Dr. Lott's piece in The Baptist Record for the Mississippi Baptists is shown here (click on pictures to enlarge).
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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...
In the Washington Times: NAACP “Leaving the most vulnerable defenseless”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece with David Clarke at the Washington Times. The piece starts this way. Democrats don’t seem to trust poor blacks with guns. It is something that we have seen since at least the end of the Civil War. Yet, it is poor blacks, who are the...
At Fox News: “March for Our Lives: Gun control ideas sound good, but are deeply flawed and won’t save lives”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News on the "March for Our Lives" demonstration. The new piece starts this way. America continues to mourn the 17 people killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last month. There is an...
At Fox News: The Second Amendment rights of more than 4 million Americans are at risk thanks to Republicans in Congress
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News talks about the gun control parts of the Omnibus-spending bill. Here are some comments by four congressmen on these problems. The piece starts this way: Congressional Republicans are jeopardizing the Second Amendment rights...