Dr. John Lott has a new piece in The Hill newspaper on the $1.5 million "secret" payment made by Ferguson to the Michael Brown family. The piece starts this way: First, Michael Brown robbed a store. Then he viciously assaulted a policeman, fighting for the officer’s...
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In America’s 1st Freedom: “Finding America’s Murder Problem”
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At the Wall Street Journal: Congressman, Defend Thyself: Many lawmakers have gun permits,but we can’t use them in DC
Dr. John Lott co-authored this piece with Congressmen Tom Massie (R-KY), though the Wall Street Journal thought that since this was an attack on congressmen it made more sense if Massie's name alone was on it. The article began this way: When Republican lawmakers...
At The Hill newspaper: “The media plays dishonest numbers game with guns”
Dr. John Lott's latest op-ed in The Hill newspaper starts this way: A brand new PEW Research Center survey last week shows that gun ownership by households is up to 42 percent — an increase of 5 percentage points in the past four years. dYet, few mainstream media...
At Fox News: “Why our heated political rhetoric will only get worse, not better”
Dr. John Lott's latest piece at Fox News starts this way: Some hope that the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others last Wednesday will lead to more civility in politics. It’s clear that the attack was politically motivated — the Democratic shooter...
In the New York Daily News: The shooting of Steve Scalise is an argument for concealed-carry reciprocity
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the New York Daily News discussing what we can learn from the public shooting in Alexandria, Virginia yesterday morning. Although he was seriously wounded, it is a lucky thing that Rep. Stephen Scalise made it to baseball practice on...
At Fox News: “Scalise shooting and knee-jerk calls for more gun control – here we go again”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News on the tragic attack this morning in Alexandria, Virginia starts this way: Before the facts were even known about Wednesday morning’s 7 AM shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, gun control advocates were already calling for more...
In The Hill Newspaper: “The threat of radical Islam is not new, but what will we do?”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper that documents what a large percentage of terrorist attacks are committed by radical Muslims. The piece starts this way: Late last month, the Manchester bombing left 22 dead and 59 injured. Over the weekend, another...
In The Hill Newspaper: “How the media got it wrong on Sheriff David Clarke plagiarism accusation”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in The Hill newspaper on the attacks directed at Sheriff David Clarke. The piece starts this way: When it comes to issues such as sanctuary cities, it is impossible to avoid controversy. When President Donald Trump appoints anyone to...
In The Hill newspaper: “Guns on campus is progressive academia’s straw man”
Dr. John Lott has another new piece in The Hill newspaper on academics concerns about guns on college campuses. The piece starts this way: Gun control advocates frequently advise against people using guns for self-defense. But Michael Bloomberg and various anti-gun...
In the Portland Press Herald (Maine): Gun-free campuses are magnets for murderers
Dr. John Lott co-authored an op-ed with State Representative Rich Cebra in the Portland Press Herald, Maines largest newspaper. The piece was talked about Cebra's legislation that would end the gun-free zone policy at the state's public universities. The piece...
In the Orange County Register: Shooting down myths of ‘gun-free zones’ in schools
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Orange County Register (287,474 daily circulation) on the move by Democrats in California to take away local control over whether permitted concealed handguns should be allowed in K-12 schools. Two years ago, California passed a...







