During his memorial address this afternoon by President Obama in Dallas he had this to say: “We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than it is to get his hands on a computer or even a book” (see 1:14:10 into the clip)....
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CPRC on Turkish Television discussing Obama’s executive actions on Guns: What passes for “debate” by some gun control advocates
John Lott "debated" Leah Barrett, the executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, about President Obama's new executive orders on guns. The debate starts at 5:38 into the video and let's people again see what is sometimes like to debate gun control...
Correcting some of the errors in Obama’s address on executive actions on guns
Here are some false claims from Obama's address yesterday. Amazingly, even though Obama is engaged in obvious cherry-picking of facts and examples, the ones that he brings up are wrong. The quotes from his address are indented and in italics. But we are the only...
President Obama and Michael Bloomberg meet in White House to discuss the Executive Actions Obama is Planning
President Obama's meeting with other gun control advocates indicates that executive action on gun control is likely imminent. From The Hill newspaper: . . . Obama huddled with Bloomberg "as part of the administration's continuing push to address gun violence in...
CPRC on Steve Malzberg’s NewsMax TV Show: “Yes, Mr. President, More Guns Equals Less Less Crime”
John Lott talked to Steve Malzberg about President Obama's comments regarding the Oregon community college shooting.
CPRC in the New York Daily News: “The myth of American gun violence”
John Lott's piece at the New York Daily News starts this way: In the wake of the murders in Charleston, President Obama has made more exaggerations and false claims about gun violence in America. He made two public addresses this past week — one to the nation on...
The incredibly flawed FBI study on active shooters, CPRC original research
The figure using the FBI data pretty much summarizes their claim: from 2000 to 2013, fatalities from public shootings in the US have grown by an average annual rate of 16.4%. While the FBI report provides graphs illustrating "active shooting incidents," not mass...
Obama renews call for more gun control
On the one-year anniversary of the Navy Yard shooting, President Obama "called on Americans to renew the push for gun-control legislation": "One year ago, 12 Americans went to work to protect and strengthen the country they loved," Obama said. "Today, we must do the...
Talk on Obama and Bloomberg’s false claims about guns
Here are other interesting talks at the session by Nicole Goeser and Andrew Branca