Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Newsweek. While Senate Republicans promise to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court and Democrats threaten to pack the Court, leading Democrats claim precedent is on their side. "Mitch McConnell set...
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At Real Clear Politics: Biden’s Gun Control Claims at Odds With Crime Stats
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics and Microsoft News. After two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies were shot and critically wounded on Saturday, Joe Biden warned, “Weapons of war have no place in our communities." And within just hours of the attack,...
In the Billings Gazette: Bullock’s pharmaceutical claim misguided
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the Billings Gazette on the Montana Senate campaign that may determine control of the US Senate. The piece also appeared in the Missoulian on September 17th, 2020. Steve Bullock’s Senate campaign is targeting greedy pharmaceutical...
At Newsweek: Americans’ very right to keep and bear arms is on the ballot this election
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Newsweek on why this election will determine the future of private gun ownership in the US. Lott debated John Rosenthal, who is the co-founder of Massachusetts-based Stop Handgun Violence, and his piece is available below at the end...
At Townhall.com: Why Pelosi’s Claims About Republicans Being Anti-Science on Face Masks Are False
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com on an issue dealing with the Coronavirus. This week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) slammed President Trump’s acceptance speech before the 2020 Republican National Convention for not having the audience engage in...
At Townhall: What Democrat Control of the Senate Means for Gun Control
Dr. John Lott and Professor emeritus Joe Olson at the Mitchell-Hamline School of Law have an op-ed at Townhall.com. Last week, President Trump claimed the election will determine the future of private gun ownership in the United States. On Saturday, the NRA...
The Missoulian: Bullock ads claim support for the Second Amendment
Dr. John Lott has another piece up at the Missoulian newspaper about the Senate election in Montana. The print version of the article won't appear for a couple of weeks, but this version is on line at the paper's website. For the last couple of weeks, Steve Bullock...
At Townhall: How Biden Just Blew Up the Claim That He’s an Honest, Decent Guy
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. A constant theme of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night was that Joe Biden is a decent and honest person. Someone who wants to heal the divisions in the country and bring people together. Well, in his...
At the Washington Times: Dangers of in-person voting greatly exaggerated by Democrats
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at the Washington Times on the Democrats claims about the dangers of in-person voting. “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to vote, in person or otherwise,” claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of...
At Real Clear Politics: Ending Filibuster, as Dems Vow, Would Push U.S. Far Left
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Those who dislike Donald Trump may think it’s OK to let the Democrats run things for four years. Never Trumpers might be fearful of the leftward lurch of the Democratic Party but believe they could always fix...
At the Missoulian: This election will determine future of private gun ownership in US
Dr. John Lott has a piece in today's. UPDATE: It also appeared in Butte, Montana's Montana Standard on Friday, August 14, 2020. This past week, President Trump claimed the election will determine the future of private gun ownership in the United States.He’s...
At the Baltimore Sun: Guns protect people from criminals when the police can’t
Dr. John Lott and University of Maryland Professor James Purtilo have an op-ed on crime and gun control regulations in Maryland. The piece has some interesting numbers on what has happened in Maryland after they passed their gun control regulations in 2013. For years,...







