https://youtu.be/bD9KZTS_eGo Dr. John Lott testified before the Michigan House Judiciary Committee about gun control bills, including licensing and universal background checks, Red Flag laws, and safe storage laws. The hearings were partially motivated by the Michigan...
CPRC original research
Support for Universal Background Checks is Very Sensitive to the Question Asked. People don’t like the laws when they find out about what the laws actually mean.
The Crime Prevention Research Center hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey people's views on universal background checks. We started with the standard question asked by survey groups such as Gallup and Morning Consult+Politico, and they added details about these...
Nikki Goeser’s Testimony before Connecticut Joint Judiciary Comm on Gun-free zones & Safe Storage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hhb_Fykvqk The Crime Prevention Research Center's Nikki Goeser testified before the Connecticut Joint Judiciary Committee on gun-free zones in restaurants that serve alcohol and safe storage. Monday, March 6, 2023
Testimony to the Vermont State Senate Judiciary Committee on Banning those Under 21 from Owning “Assault Weapons.” UPDATE: Despite a 4-to-1 Democrat majority, that provision was defeated unanimously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBs5u7y1rrM Dr. John Lott testified before the Vermont state Senate Judiciary Committee about SB 4, which would ban those under 21 years old from owning so-called "Assault Weapons." A copy of Lott's written testimony is available here....
UPDATED: People legally carrying guns have helped police officers solve crimes
Defuniak Springs, Florida, November 4, 2023 A man who has been suspected of committing a series of thefts in DeFuniak Springs and surrounding areas ran away after a traffic stop. The manhunt ended 30 minutes later when three residents held the suspect at gunpoint....
UPDATED: Good Samaritans: People legally carrying guns have protected others
South Bend, Indiana, December 21, 2023 The suspect entered the gas station with a handgun and was attempting to rob it at gunpoint. As the suspect got into a struggle with the clerk, an armed concerned citizen discharged his firearm, striking the suspect. The South...
At Fox News and Fox Business: Murders are becoming even more concentrated in a handful of urban counties, report shows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7vdPFzTBYw New Crime Prevention Research Center study has gotten coverage at Fox News, Fox Business, and on Fox News Radio. Here is a report from Fox News: Murders in the U.S. are becoming increasingly concentrated in densely populated...
Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary on Gun Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7unVdqstiJA Dr. John Lott testified before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security for a hearing titled “Examining Uvalde: The Search for Bipartisan Solutions to Gun Violence." They discussed different gun...
At Real Clear Investigations: Europe Shows a Clear Link Between Immigration and Crime — Like the One the U.S. Seriously Downplays
Dr. John Lott and James Varney have a piece at Real Clear Investigations on the relationship between crime and immigration. The data used in the investigation is available as a STATA data set here. The regression output is shown at the bottom of this post. The piece...
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2022
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2021 are available here. As the United States is moving into a post-pandemic era, the number of concealed handgun permits has continued...
Much more violence against Pro-life people than against Pro-choice since the Supreme Court Leak on May 3rd: 135 Attacks on Pro-life people between the Supreme Court Leak on May 3rd and September 24th, 2022, Only 6 attacks were identified in the other direction
Political violence is central to so much of the political debate in the US. Since a draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning Roe v. Wade leaked in early May 2022, pro-abortion violence has again become a focus of the...
Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.4%, the correct number is at least 34.4%. In 2021, it is at least 49.1%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 50%.
FBI ACTIVE SHOOTER DATABASE is available here for people who want to check all the casesDownload Data: For convenience, a PDF of the Excel file is also available here and a webpage with the list and links to the underlying news stories. FBI Active Shooting reports are...