Dr. John Lott discussed the extremely biased news segment on CBS's 60 Minutes about AR-15s. The show was the most watched television show on June 26th, 2019. (Tuesday, July 2, 2019, from 6:35 to 6: AM)
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On The Heller Decision, Teachers Carrying Guns, Democrats pushing for new gun control regulations
Dr. John Lott talked on Eric Bolling's America about a range of issues including The Heller Decision, Teachers Carrying Guns, Democrats pushing for new gun control regulations. Eric Bolling: "If you are into the gun debate, this man [John Lott] is the greatest...
On New England’s giant WBZ: Should teachers carry guns at schools?
Dr. John Lott was on New England’s 50,000-watt WBZ to talk to Dan Rea about our new research on teachers carrying guns at school. Sorry, Dr. Lott had a bad cold when this was taped so his voice doesn't sound the best. (Tuesday, May 28, 2019, from 8:05 to 8:30 PM)
Television News Bias: CBS’s 60 Minutes show claiming AR-15s are different from other guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Gavin McInnes on The Blaze’s Get off My Lawn about CBS's extremely biased 60 Minutes claim that AR-15s are so different from other guns and exaggerates how that type of gun is used in the worst mass public shootings. More details are available...
On America in the Morning: The Dangers of Gun-free zones and the unwillingness of gun control advocates to advance policies that make people safer
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about the Virginia Beach shooting, the dangers of gun-free zones, and the unwillingness of gun control advocates to advance policies that make people safer. Westwood One’s America in the Morning is on 250 radio stations. (Tuesday,...
Worth a listen: On KSRO to talk about the gun control debate
Dr. John Lott was on KSRO's Pat Kerrigan Show to debate general gun control issues. Kerrigan is a gun control advocate so it was a lively discussion. Among the issues discussed was that gun bans have always been associated with increased murder rates. Unfortunately,...
On Chicago’s Morning Answer to discuss the Virginia Beach Shooting, silencers and gun-free zones
Dr. John Lott discusses the real vulnerability of the Virginia Beach Municipal Building being a gun-free zone for employees and how that made all employees easy targets for the shooter. Also discussed are gun-control proposals such as banning so-called "silencers"...
On Colorado’s KVOR to talk about the Biased Media coverage of the Virginia Beach attack
Dr. John Lott joined Tron Simpson to talk about the biased media coverage of the Virginia Beach attack and mass public shootings generally. (Sunday, March 4, 2018, from 12:20 to 12:50 PM)
On the Pat Miller Show on Minorities and Gun Control
Dr. John Lott talked to Pat Miller on the giant 50,000-watt WOWO AM about the impact of gun control on poor blacks. (Friday, June 14, 2019, from 5:05 to 5:20 PM)
On the Lars Larson Show to discuss the Virginia Beach Shooting, the dangers of gun-free zones and more
Dr. Lott talks with host Lars Larson on both his Northwest and national radio shows about the Virginia Beach Shooting and how one female employee was so concerned about a fellow employee, she wanted to carry a concealed gun at work for her safety. However, there was...
On Sebastian Gorka’s America First to discuss what they keep Secret about Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott joined Sebastian Gorka on America First to talk about what the media keep secret about mass public shootings, namely that they keep on occurring in gun-free zones. 98% of mass public shootings occur in gun-free zones, where victims are completely...
How does the US compare to other countries in terms of mass public shootings?
Dr. Lott talks about the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on mass public shootings. (Tuesday, June 11, 2019, from 6:33 to 6:42 AM)