American scholar, researcher
John Lott writes for the Federalist about one state government’s disturbing approach toward gun owners. For those concerned that background checks will eventually be used to create gun registries that…
John Lott writes for Real Clear Wire about one major media outlet’s spin on recent gun-related stories. Legally armed civilians, we’re told, pose a major danger. They shoot innocent bystanders,…
John Lott writes for the Federalist about a “bogus” new report on political violence. On Sunday, at the memorial for Charlie Kirk — murdered by a leftist because of his…
John Lott writes for the New York Post about Democrats’ misuse of crime statistics. “Make no mistake, violent crime was up under Donald Trump,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz warned in…
John Lott writes for the Federalist about the Democratic vice presidential nominee’s approach toward gun rights. “I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt,” Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn.,…
John Lott writes for National Review Online about Americans’ concerns involving crime. A Gallup survey last November showed that 92 percent of Republicans and even 58 percent of Democrats believed…
Mark Chesnut highlights a recent revelation about the FBI’s role in misleading the public about responsible gun owners’ role in dealing with active shooters. In mid-December, Dr. John Lott, president…
John Lott and Steven Smith write for the Federalist about one way to help restore trust in election results. Unfortunately, election officials across the country are not keeping the most…
Charles Sullivan of the American Thinker offers a negative assessment of election integrity measures across the United States. Most Americans are simply unaware of how weak and haphazard our voter…
A recent edition of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis features John Lott’s endorsement of election integrity measures. Sixteen years ago, in 2005, the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform issued a report…
John Lott writes for the Federalist about an inconvenient fact most voter ID critics choose to ignore. The Crime Prevention Research Center, which I run, has compiled a database on…
John Lott writes at Real Clear Investigations about inconvenient facts for American opponents of voter ID. Democrats and much of the media are pushing to make permanent the extraordinary, pandemic-driven…