A video of the first panel testifying on the bill to reduce the number of gun-free zones in Nevada is available below (Lott's testimony starts at 5:54 into the video below). Since the first panel went through a lot of the facts regarding guns and schools as well as...
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Bloomberg’s Amazingly Inaccurate Ad to Keep Areas Gun-Free Zones
Bloomberg's argument here is that the bill to allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry on school property is really an attempt to let criminals carry guns around schools. The fact that people will need a permit that requires a criminal background check is never...
CPRC on Wyoming Public Television to discuss gun-free zones
While John Lott was visiting Cheyenne, Wyoming last week, he was interviewed by Craig Blumenshine about gun-free zones. The interview of Wyoming Public Television was broadcast on Friday, February 27th, 2015 at 8 PM. The content of this interview came out very well.
CPRC’s research used in legislative debate over gun-free zones in South Dakota
Our research has been used in legislative debate over allowing permitted concealed handguns on college campuses. The state House bill that would allow concealed carry at the University of South Dakota was defeated by a 48 to 20 vote. The president of the University...
CPRC testifies before the Wyoming State Senate on Gun-Free Zones
John Lott was the lead witness to testify before the Wyoming state Senate Education Committee about a bill to eliminate gun-free zones in government buildings and public school and universities. From Wyoming Public Radio: Only concealed permit holders would be allowed...
CPRC in the Chicago Tribune: “Take a gun to the mall”
John Lott's newest piece at the Chicago Tribune starts this way: Over the weekend Somali terrorists threatened to attack the Mall of America in Minnesota. They called for a massacre similar to the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed and...
With terrorist threats, the Mall of America is another gun-free zone
The news is filled with a new Somali terror group threat against the Mall of America. With a large number of Somalis living in the twin city area, this threat carries real significance. Indeed, all three targets listed by the terrorists are gun-free zones. Does...
Yet another mall shooting where guns were banned: Monroeville Mall near Pittsburgh
Time after time at the mall shootings keep occurring at places that ban guns: the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake; Westroads Mall in Omaha; Nebraska, the Clackamas Town Center Mall in Portland, the Mall in Columbia, Maryland; Oregon; or Melbourne Square Mall in...
Pennsylvania town posts signs: “This is not a gun free zone”
Conoy Township has only a little over 3,000 people, but they may be getting some unusual attention. From Lancaster, Pennsylvania's LNP: Conoy Township has a message for criminals who might be thinking about preying on its residents: This is not a gun-free zone. And...
Survivor of the Columbine High School massacre, now a Colorado state legislator, introduces bill to end gun-free school zones
Newly elected state Rep. Patrick Neville is making a bit of a splash. From the Denver Post (picture also from Post): A student who survived the Columbine High School massacre has introduced a bill that would allow anyone with a concealed weapons permit the right to...
Afghan police arming schoolteachers and university lecturers to protect against terrorist attacks
Since the Taliban massacred 150 people at a Peshawar school in December, the Afghan police are teaching teachers how to use guns to protect their students and themselves. The CPRC has recently discussed the benefits of letting civilians rather than uniformed police...
Two burglars were thwarted by a University of Central Florida student with a gun
Students also benefit from the option to protect themselves. In the video available here, the male student describes how one of the burglars pointed a gun (what turned out to be a pellet gun) at point blank range right at the student's head. From WESH.com in...