Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the extreme statements by Democrats and their witnesses at last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing on banning assault weapons. The piece starts this way: If you want to see how extreme the Democrats have gotten on...
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At Townhall: When Democrats Push For Universal Background Checks, The Danger Of A National Gun Registry Looms
Dt. John Lott and Andrew Pollack have an op-ed at Townhall.com that starts this way: When it comes to gun control, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: criminals and psychopaths shouldn’t be allowed to get guns. The real question is how to stop them. For...
At Townhall.com: Twitter’s Political Bias
Here are the two important paragraphs in Dr. John Lott's latest post. Twitter offered to unlock the accounts if I agree to a post saying that “your Tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.” But Twitter refuses to explain why they locked our...
At Townhall.com: How the Opioid lawsuits are similar to the lawsuits that were brought against gun makers
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com that talks about the similarities between the opioid lawsuits and the lawsuits that had been raised against gun makers 20 years ago. The piece starts this way: When General Motors and Ford sell more cars, they are involved...
At Townhall: Kamala Harris’s Poorly Thought Out Gun Control Proposals
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com about Democrat gun control proposals. The piece starts this way: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) took flak for politicizing the shooting of police in Philadelphia on Wednesday. She...
At the New York Daily News: Twitter’s debate-chilling problem: The social media site’s arbitrary policies allow foreign nations to censor American — often without explanation
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the New York Daily News about Twitter locking the CPRC Twitter account. I am the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, whose account Twitter locked because it tweeted a link to a Daily News article that I wrote...
At the Daily Caller: Here’s Why A Universal Background Check Law Would Be Bad
Nikki Goeser, our executive director, has a new op-ed at the Daily Caller. Her piece starts this way: Since the shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, many politicians have claimed that a federal law mandating universal background checks — which would apply to...
At National Review: ‘Red Flag’ Laws Are the Wrong Solution to Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have another op-ed out. This one at National Review: Everyone is sick of mass public shootings in the United States. Enough is enough. Everyone, including us, is incredibly frustrated. But let’s do something that doesn’t...
At Townhall.com: Here’s Something You Won’t Hear About on the Shootings
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Townhall that starts this way: Here is something that you won’t hear on the news. The Dayton mass shooter who left nine people dead and some 27 people injured was a registered Democrat, a self-described “leftist” who hated Donald Trump,...
In the Washington Times: Media bias and the gun control debate
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new op-ed at the Washington Times. Media bias has a huge impact on the gun control debate. The entire debate would be dramatically different if at least three points about mass public shootings ever got...
At Townhall: Ilhan Omar Defended by Media and Fact Checkers
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) comments about terrorism. The piece starts this way: As if Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) hasn’t already said enough controversial things, a new video surfaced this week of an old interview with her on...
At Townhall.com: No, Kamala, Your Gun Policies Wouldn’t Have Stopped Aurora
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about recent comments by Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-Ca). Another day, another push for more gun control. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-Ca) used the seventh...





