Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way. “Let’s be clear: We are coming to get you,” Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned on Monday morning, after riots that night had caused more than $60 million in damage to Chicago’s upscale Magnificent Mile and...
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At Newsweek: New York Abuses the Legal System to Target The NRA
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Newsweek. Gun rights have never been more at stake than in this November’s election, and Democrat politicians are now attempting to remove the NRA from the debate. At the very least, they want to run up the NRA’s legal bills so...
Newsweek: Voting Fraud with Mail-in Ballots Is a Real Concern. Just Look Around the World
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Newsweek on the concerns over vote fraud with mail-in ballots. This piece is based upon our research on voting rules around the world available here. Thirty-seven states have changed their mail-in voting procedures this year in...
At National Review: Limiting Gun Rights While Defunding Police Is a Recipe for Disaster
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review. For years, gun-control advocates told people that it is the job of police to protect them. But now, the same people who want to ban gun ownership also want to defund and disarm the police, replacing them with...
At the Washington Times: How the liberal media, with Michael Bloomberg’s help, are biased against guns
Dr. John Lott has a piece at the Washington Times on how Michael Bloomberg biases the discussion about guns. Would Scientific American ever pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control? Never. But they and many other media outlets have no problem using...
At Real Clear Politics: Myths the Media Perpetuate About Gun Control
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Real Clear Politics. The push to disarm Americans, such as Pamela and Mark McCloskey of St. Louis, stems from the belief that disarming the public will make us safer. But those beliefs arise from myths perpetrated by the media. The...
At Real Clear Politics: News Outlets Turn a Blind Eye on The Trace’s Anti-Gun Bent
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. NPR, Politico, Time, and Scientific American are unlikely ever to pay an NRA employee to write news articles about gun control. But they have no problem hiring people who work for The Trace, a Michael...
At Townhall: Four More Examples of Media Bias
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall about the news media's biased coverage of President Trump statements on policing and the Coronavirus. The media is distorting everything that comes out of the Trump administration. Here are four examples from just the last...
At Townhall: How the Media Created a Society That Accepts Refusing Service to Police Officers
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall on the social and other problems facing police officers. Two police officers were murdered in Texas over the weekend, bringing this year’s national total to 34. Being a police officer is a dangerous job, but police nowadays...
At Townhall: Biden’s Policing Policies Will Endanger Police, Raise Crime Rates, and Hurt Blacks
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about Biden's comments this week on policing. Joe Biden doesn’t understand the risks and dangers involved in policing. Police have a tough and dangerous job, and armored military vehicles, shields and military-grade body armor...
At Real Clear Politics: Selective Media Reporting Further Fuels Our Racial Divide
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. It was reprinted at the Daily Signal and the Federalist on July 10th and ZeroHedge and Instapundit on July 8th. On Saturday, a man drove his car onto a Seattle freeway that had been closed by a Black Lives Matter...
At Townhall: Democrat hypocrisy: Private Security for Themselves, Defund Police and Banning Carrying Concealed Handguns for Others
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about how Democrat politicians play by different rules when it comes to their safety. Do you want to understand what defunding the police really means? Just look at the looting and violence that happened when police were...






