John Lott informs us about askjohnlott.org but warns us that it is not run by him and is "trying to create a negative impression".
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Jeff Johnson has an story on the defacement of askjohnlott.org (now restored, by the way), but apparently both Lott and Larry Pratt suspect that the defacement was staged:
"I think we have to assume that the owner of the fraudulent site that hijacked John Lott's name is running…
askjohnlott.org now just contains the following text:
AskJohnLott.org was recently hacked by someone who values the Second Amendment but not the First. Although we at AskJohnLott.org can understand why pro-gun extremists would be afraid of free speech, we believe that the entire Bill of Rights…
There is now a disclaimer at the bottom of every page at askjohnlott.org:
This site is not run by John Lott, he has no affiliation with it. It is run by Mary Rosh. John Lott used Mary Rosh to support his books in internet forums, and put false claims in her mouth. Now Mary Rosh has created this…
Jeff Johnson of CNSNews.com has a fourth story about the Lott parody site askjohnlott.org. Johnson discusses the evidence that Jonah Peretti is involved with the site and quotes Lott:
"I don't see how one can get around that [Peretti] either is running it, or he knows in detail…