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...
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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...
At Townhall.com: Fundamental Differences In How Republicans and Democrats Are Dealing With the Coronavirus Crisis
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall about the fundamental differences in how Democrats and Republicans handle the Coronavirus crisis. If you want to see the difference in how President Trump and the Democrats handle the coronavirus, you don’t have to look any...
At Townhall: In Defense of Congressman Thomas Massie
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall in defense Congressman Thomas Massie. Massie is the chair of Congress' Second Amendment Caucus and someone who Dr. Lott has co-authored six op-eds with. Lott's piece starts this way: For a while last week, Congressman Thomas...
At National Review: Are Gun Stores ‘Essential’ Businesses? Yes, especially when jails and prisons are releasing inmates early.
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review on states closing gun stores by claiming that they are "non-essential." Law-abiding citizens want the right to buy a gun, especially in the midst of a pandemic. Police have stopped responding to many 911 calls, and...
At Townhall: Will the Coronavirus Recede as the Spring Arrives?
UPDATE: Even as recently as at least March 31st, the government was still assuming that the Coronavirus is seasonal. "The models predictions have the surge in deaths going into the summer." ORIGINAL: Professor Timothy Craig Allen, a number of our Board of Directors...
At Townhall: Gun Sales Soar When People Need Protection
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about the surge in gun sales. Police are cutting back on policing, and Americans are getting scared. Along with toilet paper, they are also buying guns and ammunition. Some are getting concealed handgun permits.“So American …...
At the Washington Times: Democratic presidential candidates incite panic to buy guns not the coronavirus
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at the Washington Times on the increase in gun sales that has occurred over the five or so months. Crises increase gun sales. So, people don’t have to look far right now for an explanation for the recent surge in purchases. But the...
At Townhall: Errors in Bidens’ Big Speech on the Coronavirus
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com on the enforcement aspects of the Coronavirus. In 2014, former Obama Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously attacked then-Vice President Joe Biden as “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security...
At Townhall.com: Quantifying How Well the Trump Administration Is Doing on Coronavirus
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com that starts this way. The debate over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is remarkably devoid of hard data comparisons. With President Trump’s decision on Wednesday to expand travel...




