If gun control advocates were more confident with their arguments, presumably they wouldn't have to so grossly exaggerate their numbers. On December 27th, 2016 Politifact evaluated this claim that there are 7 children a day who die from guns, and Politifact's Chris...
Month: December 2016
UPDATED: Twelve Additional Defensive gun uses by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders During December that we didn’t previously report
Here are (now) twelve more defensive gun uses by concealed handgun permit holders from across the country. Chicago, Illinois, (8200 block of South Ingleside, Chicago) December 30, 2016, Chicago Sun-Times A man with a concealed-carry license fatally shot a would-be...
States with larger percent black populations do seem to be seeing larger percent increases in background checks for guns
With gun sales continuing to increase after the November 8th general election, many have pointed to the increase in gun sales to blacks, though the evidence has been anecdotal. NBC News contacted gun storeowners who reported seeing up to four times as many black and...
CPRC’s Research Discussed in the Washington Times: “Study upends narrative of racist white officers”
This article appeared on Monday, December 26, 2016: Despite an intense national focus on high-profile police shootings involving white officers and black men, a new study shows that white officers are not statistically more likely to shoot and kill a black suspect....
CPRC at National Review: “Hollywood’s Gun-Control Dud”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review on what the movie Miss Sloane and the election results tell us about where the gun debate stands. The piece starts this way: Miss Sloane, a highly anticipated movie demonizing the NRA and calling for gun...
UPDATE: How badly did the gun control movie, Miss Sloane, end up doing? Fewer than 10 people per movie theater per day this past weekend
After its second full weekend of national release it is clear that the new gun control movie, Miss Sloane, will soon be yanked from most of the theaters showing it. The movie has so far made $3.2 million, but its budget was reported $13 million. In addition, they...
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Getting Training Even When It Isn’t Required
While adopting Constitutional Carry in Idaho means that training is no longer mandated by state law, the Idaho Statesman has some interviews that show that even people who are carrying without a permit still feel the need to get training. However, the benefit of not...
CPRC in the News: Daily Caller (2), Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, and many others
The Dominion Post (Morgantown, West Virginia), December 18, 2016 Morgantown City Council will once again take aim at determining whether firearms should be allowed in municipal buildings, and if so, who should be permitted to carry them. The issue is among those...
Five Defensive Gun Uses with Permitted Concealed Handguns over just four days, one example of media bias
The fourth case below provides and example of one of the very few defensive gun use cases that gets picked up by other media around the country. It is also an example of media bias in terms of how these cases are covered as the reason it got extensive media coverage...
Review of “The War on Guns” at Breitbart: “The War on Guns will educate you and will then become a reference resource you will turn to again and again”
AWR Hawkins has a review of The War on Guns at Breitbart. If you have ever thought it would be helpful to have a reference book you could flip through to quickly read up on the actual facts surrounding things like background checks, mass public shootings, stand your...
CPRC at Fox News: “The real truth about Facebook’s ‘fake news’ filters”
Dr. John Lott as another piece at Fox News on some of the false statements that fact checkers have made about guns, crime, taxes, and vote fraud. To protect Americans against “fake” news, Facebook will now use filters so that only “reputable” articles can appear at...
Review of “The War on Guns” at Legal Insurrection: “masterfully researched book on guns, public policy & propaganda”
Andrew Branca has a review of Dr. Lott's new book at Legal Insurrection. The entire review is worth reading. Here are a few select paragraphs from it. For those of us in the gun rights and concealed carry community (and old enough to have been around) the 1990s was...