Dr. John Lott debated Ohio State Rep. Kristin Boggs (D) about whether college campuses should be gun-free zones in the pages of the Columbus Dispatch. Rep. Boggs' piece is available here. Dr. Lott's is here: Ohio State University is still reeling from the attack...
Dr. John Lott had a new op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the truly massive amount of money that Michael Bloomberg is spending pushing gun control. If it wasn't for Michael Bloomberg's billions, there wouldn't be much of a gun-control movement. This year,...
Dr. John Lott has this new piece at National Review: With the presidential-vote recount under way in Wisconsin, hopeful leftists would have us believe that the Russians, or some other unknown entity, hacked electronic voting machines in Wisconsin and...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the Daily Caller on the attacks that The media is incredulous that Donald Trump claims that there was significant voter fraud in the election. Politico calls his claim “baseless” and “stunning.” The Los Angeles Times headline...
Dr. John Lott had a piece at the Washington Post today: It seems obvious: Restrict gun access, and people will be safer. Indeed, in all four presidential debates, Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine have pushed for background checks on private transfers of...
Dr. John Lott had a piece in National Review on a different type of crime (vote fraud). Democrats keep claiming that voter fraud is a myth. But voter fraud has mattered in plenty of American elections. Take Lyndon Johnson’s election to the U.S. Senate in 1948, when...
Dr. John Lott and Professor Bradley Smith have a piece at Real Clear Policy about campaign finance laws and the implication: Believe it or not, this election will determine whether political appointees can prohibit books and movies released during election years that...
With the latest polls showing Bloomberg's initiative on gun control a much closer race, 49% for Bloomberg initiative and 45% against (from CBS Channel 8 in Las Vegas), this piece will help voters make a better informed decision. From today's Reno Gazette-Journal:...
Dr. John Lott had a letter in the Washington Post responding to a piece in the previous Sunday's paper by Daniel Webster and Ronald Daniels. The letter is as follows: In their Oct. 23 Sunday Opinion essay, “Guns on campus only invite tragedies,” Daniel Webster and...
Dr. John Lott's newest piece in the politics section of the New York Daily News starts this way: Just in time for the election, the New York attorney general has released a new statewide study showing that many crime guns originated from other states. Attorney General...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News: In terms of individual rights, there has probably never been so much at stake in a presidential election. If Hillary Clinton wins, Americans will soon lose the right of self-defense in their own homes. Wednesday night in Las...
Dr. John Lott has a oped in Maine's Sun Journal about the Michael Bloomberg gun control initiative being pushed there. Let’s say a stalker is threatening a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your handgun. She is trained and has no criminal record....