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Australians are dramatically more likely to be victims of violent crime than Americans
Dr. John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, compared the violent crime rates in Australia and the United States. Australian are clearly at much greater risk of violent crime than...
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At the New York Post: How Trump’s ICE enforcement record blows Obama’s out of the water— by a lot
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the New York Post. . The media narrative against President Donald Trump’s effort to enforce immigration law was on full display last week at a White House press briefing. . “Earlier you were just defending ICE agents . . . that...
At the Wall Street Journal: Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Wall Street Journal. . Blue-state gun laws are back before the Supreme Court. The justices barred states in 2022 from requiring concealed-handgun permit applicants to demonstrate a need for the license. Rather than comply with...
Spectator Australia: Australians more likely to be victims of violent crime than Americans
Dr. John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, have a new op-ed piece in the Spectator Australia. An additional reason for Australian crime numbers being biased downward is provided...
At the New York Post: New data reveals the horrific truth about illegal-immigrant crime
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post. ChatGPT and Grok's evaluations of the accuracy of the article are attached at the end. A comparison is also provided for the Texas and American Community Survey (ACS) data that is often used by those who want to...
At The Federalist: The supposed benefits of Australia’s gun confiscation rest on flawed statistics.
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . Democrats in the United States repeatedly praise Australia’s 1996 gun confiscation law as a successful model to emulate, while many Australians — especially after the Bondi Beach terror attack earlier this week —...
In the Australian Spectator: Gun laws and the helpless horror of Bondi: Would even tougher gun laws have saved lives at Bondi?
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the Australian Spectator with Kesten Green, a researcher at the University of South Australia, about the massacre of Jews at the Bondi beach in Australia. The piece appeared in Australia on December 16th, 2025. . Australia already has...
At Real Clear Politics: WSJ’s Fearmongering Doesn’t Survive Contact With the Evidence
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Real Clear Politics. Also covered at Zero Hedge, Lucianne.com, and JohnLocke.org. . Legally armed civilians, we’re told, pose a major danger. They shoot innocent bystanders, justifiably kill others whenever they personally...
At The Federalist: DOJ Lawsuits Against Gun Control Policies Especially Protect The Weak
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. . Gun control laws disproportionately harm minorities, women, and the poor — the people who benefit most from being able to protect themselves. _________ In a major shakeup at the U.S. Department of Justice, the...
Videos
Talks
Talk in Brazil 2025 on How to Make People Safer
https://youtu.be/mSRArgsIXwg?si=0mT4jjMoDETqRUQ0&t=729 Sorry, the video is bouncing around a fair amount. While the video here is started at Lott's presentation, you can watch Luciano Lara's talk before Lott. Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Brazil on July 5th that...
PowerPoints from a Debate at the University of Connecticut Law School and a Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Unfortunately, there aren't videos of the presentations, but here are the PowerPoints From the University of Connecticut on October 28th: How does gun control affect public safety? University of Connecticut DebateDownload From the University of Pennsylvania on October...
Talk at the Monday Meeting in New York City: Discussing the Recent Crimes at the School in Minneapolis, the Stabbing in Charlotte, and Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Dr. John Lott again addressed the Monday Meeting in New York City (some old appearances here and here). He discussed then recent crimes at the school in Minneapolis, the stabbing in Charlotte, and Charlie Kirk's assassination. Part of the talk is related to Lott's...
Media Appearances
On Oregon KMED’s Bill Meyer Show: To Discuss Crime by Illegal Immigrants
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Meyer on Oregon’s KMED about whether the claim that illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than native citizens is true. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at the New York Post titled "New data reveals the horrific truth about illegal-immigrant...
On KNSI’s Hot Talk With the Ox: To Discuss Illegal-Immigrant Crime
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Ochsner on KNSI's Hot Talk With the Ox about his new op-ed at the New York Post titled "New data reveals the horrific truth about illegal-immigrant crime." (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)
On The Bill Martinez Show: To Discuss Illegal-Immigrant Crime
Dr. John Lott talked on The Bill Martinez Show about illegal-immigrant crime and related costs. They also discussed the resignation of a Wisconsin judge after being convicted of obstructing the arrest of an illegal immigrant, as well as the arrest of Venezuela’s...
All Our Posts
Comparing Death Rates of People Detained by ICE During the Obama Administration and in 2025. The Death Rate Per Detainee was Higher Under Obama.
Some people claim that 32 people died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last year (2025). Between January 20th, 2025 and the end of November, the Trump administration arrested 595,000 illegal aliens and deported 605,000. So the rate last year...
Canada’s gun buy program is a complete bust: Federal government confirms 25 guns collected from 16 participants in ‘buyback’ [confiscation] pilot
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation reports the federal government “agreed to give at least $149,760” to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality to carry out the confiscation. In addition, $26,535 was paid to the 16 individuals whose guns were purchased. Those costs total...
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Continue to Lean Politically Left on Crime, Policing, and Gun Control
Students, reporters, and researchers already rely heavily on AI chatbot programs to write term papers, media reports, and research papers, and social media influencers frequently cite them as well. Thirteen AI chatbots are currently available for public use, as...















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