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Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Wake Up America Weekend to discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s failure to secure the border. Kamala Harris failed as a "border czar" to protect American interests. (NewsMax’s Wake Up America Weekend, Sunday, September 15, 2024, from 7:48 to 7:54 AM ET)

Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Rob Schmitt Tonight to discuss the violent crime that has soared under the Biden-Harris administration according to the just-released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). (Friday, September 13, 2024, from 7:07 to 7:15 PM ET)

Dr. John Lott appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss recently released data demonstrating elevated crime levels throughout the term of the Biden-Harris administration. See also Dr. Lott’s op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics” (https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/democrats-hide-the-rise-in-violent-crime-with-tricky-stats/). (Friday, September 13, 2024) The program airs on the American Family Radio Network, Bott Radio, the KTLW Radio Network, and independent Christian radio stations nationwide.

Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Greg Kelly Reports to discuss the border issues and their serious consequences. Seven million migrants have entered the U.S. under the Biden-Harris administration, and Kamala Harris continues to play the blame game regarding the border. (NewsMax’s Greg Kelly Reports, Monday, September 2, 2024, from 9:40 to 9:46 PM ET)

Dr. John Lott Jr. talked to Chuck Bonniwell and Julie Hayden on The Chuck & Julie Show about the latest school shooting in Barrow County, Georgia, and Dr. Lott's new piece at The Federalist titled "CDC, FBI Working To Hide Data Showing Shootings Stopped By Good Guys With Guns". They also discussed the alarming reality behind rising crime rates. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics.” (Wednesday, September 4, 2024, from 3:38 to 3:58 PM MT) Links: John R. Lott, Jr., “CDC, FBI Working To Hide Data Showing Shootings Stopped By Good Guys With Guns,” The Federalist, September 4, 2024. https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/04/cdc-fbi-working-to-hide-data-showing-shootings-stopped-by-good-guys-with-guns/ John R. Lott, Jr., “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics,” New York Post, August 13, 2024. https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/democrats-hide-the-rise-in-violent-crime-with-tricky-stats/

Dr. John Lott was on the Fact Vs Fiction Panel at the Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (G.O.A.L.S.) in Knoxville, TN with William Kirk, Shermichael Singleton, Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, and Braden Langley. #cprc #crimepreventionresearchcenter #goalsconvention #GOA https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/on-fact-vs-fiction-panel-at-g-o-a-l-s-2024-in-knoxville-tn/

Dr. John Lott appeared on TNT Radio’s The Freeman Report with James Freeman to discuss freedom of speech in the United States and Dr. Lott's op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics” (https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/democrats-hide-the-rise-in-violent-crime-with-tricky-stats/). (Tuesday, August 20, 2024)

Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Jason Lewis on WBT Charlotte’s The Brett Winterble Show to discuss Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s suspension of his presidential campaign, his endorsement of Donald Trump, and his criticism of the media for not covering his endorsement, arguing that media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are biased and fail to engage in honest journalism. They also talked about our research that Republican presidential candidate Trump referenced on how violent crime fell under Trump, rose under Biden, and law enforcement collapsed over the last few years. #cprc #crimepreventionresearchcenter https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/on-wbt-charlottes-news-talk-to-discuss-rfk-jr-s-suspended-campaign-and-crime-statistics/

Dr. John Lott talked on The Bill Martinez Show about Democrats' misunderstanding of what the crime statistics measure and hiding the rise in crime. They also discussed our research that Republican presidential candidate Trump referenced on the truth about the crime explosion and Tim Walz's lies about guns. (Monday, August 26, 2024, from 9:32 to 9:58 AM ET) Links: 1) Crime Prevention Research Center, "Did crime rise under Trump and Fall under Biden? No, the Opposite is True," crimeresearch.org, August 12, 2024. https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/did-crime-rise-under-trump-and-fall-under-biden/ 2) John R. Lott, Jr., “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics,” New York Post, August 13, 2024. https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/14/behind-tim-walzs-hunter-facade-is-a-plan-to-take-your-guns/

Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Chris Salcedo Show to discuss shootings continuing in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, and the truth about the crime statistics. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics” (https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/democrats-hide-the-rise-in-violent-crime-with-tricky-stats/). (Thursday, August 22, 2024, from 4:40 to 4:45 PM ET)

Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax2’s Ed Henry The Briefing to discuss our research on how violent crime fell under Trump, rose under Biden, and law enforcement collapsed over the last few years. In Republican presidential candidate Trump’s presentation on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024, in Michigan, he also read from two recent Crime Prevention Research Center posts. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics. #cprc #crimepreventionresearchcenter ”https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/on-newsmax2s-ed-henry-the-briefing-violent-crime-soared-by-43-under-biden-harris-administration/

Trump: “And we had a couple of instances last night where things were mentioned. So I got it. Did crime rise under Trump and fall under Biden? They said it rose under Trump and and they go, No, the opposite is true. Take a look at this here. It said, Is it true? Did crime rise under Trump and fall under Biden? No. Comma, the opposite is true. This was a study group that went out and doesn’t care, they do the numbers and there was another one that a historical comparison of the collapse of law enforcement in US cities, the drop in arrest rates over the last few years is without precedent. Lowest arrest rates we’ve ever seen. They don’t arrest people anymore. #cprc #crimepreventionresearchcenter ”https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/president-trump-references-the-crime-prevention-center-research-on-crime-rates/

Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Tim Walz's lies and Kamala Harris' stance on guns. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed piece at The Federalist titled "Behind Tim Walz’s ‘Hunter’ Facade Is A Plan To Take Your Guns" (https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/14/behind-tim-walzs-hunter-facade-is-a-plan-to-take-your-guns/). (Thursday, August 22, 2024, from 8:45 to 8:52 AM ET)

Dr. John Lott appeared on The Kim Iversen Show to discuss Democrats manipulating statistics to claim crime is down. The FBI has been finding fewer instances of crime, but people are simultaneously answering in greater numbers that they have been victims. See also Dr. Lott’s new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled “Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics” (https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/democrats-hide-the-rise-in-violent-crime-with-tricky-stats/). (Thursday, August 22, 2024)

Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax2’s Ed Henry The Briefing to discuss our research on how violent crime fell under Trump, rose under Biden, and law enforcement collapsed over the last few years. In Republican presidential candidate Trump's presentation on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024, in Michigan, he also read from two recent Crime Prevention Research Center posts (https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/president-trump-references-the-crime-prevention-center-research-on-crime-rates/). See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed piece at the New York Post titled "Democrats are hiding the rise in violent crime with tricky statistics" (https://nypost.com/2024/08/13/opinion/democrats-hide-the-rise-in-violent-crime-with-tricky-stats/). (NewsMax2’s Ed Henry The Briefing, Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 6:25 to 6:30 PM ET)

Dr. John Lott was on the Fact Vs Fiction Panel at the Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (G.O.A.L.S.) in Knoxville, TN with William Kirk, Shermichael Singleton, Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, and Braden Langley. (Saturday, August 17, 2024)

Dr. John Lott spoke at the Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (G.O.A.L.S.) in Knoxville, TN on August 17th about the myth that crime rose under Trump and fell under Biden. The decline in reported crimes is a function of less reporting, not less crime. The FBI has been finding fewer instances of crime, but people are simultaneously answering in greater numbers that they have been victims. A copy of the PowerPoint from the talk is available here: https://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Collapse-of-Law-Enforcement.pptx. (Saturday, August 17, 2024)

Dr. John Lott talked to the guest host Mark Davis on America First with Sebastian Gorka about the gun control topics that could be covered at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Kamala Harris's proposed gun buyback program. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist titled “If Elected, Kamala Harris Would Be The Most Anti-Gun President In U.S. History“ (https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/31/if-elected-kamala-harris-would-be-the-most-anti-gun-president-in-u-s-history/). (Monday, August 19, 2024, from 5:40 to 5:46 PM ET)

Dr. John Lott talked to Jan Jekielek on The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders about his extensive research into national crime rates, arrest rates, as well as gun permit laws and how they impact crime. “In 2022, the last year that we have the National Crime Victimization data for, while the FBI showed a 2 percent drop in violent crime, the National Crime Victimization data showed a 42 percent increase in total violent crime,” says Lott. Why is there such a disconnect between media reporting that violent crime is down and the public’s perception that crime is surging? “If you look at arrests for total crimes, reported and unreported, only 8 percent of violent crimes result in arrest,” says Lott. (Thursday, August 15, 2024)

Dr. John Lott appeared on TNT Radio’s State of the Nation to discuss Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. pressing Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle about access to guns at Trump rally shooting in a House Oversight hearing on the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. (Friday, August 9, 2024, from 2:30 to 2:43 PM ET)

Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Wake Up America Weekend to discuss the border crisis that Mr. Trump was speaking on in the moments before the shooting. #cprc #crimepreventionresearchcenter https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/on-newsmaxs-wake-up-america-weekend-to-discuss-border-crisis/

Tim Walz in 2018: “I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt. And I gave the [NRA’s] money back. And I will tell you what I have been doing. I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks, we can do CDC research, we can make sure that we don’t reciprocal carry among states. And we can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place carried are allowed." In just a few sentences, Walz made false claims about assault weapons, background checks, CDC research, and reciprocal carry. First, take his claims about "weapons of war." Put aside that Walz never was in war, let alone carried a weapon in war. The term "assault weapon" is nonsensical. Even the Associated Press's highly influential Stylebook, followed by the news media recognizes that fact. As the AP acknowledges, the term conveys "little meaning" and is "highly politicized." Politicians will continue calling AR-15s "weapons of war" and "assault weapons," as Walz does. But at least some of the media is now recognizing that "AR- or AK-style rifles designed for the civilian market" are fundamentally different than military weapons. "The preferred term for a rifle that fires one bullet each time the trigger is pulled, and automatically reloads for a subsequent shot, is a semi-automatic rifle," according to the AP Stylebook. "An automatic rifle continuously fires rounds if the trigger is depressed until its ammunition is exhausted. Avoid assault rifle and assault weapon, which are highly politicized terms that generally refer to AR- or AK-style rifles designed for the civilian market, but convey little meaning about the actual functions of the weapon." AR-15s and AK-47s are frequently called "military-style weapons." But the key is "style"—they are like military guns in how they look, not in how they operate. The guns are not the fully automatic machine guns used by the military, but rather semi-automatic versions of those guns. For someone who says he is a hunter, Walz surely knows this. The civilian AR-15 uses essentially the same sorts of bullets as small game-hunting rifles. It also fires at the same rate (one bullet per pull of the trigger), the bullet travels at the same speed, and does the same damage. Still, no military anywhere uses the civilian versions of either of these guns. But hunting isn't the critical issue here. Semi-automatic weapons protect people and save lives. Single-shot rifles require manual reloading after every round, and people may not have the time to reload their gun when they face multiple attackers or fire and miss. Most mass public shootings don't use any type of rifle. Fifty-three percent involve only handguns, and only 17% solely involve rifles of any variety. It should be little wonder that banning "assault" rifles did very little. During the 1994-2004 ban, the number of attacks with "assault weapons" didn't fall, and virtually no change in total mass shootings. The quote also shows Walz lying about Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research. He is referring to the 1996 Dickey Amendment – named after former Rep. Jay Dickey, R-Ark. – that supposedly barred the federal CDC from funding research on gun violence. But the Dickey Amendment actually stated: "None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control." The amendment allowed CDC-funded research. but banned CDC advocacy. So, despite what gun-control advocates claim, research continued under the Dickey Amendment. Despite what Walz and other gun control backers say, neither the total number of papers nor pages devoted to firearms research decreased. As to Walz advocating for states to stop recognizing concealed handgun permits from other states (reciprocity), permit holders are convicted of firearms-related violations at one-twelfth the rate at which police officers are. And police are convicted at just one-twentieth of the rate for the general population. There is no evidence that any permit holder from another state has committed a gun crime in Minnesota. As to background checks, the U.S. has required background checks on gun sales by all firearms dealers since 1994. What Walz wants is background checks on any private transfer of guns, even between relatives. It allows the government to put together a national gun registry, and gun control activists push for registration to solve crime. In theory, if criminals leave their registered guns at a crime scene, they can then be traced back to the perpetrator. But in real life, in states from Hawaii to New York, as well as countries such as Canada, where guns have been registered and licensed, police can't point to any crimes these costly systems have been able to solve. Registration only really assists in confiscating guns. Walz isn't just making false statements about his military record.

Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Kamala Harris's running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and his radical leftism. They also discussed Tim Walz's lies on gun control and his false claims that he carried weapons "in war". (Thursday, August 8, 2024)

Dr. John Lott appeared on The Bill Martinez Show to discuss the misunderstanding of what the crime statistics measure and the hiding of the rise in crime. The American people are being misled on crime statistics because many property crimes are being underreported, and the most common reason for not reporting is that most victims believe that charges will not be filed. See also Dr. Lott's op-ed at the Wall Street Journal titled "The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It" (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-media-say-crime-is-going-down-dont-believe-it-e5b07784). (Thursday, August 8, 2024, from 9:06 to 9:29 AM ET)

Dr. John Lott talked to Kate Fantinel at FreedomFest in Las Vegas. They covered topics including how Australians are a nation of defenseless victims with no legal means to defend themselves (including with pepper spray); how the statistics on gun crime clearly show the government and media narratives on gun control don’t stack up; how Australia’s gun deaths were falling before the 1996 gun confiscation & National Firearms Agreement; and how Western Australia’s new gun laws are a clear attack on firearm owners & ideologically driven to prevent citizens from owning guns. #cprc #crimepreventionresearchcenter https://crimeresearch.org/2024/08/on-lady-liberty-australia-at-freedomfest-in-las-vegas-to-discuss-gun-control-in-australia/