Dr. John Lott's newest piece at the Washington Times discusses some of the problems with the Red Flag laws. Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams in Colorado made news Monday over his willingness to go to jail over his refusal to enforce what will soon be the state’s new...
op-ed
At Fox News: Media exaggerate impact of US-Mexico border closure. UPDATE: Everytown attacks
Dr. John Lott's newest op-ed discusses the new media's grossly exaggerated costs from closing the U.S.-Mexico border. He also goes through some of our research regarding the costs of illegal aliens. (Not surprisingly, Everytown's paid PR secretary Adam Sege keeps...
At Townhall.com: Pennsylvania Democrats Want To Register Your Guns
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Townhall.com is about the continued push for gun registration Democrats want to register your guns. It isn’t just something that universal background checks will eventually lead to. There is a push even in a “gun friendly” state such as...
In the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Pa. gun registry waste of money, resources
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Democrats push for more gun control in Pennsylvania. It gives you an idea what they would do if Democrats took control of the Pennsylvania state legislature. Pennsylvania Democrats want to register your...
At the Daily Caller: Trump Keeps Condemning White Nationalists — So why does the media keep denying it?
Dr. John Lott's piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Ever since the 2016 campaign, Democrats and the media have asserted that President Trump has failed to distance himself from white nationalists and neo-Nazis. The fact that White House staffers must answer...
In the Washington Times: When the media makes Trump a target
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Washington Times. His piece relies heavily on our research on mass killings around the world. The national Sunday morning talk shows blamed President Trump for the New Zealand massacre that left 50 dead. CNN’s Jake Tapper warned:...
At Townhall: Media Calls The New Zealand Shooter ‘Right-Wing’
The media wants to call anyone who is a racist a "right-wing" extremist. Here is Dr. John Lott's take on the mass public shooting in New Zealand. The Washington Post called the New Zealand mosque shooting “one of the worst cases of right-wing terrorism in years.”...
At Townhall.com: Arkansas State Senator Is Wrong About Stand Your Ground Legislation. Here’s Why.
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the viral video of the Arkansas Democrat state Senator who attacked the Stand Your Ground bill that was before the state Senate Judiciary Committee. Arkansas state Senator Stephanie Flowers captivated the international...
At Fox News: Dems want $50 million for biased research to attack gun ownership
Dr. John Lott appeared yesterday before the House Appropriations Committee to testify about the need for the CDC to fund research on gun ownership. He has a new piece at Fox News that starts this way: Democrats in the U.S. House are likely to approve spending $50...
At Townhall.com: Gun Control Advocates Use Aurora Shooting to Call for More Background Checks
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...
In the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Guns on the agenda in Carson City”
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...
At Townhall: Background Checks Bill Would Turn Many Well-intentioned Americans Into Criminals
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...







