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...
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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...
Nashville School Covenant Shooter “DEATH DAY” Diary Discusses How She “wanna kill all you little crackers . . . with your white privlages”
Three pages from the Nashville Covenant School shooter's diary reveal that the attacker was a left winger who hated whites. They also show the attack was planned for two years in advance (possibly longer). The attack occurred in late March 2023, and she wrote: "There...
Louisville Bank Shooter Hoped that a Bloody Rampage of “upper-class white people” would Spur Politicians to Pass Stricter Gun Control Laws
Connor Sturgeon on April 9th: "I have decided to make an impact. These people did not deserve to die, but because I was depressed and able to buy [guns], they are gone. Perhaps this is the impact for change – upper class white people dying. I certainly would not have...
The Maine Mass Murderer was Prohibited from Owning Guns, also took Guns into Gun-free Zone
While the reason that Robert Card was prohibited from owning guns isn't stated, the Maine state police say that he was a prohibited person. No explanation yet on how he obtained the gun. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, Card is categorized as “Federal...
Cases where armed citizens have stopped active shooter incidents
The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns that were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. Our original write-up on this problem is available here. Specifically, just those cases where just mass public shootings were...
El Paso Walmart Murderer Sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. News media emphasizes that he is a white racist, but NONE mention that he was a racist because of his environmentalist, left-wing views.
The El Paso Walmart murderer is a racist who identifies with the Christchurch shooter and says they have the same views. The New Zealand killer was a socialist/environmentalist who supported gun control. He is also the same as the Buffalo mass murderer and others, but...
UPDATED: Compiling Cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped likely mass public shootings
This is a revised, updated version of a post originally written on April 21, 2015. We have most seriously updated this list starting at the beginning of 2020. UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh wrote in the Washington Post on April 20, 2015: "Have civilians with...
Would be Mass Public Shooter Stopped by an Employee with a Concealed Handgun Permit
On Friday, June 23rd, 2023, an employee at Turnberry Towers near Karen and Paradise shot a gunman who walked in and fired shots at the front desk. Fortunately, the employee had a concealed handgun permit and was able to quickly stop the attack before anyone else was...