed citizens have stopped active shooter incidents
The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns, and were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. The FBI's definition of active shootings is narrow: it involves cases where a gun is fired in public and not part of some other...
At least 20 People Murdered and 45 Injured in Mass Shootings at Churches and a Synagogue in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan
The picture above shows the murderers attacking people. Another mass murder by Muslims in Russia (a list of mass public shootings in the US by Muslims from 1998 to 2023 is available here). Some other recent mass public shootings in Russia are available here (where 145...
At Real Clear Politics: Biden’s Completely Dishonest and Outrageous Gun Control Ad
https://videopress.com/v/mv9khMWt?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcrimeresearch.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2Fbfp-massacred-30-en_mov_dvd.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Dr. John Lott has a...
Trans Covenant School Diary Released, FBI Strongly Argued Against Releasing It, Said It Would “Potentially [be] Inflaming the Public.” Why was the FBI Only Against Releasing this One Diary?
Given the lack of media coverage, you could understandably miss it, but “nearly four dozen pages” of the Nashville Covenant School murderer’s diary were just released. The Tennessee Star’s parent company had successfully filed two...
An Ex-Marine, who planned a racist mass shooting to kill white people, targeted a gun-free zone
Strangely, it was very difficult to find a picture of Joshua Cobb, the ex-Marine who made this threat, in any news story outside of the local media market. "As of today I have officially began planning my attack. It is going to take place in 2023 in the state of New...
Gunmen fire on crowds at a Moscow Concert Hall: At least 139 murdered
At least 139 murdered The death total in Moscow exceeds the 130 people murdered at the Paris concert shooting in November 2015. It is more than twice as many as the 59 people who were murdered in Las Vegas. The US has experienced a number of Islamic-based mass...
On the Vince Coglianese Show: Discussing the Lakewood Church attack and Mass Public Shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to Vince Coglianese on Washington, D.C.'s WMAL about the Lakewood Church attack in Texas on Sunday, February 11th. The attacker, a transgender "woman" who had a criminal history (including assaulting a police officer and forgery) and mental...
At the Federalist: Biden Capitalizes On Uvalde Massacre Report With Ludicrous Gun-Control Plan
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist about the US DOJ's new report last week on the Uvalde mass murder and Biden's response to it. . Everyone wants to stop these attacks, but let’s do something that actually works. . Almost two years after a shooter...
At Real Clear Policy: The Truth About Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Policy. . When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our country...
Updated information on Mass Public Shootings from 1998 through October 2023
When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our country has experienced a staggering 650 mass shootings,”...
UPDATED: Iowa Perry High School Murderer, attacked another Gun-free School Zone, Another Trans attacker
The Iowa Perry High School is under the Perry Community School District. It has a very clear firearms policy. The only exceptions for people having guns on school grounds that are listed as: "conducting instructional programs regarding firearms or for conducting an...