Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the shooting this past Friday at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, Illinois. His piece starts this way: On Friday, another mass public shooting occurred in yet another gun-free zone. In fact, the Henry Pratt Company in...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Sunday Las Vegas Review-Journal about the new gun control law just signed by Gov. Steve Sisolak. The piece starts this way. Everyone wants to stop dangerous criminals or people with serious mental illness from having guns. We feel...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com that discusses a new bill on universal background checks. Let’s say a stalker threatens a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your handgun. She is trained and has no criminal record. Should you loan...
One of the more horrendous crimes of the 20th century was the holocaust, in which Germany exterminated 12 million people. 6 million were Jews. Dr. John Lott has a piece on the untold history of Auschwitz. Despite all of the commemorations on Sunday, Auschwitz’s final...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the strange behavior of the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed news. Jonah Peretti would set up websites and send out massive numbers of emails using other people's identities to either harm their businesses or to advance his...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review discusses Pittsburgh's proposed gun control laws. The piece starts this way: Pennsylvania’s 1.3 million concealed handgun permit holders may soon be considered criminals while visiting Pittsburgh. The...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on the debate over whether the wall makes sense. His piece starts this way: The federal government partial shutdown drags on as politicians can’t agree on what to do with illegal aliens. Trump wants a wall to keep out...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece on what Brazil's recent presidential will mean for people's safety around the world. Brazil’s strict gun control laws have failed. The country's annual homicide rate now stands at 31 per 100,000 people—almost six times higher than...
Dr. John Lott's piece at the Union Leader (New Hampshire) addresses the move by state House Democrats to ban the carrying of guns at the state Capitol. His piece starts this way: One wonders how Democrats in the New Hampshire State House ever go to restaurants or...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Daily Caller on the school safety report released this laws week by the Trump administration. The piece starts this way: The “Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety” — signed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos,...
Dr. John Lott has a piece with Professor Gary Mauser from Simon Frazer University on the recent call to ban handguns. The piece starts this way: It seems obvious: ban guns and there won’t be any gun crime. After two people were killed and 13 injured in a July shooting...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times about Democrats promising to ban Congressmen from being able to have guns on Capitol grounds. The piece starts this way: Letting legislators bring guns onto the U.S. Capitol grounds or into their offices hasn’t...