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Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

Today we're joined by John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, to tackle the rising concerns about political violence and assassinations in America.

Are we entering a dangerous new era? Is one political side more prone to violence than theinations in America. Are we entering a dangerous new era?

Is one political side more prone to violence than the other?

We'll also dive into the data and mass shooters, their mental health, and why experts

often miss the warning signs, despite many already being under psychiatric care.

Plus, we'll explore the role of gun-free zones in mass shootings and whether transgender-related

violence is on the rise.

Stay tuned for a really jam-packed interview with tons of research and facts with John Lott

of the Crime Prevention Research Center.

Well, John Lott, it's great to have you on this show.

You know, obviously, particularly in your area of expertise, there's so much disinformation

and intentional and misinformation that's out there.

I think, you know, one thing, and, you know, we were talking about this before we got started,

obviously we're all just like extremely heavy-hearted with what happened to Charlie and just really saying that there's so much evil in the world. And, you know, we always knew it was there, but just to have it be that profound, you know, to lose a really good man who, you know, we were lucky enough to know, who loved this country, loved his wife, loved his kids, loved God,

and yet they killed them, you know, but it really has led to this conversation that people

are having about concerns of just like assassination

culture and political violence in the country.

Do you see things heading in a direction where that's more commonplace or kind of like,

what are you seeing and what are your takeaways and thoughts and just this really heavyhearted few days that we've

had here as a country?

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