In the case Miller v. Bonta, Dr. John Lott served as the expert for the plaintiff. The State of California had several statistical experts on their side: John Donohue, Louis Klarevas, and Lucy Allen. Federal Judge Benitez is quite unimpressed with the state’s experts, indicating that he thought that they did not accurately describe other research or improperly manipulated statistics to get the result they wanted.…
Dr. John Lott testified before the Louisiana House’s Administration of Criminal Justice Committee on a Constitutional Carry Bill. Here is the video of his testimony on April 28th, 2021.
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Nikki Goeser is Executive Director of the Crime Prevention Research Center and a victim/survivor of a violent crime. Nikki testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution about her concerns with red flag laws and how gun-control laws can have unintended consequences that can impact good people. Nikki explains how victims of violent crime could end up flagged and unable to protect themselves, compounding their fears and what is already a very difficult situation for them.…
Constitutional Carry, Testimony
Here is a video of Dr. John Lott’s testimony before the Texas House Homeland Security & Public Safety on March 25, 2021.
UPDATE: The Homeland Security & Public Safety passed two Constitutional Carry bills on pure party line 6-to-3 votes.
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Dr. John Lott testified before the Tennessee State Senate on Constitutional Carry.
March 3, 2021
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Tennessee House Majority Leader Representative William Lamberth presented his Lifetime Order of Protection Bill to the House Civil Justice Committee. The bill provides lifetime orders of protection for victims of violent crime from those who committed the crime. Some refer to this as “Nikki’s bill,” given the continued harassment that Nikki Goeser has suffered from her husband’s murderer.…
New Mexico House Consumer and Public Affairs committee member and bill sponsor State Representative Stefani Lord invited Dr. John Lott to be the lead witness on HB 279. The bill was an attempt to bring New Mexico in line with the laws in 40 other states and the Federal government that prohibit the seizure of guns during emergencies.…
Dr. John Lott testified before a joint Utah House and State committee about Red Flag Laws and Universal Background Checks. The committee was the Utah Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee. Lott was introduced to the committee by Curt Oda, who served in the Utah state House from 2005 through 2016.…
Dr. John Lott testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee for a “Public hearing on Behavioral Health, Second Amendment Rights, and other Gun-Related Issues.” The hearing took place in Harrisburg on Tuesday September 24, 2019. Lott was asked to be the last witness to testify so that he could comment on all the other witnesses.…
Dr. John Lott joined three other witnesses in testifying before Congress’ Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday afternoon, September 18, 2019.
A copy of Dr. Lott’s testimony is available HERE and a copy of his PowerPoint is available here.
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