My piece at Real Clear Investigations (RCI) on the FBI secretly updating its crime data, changing a drop in crime to an increase, is continuing to get a lot of news coverage. Joe Rogan and Donald Trump discussed it in their appearance on Rogan’s podcast. At last check on Friday, that interview had been seen by 43 million on YouTube and tens of millions more on other platforms.
Fox News’ The Five and @Night with Trace Gallagher had segments discussing the RCI piece. Sixty news articles included Fox News (here, here, and here), the Washington Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Daily Caller. Glenn Beck discussed it on his national radio show.
The U.S. House Oversight Committee also began investigating the FBI’s actions. Chair Congressman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to the FBI citing our work and demanding answers from the FBI.
I discussed the findings on radio shows, including Lars Larson’s national radio show, D.C.’s WMAL, and Chicago’s WIND-AM. Television shows included Blaze TV’s Stu Does America, Just the News on Real America’s Voice, The Liz Wheeler Show, One America News’ Tipping Point, and NewsMax.
Given the massive misinformation on crime by Democrats and the media, I hope that I have been able to make some difference in the debate.
On the amusing side, Michael Bloomberg’s The Trace worries that Trump might win the election and I might get a position in his administration. They appear particularly concerned that I might head up the Office of Gun Violence Prevention created by Biden and run by Kamala Harris. Possibly, Bloomberg’s employees know something that I don’t know, but I just think that it is their worst fear. Of course, the problem with me getting such a high-profile position is that gun control advocates would go completely nuts, and an administration would have to be willing to spend a lot of political capital on putting up with the national media backlash.
Other appearances discussed our work on crime by illegal immigrants. I talked about that on radio shows such as the Michigan Talk Network and St. Louis’ giant KFTK-FM. I also discussed school shootings and the importance of arming teachers on national radio shows: The Larry Elder Show and the Rich Valdes America at Night Show.
We have updated our list of defensive gun uses by people legally carrying concealed handguns for July 2024.
We have continued compiling examples of media bias on guns. Apple TV’s Bad Monkey had one segment where a concealed carry permit holder has his handgun taken from him by a criminal and it is used against a police officer. But that show also had a rare defensive gun use that turned out well.
If you haven’t already seen it, please watch our new video with John Stossel, which covers our new research showing errors in the FBI’s active shooting reports.
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Research
New 2023 FBI Reported Crime Data is Out, FBI Data Adjusted for Previous Years, In 2022, the FBI had Previously Shown Reported Violent Crime was down -2.1%, but Now Up 4.5%. A net change of 80,029 more violent crimes. The media refuses to Cover Data on Total Violent Crime.
The Revised FBI Crime Data Reveals that it Originally Missed 1,699 Murders in 2022. Given that Almost all Murders are Reported, How Does the FBI Miss that Many Murders?.
Op-eds
Real Clear Investigations: Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats.
Recent Talks
Dr. Lott participates in Press Briefing with Hundreds of Reporters on the Border Crisis and Crime
Dr. Lott participates in Press Briefing with Over 30 Reporters on How Crime is Increasing and Law Enforcement is Collapsing
Did Crime Decline under Biden?: Talk at G.O.A.L.S. 2024 in Knoxville, TN.
Television/Podcasts
On the Blaze TV’s Stu Does America: To Discuss FBI Stealthy Crime Statistics Revisions
On Just The News No Noice on Real America’s Voice: FBI Revises Crime Stats
On The Liz Wheeler Show: To Discuss Revised FBI Crime Statistics
On One America News’ Tipping Point: To Discuss Crime in America
On NewsMax’s Rob Schmitt Tonight: New Data Shows Crime is on the Rise.
Radio interviews/Podcasts
On the Lars Larson Show: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats
WORTH LISTENING TO: On WMAL’s Vince Coglianese Show: Discussing the Truth about Violent Crime
On Chicago’s Morning Answer WIND-AM: Discussing Revised FBI Violent Crime Stats
Worth Listening to: On St. Louis’ Giant KFTK-FM: Discussing The New Data on Migrant Crime
On The Michigan Talk Network: To Discuss New Data on Migrant Crime
On The Larry Elder Show: To Discuss School Shootings and Arming Teachers
On The Michigan Talk Network: To Discuss School Shootings
On Rich Valdés America At Night: To Discuss AI Chatbots’ Political Biases
On The Larry Elder Show: To Discuss Defensive Gun Uses and Active Shooter Incidents.
Testimony
In Spanish: Testimony before the Ecuadorian Congress on legislation for people to carry concealed handguns
CPRC testifies in support of Tennessee’s Lifetime Order of Protection Expansion Bill.
Television Show Bias on Guns
Media Bias: Another bad outcome for a Concealed Handgun Permit Holder on a TV Show: Criminal takes a Civilian’s Concealed Handgun and Shoots at the Pursuer
A Rare Defensive Gun Use on Television that Worked Out Well: Apple’s Bad Monkey.
Media Coverage of the CPRC
Joe Rogan and Donald Trump Discussed the Crime Prevention Research Center’s Work on the FBI’s Revised Crime Data
Fox News @Night With Trace Gallagher Mentions Our Research
Fox News’ The Five Mentions Our Research, though there were multiple errors in the discussion.
More Fox News Coverage of Our Report at Real Clear Investigations: ABC debate fact-check of Trump ages poorly as FBI quietly revises violent crime statistics up
Coverage of our work in the Washington Times: “New FBI data shows crime increased, even as Biden said it dropped”
Glenn Beck Show Discusses Our Work
CPRC Report in the Real Clear Investigations in the News: Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Townhall, National Review, and much more
Even More Coverage of Our Real Clear Investigations Report, CPRC in the News: The Daily Wire, The Federalist, American Thinker, Broad & Liberty, Patriot Post, and More
CPRC Report in the Real Clear Investigations in the News: Fox News, Daily Caller, Blazemedia, Law Enforcement Today, America’s 1st Freedom, Reason, and more
CPRC Report in the Real Clear Investigations in the News: American Thinker, Business & Politics, Tipp Insights, American Military News, The Times of India, and much more
More Fox News Coverage of Our Report at Real Clear Investigations: Embattled prosecutors Gascon, Foxx endorse Harris, say Trump ‘would make us all less safe’
CPRC in the News: Washington Times, One America News, Townhall, Journal Gazette (Indianapolis, Indiana), and much more.
Defensive Gun Uses
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During July 2024.
Other Testimony
Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary on Gun Control.
Selected C-SPAN Appearances
Gun Control MythsWashington Journal John Lott on Gun Violence in the U.S..
Other
FBI Finally Responds to the Real Clear Investigations Research that Shows the FBI Secretly Changed 2022 Crime Data from a Drop to an Increase. Kansas City Star: “Judging from the ridiculous answer the FBI sent me, the right-wing media reports are true.”
Michael Bloomberg’s The Trace is Worried about Dr. John Lott Joining the Trump Administration
U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY) investigating FBI over ‘quietly’ revised crime statistics
Why Ballot Drop Boxes are Dangerous: Hundreds of Ballots Destroyed in Fires
Under Kamala Harris’ Tenure as Border Czar, The Biden-Harris administration released into the U.S. 425,431 convicted criminals, 13,099 murderers
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