John R. Lott Jr.

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John R. Lott Jr. is the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. Until January, he was the senior adviser for research and statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy, and he worked on voter fraud issues.

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    • Opinion

    Thanks to a Gun, She Saved Her Life. 7-Eleven Fired Her.

    John R. Lott Jr.
    Stephanie Dilyard is lucky to be alive. Yet last week, 7-Eleven fired the 25-year-old after she used her gun to save her own life. Private companies have every right to set rules for employee behavior, but many corporate policies that require workers to remain passive and comply with criminals’ demands rest on a deeply mistaken…
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    • Opinion

    How Progressive Prosecutors Are Manipulating Crime Data
    John R. Lott Jr.

  • Law Enforcement Collapse Masks Rising Crime Rates
    John R. Lott Jr.

  • New Gun Regulation Handicaps the Disabled
    John R. Lott Jr.

  • California Billboards Don’t Tell the Whole Story
    John R. Lott Jr.
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