Dr. John Lott talks with Judge Napolitano about crime reduction when law-abiding citizens own and carry guns for self-defense.
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo falsely claims no studies find illegal aliens commit crime at a higher rate than Americans, Steve Cortes points to our research
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...
On Fox Nation: Will Universal Background Checks, Red Flag Laws, and Assault Weapon Bans make American’s safer?
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...
On Dana Loesch’s Relentless: A few examples of how data are misused in the gun control debate
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)
Should people who have been involuntarily committed for mental health reasons face a lifetime gun ban?
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)
On Dana Loesch’s Relentless: Understanding claims about defensive gun use
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...
On Dana Loesch’s Relentless: Permit holders are quite successful in stopping mass public shootings
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)
On One America News: “New research exposes liberal lies about gun violence”
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)
On Dana Loesch’s Relentless: Comparing mass public shootings across countries and states and on the dangers of gun-free zones
Dana Loesch and Dr. John Lott comparing mass public shooting statistics across countries and states and discussing the dangers of gun-free zones. (Wednesday, November 14, 2018, from 6:03 to 6:15 PM)
On One America News to discuss mass public shootings: How to stop, media bias. and international comparisons
Dr. John Lott appeared on the One America News Network's The Daily Ledger to discuss what can be done to stop mass public shootings such as the attack at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California on November 7th. He also talked about the media bias...
On NewsMax TV: Few Mass Public Killers Have Obvious Political or Religious reasons and the Media bias on guns
Dr. John Lott talked to John Cardillo and Dick Farrel on NewsMax TV to discuss how few mass public killers have obvious political or religious reasons and the media bias on guns. (Wednesday, October 31, 2018, from 2:25 to 2:31 PM)
On CRTV’s Get off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes to talk about whether politics or religion motivates most mass public shooters
Dr. John Lott talked to Gavin McInnes on his CRTV show about our new research on whether politics or religion motivates most mass public shooters. (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)