At least twelve people were murdered and 18 injured at a bar in Ventura County last night. Our hearts go out to those who lost loved family members or friends in the attack. We can't imagine what is going through the minds on parents. California issues very few...
With at least 8 people killed at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue, Americans want something done that would actually make a difference. President Trump is actually offering useful advice. President Donald Trump: “If they had protection inside, the results would...
Unless you watch the news closely you likely missed the news that a day ago there was a very deadly mass public school shooting in Crimea. It will probably be another day or so until there is a good idea how many people were killed by eighteen-year-old Vladislav...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed at the Daily Caller about the social media bias that we have faced at Facebook. There are lots of ways that social media outlets can bias political debates. We have heard of everything from accounts being closed down to deciding what stories...
Dr. John Lott was on the Michael Smerconish Show on SiriusXM radio to discuss our new research on mass public shooting rates in countries around the world. This segment was originally supposed to go for "10-12 min - tops 14," but clearly Dr. Lott remained on the show...
A must read: RealClearPolitics' Washington Bureau Chief has a very detailed article on a completely false and highly influential claim regarding distribution of mass public shootings around the world. Three years ago, which means it was before the mass murders at the...
Drs. John Lott and Michael Weisser have an op-ed in Friday's New York Post. The claim that the US has by far the most mass public shootings in the world drives much of the gun-control debate. Many argue that America’s high rate of gun possession explains the high rate...
Executive Summary A paper on mass public shootings by Adam Lankford (2016) has received massive national and international media attention, getting coverage in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, plus hundreds of other news outlets spanning at least 35...
Updated information on mass public shootings from 1998 through 2024 available here. The rate for 1950 through 2024 is now 92%. UPDATED on July 6th, 2019: Original title: "More misleading information from Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety on guns: 'Analysis of...
With the push by gun control advocates to ban those under age 21 from owning guns because of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, we decided to examine more closely the ages of mass public shooters over the last twenty years. The current discussion is obviously...
Picture of victim being removed from ISIS attack in Tunisia that left 39 people dead LAST UPDATED: Updated on February 14, 2018. Previous November 1, 2017; April 29, 2016 (originally posted on June 28, 2015) (Detailed discussion on Europe and the...
With all the discussions of whether people should carry their permitted concealed handguns with them to church, Dr. John Lott has this new piece in The Hill newspaper. The article starts this way: There are simply too many targets for police to be able to guard...