Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece up at Fox News on the dangers of gun-free zones. Unfortunately, the Virginia Beach City Council is moving in the exact opposite way and wanting to ban guns in city buildings. Does anyone there realize...
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At the Washington Times: Why balanced reporting about guns is crucial
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Washington Times on how media bias completely distorts people's understanding of guns and gun control. The piece starts this way: Kate Nixon worked as a compliance manager on the second floor of Operations Building 2 in the...
At Townhall: Mandating Gun Locks Can Have Unintended Consequences
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com on the money put into the Texas state budget to advertise the need for the safe storage of guns. Last year, right after a student fatally shot eight classmates and two teachers at Santa Fe High School, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan...
At Fox News: After Virginia Beach shooting, Dems seek ban on ‘silencers’ that don’t make guns silent
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the gun control push for suppressors. Despite what you might believe from watching television shows or movies, suppressors (commonly known as “silencers”) do not make guns “silent” — unless you consider an ambulance siren...
At Townhall.com: What Gun Control Advocates Fail to Grasp After Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com on the Virginia Beach shooting. The employee handbook info regarding employees being banned from having guns is available here. Another horrifying attack and immediately gun control politicians and organizations are...
At Townhall: Texas Is About to expand Its Program For Teachers Carrying Guns
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall that starts this way: Twenty years after Columbine, the United States is still looking for how to stop mass public shootings. The rest of the world, where mass public shootings are actually much more common, is also looking...
New at The Washington Times: Short-sighted calls for gun control
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times about the views that Joe Biden and other Democrat presidential candidates have on gun control. The piece starts this way: Every one of the 24 Democratic presidential candidates supports more gun control....
At Townhall.com: Abortion’s Impact Is More Than Morality
Dr. John Lott's latest op-ed at Townhall is available here. From Alabama’s new law restricting abortion to Virginia’s governor Ralph Northam (D) comments clearly condoning killing infants after birth, abortion is guaranteed to be a central part of next year’s...
At Fox News: Gun controls backed by Dem presidential candidates would hurt poor and minorities
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Fox News on what the new gun control regulations proposed by Democrats will mean for the poor and minorities. The piece starts this way: Name a gun control regulation, and you’ll find Democratic presidential candidates who...
At Townhall: Armed Guards at Houses of Worship Is Not Enough
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com on mass public shootings, particularly those at Houses of Worship. From New Zealand to Sri Lanka, houses of worship are under attack. This has been an all too common phenomenon around the world. At home, there have been...
At Townhall.com: House Panel Allots $50M to Study Gun Violence
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Townhall.com discusses the House Appropriations Committee Allotting $50 million for public health research on guns. Lott's piece begins this way: One of the most common attacks on the National Rifle Association is that it supposedly...
In the Dallas Morning News: Data call into question supposed benefits of police review boards
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece in the Dallas Morning News on the proposal to have a police review board. The chairman of the Dallas Citizens Police Review Board has a piece that is paired with Lott's and is available here. Lott's piece starts this way: Community...




