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Trump Administration Decision Not to Criminally Prosecute Licensed Dealers who Sell Handguns to 18, 19, and 20 Year Olds. Showing that the Victimization Rate for Murder and Rape is Higher for 18 to 20 Year Olds than 21 to 23 Year Olds. That is Relevant if a Gun Ban Primarily Disarms Law-abiding People Relative to Criminals.

Trump Administration Decision Not to Criminally Prosecute Licensed Dealers who Sell Handguns to 18, 19, and 20 Year Olds. Showing that the Victimization Rate for Murder and Rape is Higher for 18 to 20 Year Olds than 21 to 23 Year Olds. That is Relevant if a Gun Ban Primarily Disarms Law-abiding People Relative to Criminals.

Gun control advocates have condemned the Justice Department’s decision to stop criminally enforcing the nearly 60-year-old federal ban on licensed dealers selling handguns to law-abiding 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds. Saying it will cause the loss of life. “That’s...

CPRC in the News: Daily Caller, El Tiempo (Colombia), Townhall, American Thinker, California’s Peace Officers Research Association, Ann Coulter’s Unsafe, and more
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Mass Public Shooting stopped by an armed civilian.
The suspect approached a group of people, waved a gun, and threatened to kill everyone before opening fire. Two witnesses retrieved firearms from their vehicles and shot back, wounding the assailant (Muncie, Indiana, August 30,

Gun Control Advocates like #GIFFORDS Really Don’t Think There Is Any Age at Which People Should Own Guns


#2a #guns #crime #guncontrol #guncontrolnow @GIFFORDS_org @GabbyGiffords @Emma_S_Brown

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Talk in Argentina: Making People Safer

Talk in Argentina: Making People Safer

Here is the audio and PowerPoint for Dr. John Lott's recent talk in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 13th. This talk has Lott speaking in English followed by a translator speaking in Spanish. Argentina-Talk-2025-without-videoDownload The video in the presentation is...

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On The Vicki McKenna Show: To Discuss the Deportation Debate

On The Vicki McKenna Show: To Discuss the Deportation Debate

Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about the Lindsay Clancy trial. They also discussed Dr. Lott's new op-ed at the New York Post titled “Left’s push to delay deporting illegal-migrant criminals imposes huge costs on...

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