This piece draws on research that Dr. John Lott did regarding the substitutability between using the police state and indoctrination to control citizens. The piece at Townhall starts this way: With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) becoming the odds on favorite to win the...
Dr. John Lott and Brad Smith have an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the harm created by campaign finance laws. Since campaign finance laws carry criminal penalties, they are something that interests the Crime Prevention Research Center. The laws create a very...
Dr. John Lott's piece on Michael Bloomberg's latest comments are available here. After a series of racist comments, Bloomberg has created trouble for himself with comments on farmers. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Townhall.com on Mayor Pete Buttigieg starts this way: One of the Democrats’ favorite talking points on gun control that we don’t need military weapons of war on America’s streets. Former mayor Pete Buttigieg has been the most effective...
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed on a Red Flag bill that is going through the New Mexican state legislature. Nobody wants dangerous people to get guns. To some, the obvious solution is “red-flag” laws, which take away the guns of people deemed dangerous to themselves or...
Dr. John Lott's latest op-ed at Townhall starts this way: Democrats think that they have figured out a way to encourage more illegal aliens to come to the United States. The bill, “Protecting the Right to Organize,” which passed the House last week, allows illegal...
Bloomberg now claims that the comments that Dr. Lott discusses below didn't represent his real views on these issues: “It’s just not the way that I think, and it doesn’t reflect what I do every day.” But the question is what is more likely to represent his true views:...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com that starts this way: Mike Bloomberg is running two misleading gun control ads during the Super Bowl. One ad focuses on the 2007 Trolley Square Mall shooting in Salt Lake City, Utah where five people were killed. The other...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com about Virginia's proposed Red Flag Law. The piece starts this way: Everyone wants to stop dangerous people from getting guns. To some the obvious solution is Red Flag laws, which take away the guns of people deemed...
In the aftermath of the White Settlement Church shooting, many in Texas are talking about passing a Red Flag law. Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the Fort Worth Star Telegram that responds to an editorial that the newspaper published. Lott's piece starts this way:...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the gun control mess in Virginia. The piece starts this way: So much of the gun control debate is about things that might go wrong. Democrats, who just took control of the Virginia state legislature, are about to pass a...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com that starts this way: One wonders how Democrats in the Virginia legislature ever go to restaurants or movie theaters or grocery stores. Nine percent of Virginians have concealed handgun permits, and it is very likely that...