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,...
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.
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuohe7UuVik 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...
Dr. John Lott testified before the Tennessee State Senate on Constitutional Carry. Here is a link to the PowerPoint that Lott used when he testified before the Kentucky state House. Download March 3, 2021
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Dr. John Lott will be joining 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.
“The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.” -- Louisiana state Constitution regarding firearms that was enacted via ballot measure in 2012. Over 74...