https://youtu.be/iPBjQGjJ1f0 Dr. John Lott talked to John Hines on One America News about the CDC’s recent restoration of information on defensive gun use that the agency had removed from its website in 2022 after gun-control advocates privately pressured officials to...
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On 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show: To Discuss Illegal Immigration in the United States
Dr. John Lott appeared on 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show in Cincinnati to discuss his new op-ed at the New York Post titled “Left’s push to delay deporting illegal-migrant criminals imposes huge costs on taxpayers.” (Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 11:10 to...
On The Vic Porcelli Show: To Discuss Mail-In Ballots and Election Integrity
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Vic Porcelli Show on St. Louis’ Giant KLJY to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to stay an injunction blocking President Trump’s March executive order on mail-in ballots. They also discussed public concerns about election integrity and...
On Strictly Speaking – Unfiltered with Bob Frantz: To Discuss Big Blue City Violence
https://youtu.be/-J18QkHijkI Dr. John Lott appeared on Strictly Speaking: Unfiltered with Bob Frantz to discuss rising violence in New York City and Chicago and Democratic leaders’ refusal to accept federal assistance from the Trump administration. They also discussed...
On The Larry Elder Show: To Discuss Socialists’ Demands to Abolish Police and Prisons
https://youtu.be/y4r7Asz8L0Y Dr. John Lott talked to guest host Carl Jackson on The Larry Elder Show about his op-ed at The Federalist, "Socialists’ Demands To Abolish Police And Prisons Will Mean More Dead Americans." (Wednesday, September 2, 2026)
On the Dave Elswick Show in Little Rock, Arkansas: To Discuss Buried Defensive Gun Use Data and Mail-In Ballot Safeguards
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Dave Elswick Show in Little Rock, Arkansas, to discuss his new op-eds at Townhall ("The Trump Administration Restores the Gun-Defense Data the Biden CDC Buried") and Real Clear Politics ("Supreme Court Just Gave Mail-In Ballot Safeguards...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss FBI Crime Data, Defensive Gun Use, and Constitutional Carry
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters and Arizona Representative Quang Nguyen on the Armed American Radio show about new FBI crime data, estimates of defensive gun use ranging from 60,000 to roughly 2.5 million incidents annually, and why surveys may miss cases where...
On WPHT Afternoon Show: To Discuss Defensive Gun Use and Election Integrity
https://youtu.be/g217AXP2-zE Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Mike Opelka on Philadelphia’s WPHT Afternoon Show about his new op-eds at Townhall ("The Trump Administration Restores the Gun-Defense Data the Biden CDC Buried") and Real Clear Politics ("Supreme Court...
On The Vicki McKenna Show: To Discuss the Idaho In-N-Out Mass Shooting and Defensive Gun Use
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about the recent mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out, where an armed citizen and an off-duty Idaho State Police trooper intervened against the shooter, likely preventing further casualties....
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss International Gun Rights, Crime, and Self-Defense
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on Armed American Radio about his international gun-rights work in Argentina and Australia and how foreign gun laws and crime statistics are used to influence American gun-control debates. They also discussed how, while police play...
On Victory News: How can we reduce violent crime? Who are the victims of crime? Who supports more police?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATPEVGNbhVQ Dr. John Lott on a wide range from a violent crime in Michigan to socialism to who are the people don't like the socialist views on reducing crime. A deep dive into murder victim data is available here and to violent crime...
On Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham Show: To Discuss DEI in Public Safety and Illegal-Immigrant Crime
Dr. John Lott appeared on Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham Show to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to reverse the Biden administration’s DEI policies in police and fire departments, growing calls among Democrats to “Abolish ICE,” calls by some Democrats...











