At 41:10 into this Q&A session in Aspen, Colorado last week, Michael Bloomberg made this claim about who the criminals are First thing is . . . 95% of your murderers and murder victims fit one MO. You can just take the description, xerox it, and pass it out to all...
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CPRC on Frank Beckmann’s Show on WJR, the coming anti-gun push from Bloomberg
CPRC's John Lott was on the 50,000 Watt WJR from 10:50 to 11:00 AM on Friday, January 30th. Steve Gruber was substituting for Frank. Lott and Steve discussed the huge amounts of money that Bloomberg, various foundations, and President Obama are putting into trying to...
CPRC in the news on Bloomberg’s Everytown gun control claims to talk about at Thanksgiving dinner
For the second year in a row, Michael Bloomberg's Everytown has tried to get people to talk about gun control during Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the claims that Bloomberg wants people to talk to this year are no more accurate (see “Talking Turkey...
CPRC at Fox News: “Hidden consequences of Washington State’s gun background check Initiative 594”
CPRC's John Lott has another piece at Fox News that starts this way: Let’s say a stalker is threatening a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your handgun. She is trained and has no criminal record. Should you loan her your gun? If you live in...
CPRC at Fox News: “Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun propaganda”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: When former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control groups release a report, they consistently garner massive, uncritical news coverage. Alas. With the huge number of factual mistakes in these reports,...
CPRC on John Stossel’s Fox News Show discussing Bloomberg’s false claims on guns
CPRC's John Lott appeared on John Stossel's show to discuss people's fears about guns and analyze two television ads put out by Michael Bloomberg's gun control groups. John Stossel's show invited Bloomberg's various gun control organizations to send a representative...
New CPRC Report: Errors in Bloomberg’s latest report on Mass Shootings
Bloomberg's reports continue to have major errors. The CPRC is proud to release a new report on Bloomberg's most recent study on mass shootings (a copy of our report is available here). Here is the abstract of our latest report: Mass public shootings, where the...
CPRC at the Gun RIghts Policy Conference
Here is an audio of John Lott's talk at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Chicago on September 27th. Lott's presentation focused on some of the misinformation being put out by Michael Bloomberg and the Obama administration.
CPRC discussed in new Forbes article: “How Bloomberg’s Million-Dollar Desire For Gun Control Is Backfiring”
The article today in Forbes starts this way and is highly recommended: With the midterms just over a month away New York City’s former mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending at least $50 million to make his gun-control agenda part of this election. His gun-control group...
Bloomberg’s groups continue to push to ban guns in businesses
Bloomberg's groups have been pushing for sometime to get businesses to ban guns in their facilities. On Monday, Panera Bread announced that it was asking customers not to bring guns to its restaurants" ((314) 984-1000). But much of the media coverage has been...
Bloomberg’s gun controllers use lawyers to stop political debate, what is Bloomberg afraid of?
Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety put together a video about the risks that guns supposedly pose for women. Two points about this video: 1) This ex-husband could have seriously wounded or killed the woman without any help from a gun. 2) The presence of a gun in...
Media inaccurately describes Target’s position on customers bringing guns into stores
Here are some of the headlines on Target's statement on guns in their stores. Christian Science Monitor: "Target goes gun-free, becoming biggest US retailer asking customers to disarm" Financial Post: "Target Corp to customers: Your guns are not welcome in our stores,...