Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio shows about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It: The decline in reported crimes is a function of less reporting, not…
Dr. John Lott talked to Cheryl Chumley on the Washington Times’ Bold & Blunt Podcast about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It: The decline in reported crimes is a function…
Dr. John Lott appeared on RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel 124 to discuss reports that crime rates are declining. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t…
Dr. John Lott talked to Kerri Hayden-Bates on KFBC’s Cheyenne Today about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It.” They also discussed the danger of gun-free zones and the…
Dr. John Lott appeared on the national Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham to discuss the real reason crime is down across the nation. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t…
In real life, criminals generally use machine guns so rarely that a 2016 survey of prison inmates only broke down the numbers for uses in crime of handguns (11.2%), rifles (0.8%), and shotguns (1.1%). There are few rifles, and the survey…
Dr. John Lott talked to Bob Frank on Tru Blu’s Strictly Speaking for an hour about various topics, including Biden’s unconstitutional federal ‘Red Flag’ center, the collapse in law enforcement, and AI’s left-wing bias on crime and gun…
Dr. John Lott talked to Andrew Wilkow on SiriusXM’s The Wilkow Majority about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It.” (Monday, April 29, 2024, from 12:05 to 12:23 PM)
Strangely, it was very difficult to find a picture of Joshua Cobb, the ex-Marine who made this threat, in any news story outside of the local media market. “As of today I have officially began planning my attack. It is going to take place…
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall that continues our investigation into the problems with the FBI crime data. The news media relies almost exclusively on FBI data to report on changes in crime rates. But there is strong evidence…
Dr. John Lott talked to Lance Migliaccio and George Balloutine on The Big Mig Show about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal on the collapse in law enforcement. Americans think crime is on the rise, but the media keep telling them…
Dr. John Lott appears on Patriot TV’s Jason Lewis LIVE to explore the complexities surrounding the accuracy of crime statistics and their implications for public policy. Dr. Lott sheds light on the discrepancies between reported crime…
Dr. John Lott appeared on One America News Network’s Tipping Point to discuss his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal on the collapse in law enforcement. The media says crime is down because official FBI statistics say so, and yet more…
Here is the letter that the WSJ published in response to Dr. John Lott’s op-ed. . Our New Shoplifting Policy: Employees are being told not to confront store theft. . I agree with John Lott (“The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe…
Dr. John Lott talked on Chicago’s most popular morning talk program, WIND-AM’s Morning Answer, about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It.” (Monday, April 29, 2024, from 8:10…
Rasmussen Reports has done several polls over the year asking whether likely voters in America think that violent crime is getting worse. Overall, the percentage of Likely Voters who think things are getting worse has remained unchanged,…
Dr. John Lott appeared on AM 980 CJME’s The Evan Bray Show in Canada to discuss the findings of CPRC’s new research on artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots’ liberal bias concerning crime and gun control. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed at…
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It: The decline in reported crimes is a function of less…
When USA Today had two articles claiming that Trump was wrong in claiming that crime was increasing, Dr. John Lott submitted the following letter to the editor, but the newspaper didn’t run the letter. Dear Letters Editor: USA Today…
Dr. John Lott gave a talk at VDARE’s Spring 2024 Conference on immigration and the collapse of law enforcement in the US. Dr. Lott disagreed with the concerns regarding legal immigration and also pointed out that many gun control laws…
“One false claim by @JoeBiden after another,” Crime Prevention Research Center president John R Lott Jr. wrote. . . . Alexander Hall, “Biden takes heat over strange cannibal story: ‘Like something out of a bad script’,” Fox News, April 20,…
Dr. John Lott talked to the guest host Mark Davis on America First with Sebastian Gorka about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It: The decline in reported crimes is a…
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about his new piece with Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) at The Federalist on Biden’s unconstitutional federal Red Flag Center. (Friday, April 5, 2024)
As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, CBS’ NCIS Hawaii is no different (Season 3 Episode 2, February 19,…
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Officer Tatum Show to discuss his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled “The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It.” They also talked about the Tennessee bill allowing teachers and staff to be…
Dr. John Lott talked to journalist Peter Brimelow about cancellation and anti-conservative bigotry in America. They also discussed CPRC’s latest research on the collapse in law enforcement. (Thursday, April 11, 2024, from 5:00 to 5:37 PM…
Dr. John Lott appeared on Redacted with Clayton Morris to discuss his piece in the Wall Street Journal on whether crime rates are rising or falling? From the discussion at Redacted: Corporate media is telling us that crime is going down…
Dr. John Lott talked to KNRS’s Clark Aposhian about CPRC’s original research on the collapse in law enforcement. As arrest rates plummet, people have been less willing to report crime. See also Dr. Lott’s new piece at Real Clear Politics…
Dr. John Lott talked with Mark Reardon on St. Louis’ giant 100,000-watt KFTK-FM about his new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal on news outlets claiming Americans mistakenly believe that violent crime is rising. The reality is that the…
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on America’s Voice Live about ATF’s new rule that expands the definition of “engaged in the business” as a firearms dealer, a step closer to a national gun registry. They also discussed CPRC’s latest…