Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Daily Caller on the religious views of those who commit mass public shootings. The piece starts this way: After the attack at the Santa Fe High School, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick denounced a loss of faith and religion in society....
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At The Hill Newspaper: Locking guns won’t do anything to save lives
UPDATED: At the end of this piece, we have included responses to an attack on Dr. Lott's article. ORIGINAL POST: Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper on the current debate over whether people should lock up the guns in their homes. The op-ed starts...
At National Review: Trump’s NRA Speech: A Response to the Fact-Checkers
Dr. John Lott has a piece at National Review that responds to some of the "Fact Checkers" who went after President Trump's talk at the NRA Annual meeting. The piece starts this way: On Sunday, Jake Tapper told Kellyanne Conway, “I would like [Trump] to stop lying.”...
In the Baptist Record: “To arm, or not to arm”
Dr. Lott's piece in The Baptist Record for the Mississippi Baptists is shown here (click on pictures to enlarge).
At Fox News: Media portrayal of gun ownership is inaccurate and biased
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on how television entertainment programs keep pushing for gun control. The piece starts this way: The media’s pro-gun control bias doesn’t just distort news coverage. TV networks have used their primetime entertainment shows...
At Fox News: Ahead of NRA speeches by Trump, Pence hypocritical media get it wrong on gun ban
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News about the media attacks on the NRA and the Trump administration regarding their supposed hypocrisy over gun-free zones. The piece starts here: The news media love to criticize hypocrisy – at least by conservatives – even...
In the Daily Caller: A NEW HOPE: Young Americans Less Likely To Support Gun Control Despite Media Narrative
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Daily Caller about young people's views on guns. The piece starts this way: Listening to the media, you would never know that young people are less inclined than other Americans to support gun control. Few Americans have heard of...
At The Hill newspaper: Waffle House shooting illustrates the danger posed by gun-free zones
Dr. John Lott's newest article at The Hill newspaper starts this way: Another mass public shooting in another gun-free zone, and yet again the media ignores it. Right at the front of the Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee was a sign prohibiting firearms....
At The Daily Caller: Did You Read Obama’s Essay Commending Student Gun Control Enthusiasts? It Was CRINGE-INDUCING
Dr. John Lott's newest op-ed at the Daily Caller started this way: For those who may have forgotten, Barack Obama reminded many last week what made him such a polarizing president. In a Time magazine essay commending student gun control activists, Obama resorted to...
At Penn Live: Here’s what Pa. can do to stop the next school shooting
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Penn Live (the PA Media Group, including the Harrisburg Patriot-News newspaper). His piece starts this way: Instead of solving the problem of violence in their halls, Pennsylvania schools are becoming a national punchline. This...
At The Hill: Let’s save lives by putting more guns in the hands of teachers
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Hill that starts this way: The polls indicate that Americans support more gun control right now, but are also very skeptical that more gun control will reduce violence or mass public shootings. We typically see such increased...
At the Daily Caller: “SORRY SESSIONS: Here’s Why The Attorney General’s New Policy On Enforcing Background Checks Will Fail”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Daily Caller that starts this way: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised last month to “swiftly and aggressively prosecute” prohibited people who try to buy guns. He even has a slogan for his approach, calling them...






