Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News that is based upon our research done by the CPRC on police shootings. The piece starts as follow: The NFL players kneeling during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in football stadiums across the country are...
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At National Review: “The Gun-Ban Fetish: Banning guns invariably leads to an increase in the murder rate”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at National Review responding to Bret Stephen column in the New York Times that calls for repealing the Second Amendment. His piece starts this way: Is support for gun ownership and the Second Amendment a “fetish”? Bret Stephens, a New...
In The Hill: “Background checks do not diminish crime rates, but can increase them”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Hill that discusses the huge push after the Las Vegas attack for background checks on private transfers. After the horrific Las Vegas attack, it is understandable that people feel an urgent need for action. For Democrats that means...
CPRC in the Dallas Morning News: “It’s already too late for gun control to work”
Dr. John Lott had a piece at the Dallas Morning New on Monday (the morning news had run this op-ed about a year ago, but decided it was timely enough to run again): It seems obvious: Restrict gun access, and people will be safer. Indeed, in all four presidential...
Fox News: Gun control in Europe is almost total. It hasn’t stopped mass shooting attacks like Las Vegas
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News on the responses to the attack in the Las Vegas. In addition to 35 guns, the killer in this attack had explosives at his home and a large amount of ammonia nitrate in his car. The piece starts this way: Within hours of...
At The Hill newspaper: “The ugly truth behind Obama’s war on the Second Amendment”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook School shooting. Sometimes, when the government abuses its tremendous power to scapegoat someone, even proponents of government power find it to be too much. Mike Weisser is a...
In the Detroit News: “Handgun permit holders boost safety”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Detroit News on how incredibly law-abiding concealed handgun permit holders are. This piece looks at recent claims by public health researchers that those who have guns tend to drive more dangerously. The piece starts this way:...
At Fox News: “Trump effect hits the NFL — Teams with more protesters were more likely to lose”
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed at Fox News on the impact that protests against the National Anthem on how well the football teams did in the game. The piece starts this way: Sunday brought a lot of controversy, with numerous NFL players kneeling during the national...
In The Hill: “Democrats should embrace FBI background check for voters and gun purchasers alike”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill Background checks are required for so many things from getting a job to buying a gun. But despite legitimate concerns about voting by illegal aliens and felons, Democrats become outraged by the mention of checks for voting....
At The Hill: “Democrats must denounce the rise in harassment against Republicans”
Dr. John Lott has a new opinion piece at The Hill newspaper on the union-backed disruptions of congressional Republicans. The title used by The Hill says "Democrats must denounce the rise in violence against Republicans," but that isn't exactly what the op-ed piece...
In the Chicago Tribune: “Apply background checks for gun purchases to voting”
Dr. John Lott has another op-ed in the Chicago Tribune based on part of the testimony that he will be giving on Tuesday morning to President's Commission on Voter Integrity in New Hampshire. The piece in the Tribune starts this way: Republicans worry about vote...
At Fox News: “Concussions occur in soccer and other sports, too — but yeah, let’s go after all-American football”
With all the commotion over Ed Cunningham's resignation from ESPN, the media is solely focused on concussions in football. While this involves legal violence, not crime, the piece still illustrates how media does a very poor job of informing people about what is...







