Constitutional Carry on the rise in many states. What does Lott hope with a Trump presidency. (Tues. Jan 17, 2017 from 6:45 to 6:53 AM) "Ft Lauderdale Airport killer once again extensive interaction with mental health professionals failed to identify someone as a...
Month: January 2017
The New York Times yet again as a Fake News Site: Citing false information from the Violence Policy Center
Once again the New York Times is citing bogus data from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) (January 12, 2017). The grim truth is that concealed-carry permit holders are rarely involved in stopping crime. But people with permits have been responsible for more than 900...
CPRC in the Associated Press: “packing guns on statehouse grounds”
Despite us emphasizing the Associated Press reporter with how incredibly rare any problems were with carrying guns at legislatures and noting that not one had been harmed in those cases, the reporter focused the very rare, minor problems that have occurred. The AP...
After this year, there will likely be 16 or 17 States that allow people to carry concealed handguns without a permit: Constitutional Carry
With Missouri, West Virginia, and Idaho enacting Constitutional Carry laws last year, twelve states allow people to carry without a permit in all or virtually all their states. This includes Montana that allows people to carry without a permit in about 99.4% of the...
CPRC on the Michael Dukes Show in Anchorage on the errors in a new Violence Policy Center report on firearm death rates and the Ft Lauderdale Airport Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Michael Dukes on Anchorage's 50,000 Watt KBYR about the Ft Lauderdale shooting as well as a new Violence Policy Center report claiming that Alaska ranks number one in the nation in terms of the rate of firearm deaths. (Friday, January 13, 2017...
Yet another case where a concealed handgun permit holder saved a police officer
These cases just don't get national news coverage. A concealed handgun permit holder saved a police officer who was being ambushed in Arizona at I-10 in Tonopah (January 12, 2017). From the UK Daily Mail: When he started to block lanes and put out flares, a...
CPRC in the Orange County Register: Should Facebook be depending on [California] PolitiFact to filter ‘reputable’ articles?
Dr. John Lott had an op-ed in the Orange County Register on California Politifact's biases on the gun control issue. The piece started this way: . . . Take a couple of PolitiFact California’s two most recent evaluations concerning gun violence. • “Since the Sandy...
CPRC in the News: Fox Business, Yahoo News!, Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Blaze, and others
Fox Business, January 9, 2017; Yahoo News!, January 9, 2017; Yahoo Finance!, January 9, 2017 “Quite simply, the Ft. Lauderdale airport is a gun-free zone," Pratt stated. "In fact, the Crime Prevention Research Center reports that 'Florida is one of only six states...
CPRC on the Larry Elder Show to discuss the Ft Lauderdale Airport Shooting
Dr. John Lott joined Larry Elder on his national radio show to discuss the Ft Lauderdale Airport Shooting and its aftermath. They also briefly talked about Thomas Sowell and his influence on Dr. Lott's research. (January 6, 2017 from 6:20 to 6:45 PM)
CPRC at National Review: “Psychiatrists Can’t Predict Mass Shootings — Meanwhile, Let the Public Defend Itself”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at National Review on the current debate that the shooting at the Ft Lauderdale Airport was due to a lack of resources for psychiatric services. The piece starts this way:' Pouring money into mental-health care won’t stop mass public...
CPRC’s Research on Policing Discussed in Walter William’s latest Column
Professor Walter William's latest column talks about the debate over police killing suspects and he cites research by the CPRC in his newest national column distributed by Creators Syndicate and run in papers across the country. A partial list of the papers that the...
Fort Lauderdale Airport Killer: Once again extensive interaction with mental health professionals failed to identify someone as a danger to others or himself
In a recent book, The War on Guns (Chapter 10), we showed that during the first seven years of the Obama administration 60 percent of the mass public shooters had been seeing mental health care professionals before their attacks (an earlier less complete report is...