Dr. John Lott and Professor Gary Mauser have an op-ed in the Toronto Sun and other newspapers across Canada about Prime Minister Trudeau's gun ban. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau immediately banned the sale of 1,500 models and...
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At Townhall: Wisconsin Shows That Mail-in Ballots Are Not Necessary to Stop the Spread of the Coronavirus
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com about the claim that we need mail-in ballots to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) warns that voting by mail is “at the time of the coronavirus, very essential.” In a federal court...
In the Minnesota Herald Review: Minnesotans should be wary of ‘mail-in votes’
Minnesota US Senate Candidate Jason Lewis and Dr. John Lott had an op-ed the push for mail-in ballots in Minnesota. Last month, United States Senator Tina Smith voted twice to hold up coronavirus economic relief. We need not speculate as to why Democrats delayed...
At National Review: California’s Ammo Background Checks Misfire
Dr. John Lott's latest piece at National Review is available here. California’s attempts to discourage gun ownership hit a bump Thursday. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez granted a preliminary injunction that stopped the state from enforcing its background checks on...
At the Washington Times: Using the COVID-19 pandemic to justify a gun ban
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times on the claims being made by gun control advocates during the Coronavirus. Despite all the claims that gun control organizations only want “reasonable” gun control laws, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed that...
At Townhall: How Accurate was the Washington Post Headline About the Second Wave of the Coronavirus?
Dr. John Lott has another piece up at Townhall. Do you want evidence that the media has overhyped the dangers of the Coronavirus? You don’t need to look any farther than the Washington Post headline from Tuesday: “CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is...
At Townhall: The Blacklist Misinformation on Guns
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on media bias. These days, television entertainment shows depict gun owners either as buffoons or criminals. They never portray regular civilians using guns to save lives, and instead like to show firearms falling into the...
At Real Clear Politics: Hypocrisy in NYT’s Reporting on a COVID-Skeptic’s Death
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics: The New York Times thinks it nailed Fox News. Over the weekend, the Times ran a blistering story that blamed the death of Brooklyn bar owner Joe Joyce on skepticism of the coronavirus panic. Supposedly assured by...
At Townhall: Headlines Around the World Say the U.S. Has the Worst Record on Coronavirus Deaths But the Data Says Otherwise
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on how well the US is doing with regard to handling the Coronavirus. Headlines worldwide are announcing that the United States has more coronavirus deaths than any other country. As of early Tuesday morning, Johns Hopkins...
In the Wall Street Journal: Heed Jimmy Carter on the Danger of Mail-In Voting, ‘Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.’
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. ‘Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.” That quote isn’t from President Trump, who criticized mail-in voting this week after Wisconsin Democrats tried and failed to change an...
At the Washington Times: While Whitmer attacks Trump, Michigan suffers from her miscues during COVID-19 crisis
Dr. John Lott has this new op-ed at the Washington Times. A few Democratic governors have sought to build a more positive relationship with President Trump amid the coronavirus crisis, but Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has chosen to lead her party’s drumbeat of...
At Townhall.com: March Saw the Biggest Gun Sales on Record
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com on the massive increase in gun sales in March. March saw the biggest gun sales on record. And with many states and local governments shutting down gun stores in March, there were clearly many people who wanted guns but...