Dr. John Lott sat down with Derek Hunter at the Daily Caller Podcast to talk about his own experiences with Buzzfeed spreading fake news. He also discussed why Democrats' latest gun bill won't solve any of the nation's problems with crime. (Friday, January 25, 2019)
Dr. John Lott discusses how BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti impersonated him back in 2003 to support gun control. Peretti sent out hundreds of thousands of emails lobbying against the proposed "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act." This bill ,which was being debated...
Dr. John Lott talked to Eric Bolling about his experience with BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti. Before founding BuzzFeed, Peretti had impersonated Lott and a business competitor named Jeff Goldblatt. Peretti created AskJohnLott.org and sent mass emails from...
Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. spoke with the Young Turks' Cenk Uygur about how universal background checks disarm poor minorities. The also debated whether more guns mean less crime. Regarding claims about how crime rates vary across nations see here and how crime rates...
Dr. John Lott talks with Judge Napolitano about crime reduction when law-abiding citizens own and carry guns for self-defense.
On CNN Chris Cuomo, Ana Navarro, and Steve Cortes trade claims about research on crime by illegal aliens versus native-born Americans. While Cuomo and Navarro claim that there is no research showing illegal aliens commit crime at a higher rate than...
Fox Nation's Deep Dive gets into the current gun control proposals being put forward in Congress and state legislatures. Host James Freeman leads a discussion with Ray Kelly (the longest serving Commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department), John...
Dr. John Lott talked to Dana Loesch about a few of the false claims made in the gun control debate. More information is available here. (Friday, January 4, 2019: 6 PM)
Dr. John Lott talked to John Cardillo on NewsMax TV about whether people who have been involuntarily committed for even a period of observation should be banned for life from owning guns. (Friday, December 28, 2018, 1:53 to 1:55 PM)
Dana Loesch's Relentless interviewed Dr. John Lott about the impact of concealed handguns on crime (see also here). They also discussed the problems with using justifiable homicides to measure defensive gun uses (see also here). (Wednesday, December 12, 2018, from...
Dr. John Lott was on Dana Loesch's Relentless to discuss data showing that concealed handgun permit holders are actually quite successful in stopping mass public shootings. (November 29, 2018)
Dr. John Lott joined Liz Wheeler on One America News' Tipping Point to discuss the different definitions of mass shootings and how they are often misused. (Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 9 PM hour)