John R. Jr.
American economist
John Richard Lott Jr. is an American economist, political commentator, gun rights advocate, and Trump administration official.CPRC was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. Lott recently served in the Trump administration as Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Justice Programs for the US Department of Justice and then the Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Legal Policy for the US Department of Justice.
Nobel laureate Milton Friedman noted: John Lott has few equals as a perceptive analyst of controversial public policy issues
Lott is a prolific author for both academic and popular publications. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and written ten books, including More Guns, Less Crime,The Bias Against Guns, and Freedomnomics.