Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Daily News. The piece starts this way: Within hours of the slaughter of 26 people at the church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Democrats were calling for expanded background checks to cover the private transfers of guns....
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece up at Fox News on the reaction to the Texas church shooting. The piece starts this way: Before knowing almost anything about Sunday’s mass public shooting, gun control advocates are once again calling for more gun control. The...
In a new piece in The Hill, Dr. John Lott discusses the debate over what will stop attacks with vehicles, such as the one this week in New York City. With an attack that had been planned for over a year, the notion that you are going to be able to keep a killer like...
Dr. John Lott's latest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Angry that the federal government cut funding to Chicago, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) claimed the Trump administration is contributing to the city’s violence. “So far this year, 3,000 people have been...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...