John Lott has an op-ed at LifeZette on whether there is the claimed support for background checks on private gun transfers. Gun control advocates like President Obama keep claiming that 80 to 90 percent of Americans are in favor of expanded background check...
Month: January 2016
CPRC on Turkish Television discussing Obama’s executive actions on Guns: What passes for “debate” by some gun control advocates
John Lott "debated" Leah Barrett, the executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, about President Obama's new executive orders on guns. The debate starts at 5:38 into the video and let's people again see what is sometimes like to debate gun control...
Police Chiefs and Sheriffs around the Country tell citizens to “Take advantage of your legal right to carry a firearm”
Sheriff David Clarke is a member of CPRC's Board of Directors. From Fox News: One California police chief is backing teachers in his district packing heat. Detroit Police Chief James Craig has been a leader in urging his community to arm itself. A Maryland sheriff is...
Police officer lucky to have had body camera, camera shows accusations of abuse by officer clearly false
From Fox 5 in Atlanta: STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - In this day and age, police officers are under intense scrutiny. Any complaint of bad conduct could trigger an internal investigation and possible disciplinary action. So our FOX 5 I-Team was intrigued when a DeKalb Fire...
Will gun control advocates next want to ban revolvers after they ban semi-autos?: Bans on Semi-autos proposed in California, Georgia, and Washington
Picture shows someone loading his revolver with a speed loader. Back in 1998 Barack Obama supported a “ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.” But Obama's past views are now all the rage among Democrats. Yet, at the CNN Townhall on guns on...
CPRC in the News around the nation and the world over the last few weeks: Fox News, Real Clear Policy, Washington Post, Hot Air, Daily Caller, Huffington Post, and many other places
Real Clear Policy, December 28, 2015 Kleck suggested that concealed-carry laws don't even increase the carrying of guns; instead, they just legalize what people were doing anyway. In response, Lott pointed out that the rising number of concealed-carry permits has...
“Thank God for concealed carry.” Two different concealed carry permit holders in Chicago area stop armed robbers on same day
In reading these stories note that with the total cost of getting a permit in Illinois is about $500. By contrast, in Indiana it is $49.95. Chicago would be hearing a lot more stories if more people could afford getting a permit. From a T-Mobile cellphone store on...
CPRC interviewed by The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) on new California legislation to ban semi-automatic rifles accept detachable magazines and fire centerfire ammunition
John Lott talked to The Press Enterprise's Richard De Atley: Attorney General Kamala Harris and Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, announced the bill -- AB1663 -- saying it would close what Harris called the “bullet button loophole” for weapons currently legal...
CPRC on The Jim Bohannon Show: Texas open carry law and Obama’s executive actions for expanded background checks, mental health and more…
John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about the new law in Texas to allow open carry of guns for law-abiding citizens. Information on how the president's executive actions on guns will have a real negative impact on law-abiding people's ability to be able to defend...
CPRC on The Doc Washburn Show: Does Obama believe you should be able to own a gun? No.
Dr. John Lott Jr., goes into details with Doc Washburn of 102.9 KARN about Obama's statement back in 1996 (at The University of Chicago Law School) that he "didn't believe people should be able to own guns." More information is given about the real costs imposed on...
CPRC on the Steve Gruber Show: Expanded background checks costs to the public being able to defend themselves
Dr. Lott speaks with show host Steve Gruber about the problems with expanded background checks and runs through the real costs of forcing these rules on law-abiding people. (Tuesday Jan 5, 2016) (Tuesday Jan 12, 2016) Among the stations carrying the Michigan...
CPRC in Investors’ Business Daily: “Bloomberg Twists Gun Research To Political Ends”
John Lott's newest piece is on Michael Bloomberg's efforts to pollute the academic debate with false statistics. Michael Bloomberg keeps pouring $50 million into his Everytown organization to push gun control. That's just a portion of the money he's spending....