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 did not mention fully automatic weapons. A similar finding is...

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 control. (Thursday, April 18, 2024)

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 in 2023 in the state of New Jersey, I have not chosen a exac...

Highlights Data from the federal government and a variety of reputable sources indicate that violent and property crimes increased, not decreased in recent years. Dozens… The post 25 Examples Of Increasing Crime-Is Record Fear Of Crime Justified? appeared first on Crime in America.Net.

The Crime Prevention Research Center often points out the issue of marginal deterrence. Examples that we point to include mass public shooters. Suppose the Nashville Covenant School mass murderer had lived and faced six life sentences or six death penalties. Would an additional six years from viola...

Akron, Ohio, January 1, 2024 (News 5 Cleveland) It happened around 7:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day at the Taco Bell on South Arlington Street. According to the 911 call, a masked man entered the restaurant and approached employees at gunpoint. One of the employees ran and hid in the freezer and called ...

CBS’ FBI “Most Wanted” raises former Republican Congressman George Santos as their example of a liar (Season 1, Episode 2, February 20, 2024). It is a very small example, but when all the other consistent liberal biases in the show are taken into account, it isn’t particularly surprising.

Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall In 2023, New Orleans had the third highest per capita murder rate in the country according to the FBI. Last week, New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick claimed that the city can lower this rate by creating a“firearm-free” zone encompassing the French Qu...

Dr. John Lott talked to Jennifer Grossman on The Atlas Society Asks about his book “Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched “studies” have twisted the facts on gun control.“ (Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 5:00 to 6:00 PM ET)

From One America News: “Texas Sen. John Cornyn was the first to announce his campaign to replace Mitch McConnell as the senate’s GOP leader, but now Dr. John Lott president of the Crime Prevention Research Center says that Cornyn’s race for a senate leadership post could expose his lack of support ...

The U.S. employs two distinct measures of crime. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting program counts the number of crimes reported to police annually. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in its National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), asks 240,000 people a year whether the...

Dr. John Lott appeared on Securing America with Frank Gaffney to discuss his new piece with Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) at The Federalist titled: “Biden’s Federal ‘Red Flag’ Center Defies The Constitution In More Ways Than One.” (Sunday, March 31, 2024)