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 available here (2000-2013), here (2014-2015), here (2016-2017), here (2018), here (2019), here...
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Cases where armed citizens have stopped active shooter incidents
The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns that were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. Our original write-up on this problem is available here. Specifically, just those cases where just mass public shootings were...
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At Real Clear Politics: New Mexico Governor Flouts 2nd Amendment
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. It was also published at Florida, Daily, Zero Hedge, and Leon News. . After several road rage cases claimed the lives of children this summer, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham suspended the open and...
At the Newsweek: Biden’s Gun Control Law Will Radically Change U.S. Gun Ownership
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at Newsweek. . President Joe Biden keeps telling Americans that the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the gun control bill he signed last year, is the most significant gun control legislative...
At the Washington Times: Gov. Lujan Grisham’s New Mexico: Where Second Amendment is not absolute
The CPRC's Director of Education, Kerry Slone, has her first op-ed at the Washington Times. The argument that gun control affects only law-abiding citizens has been at the core of debate for over 100 years. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s recent action...
At Real Clear Politics: FBI Data on Active Shootings Is Misleading
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics about our newest report on errors in the FBI Active Shooting Reports. Also published in The Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, Political Insider, Georgia Star News, Millennial Press, and the Truth About Guns. . Americans are...
At The Federalist: Do Gun-Control Groups Care What Really Causes Mass Shootings? Everytown Lawsuit Says No
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist on the lawsuit filed by Michael Bloomberg's Everytown. . The lessons from the Buffalo shooting are right in the killer’s manifesto, but gun-control groups like Everytown don’t care. . The Biden administration has already...
At Townhall: On Biden’s Newest False Claims About Guns
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Townhall. . On Saturday, President Biden tweeted his support for an assault weapons ban, for safe storage requirements, for holding gun manufacturers liable for gun crimes, and for enacting universal background checks....
At Townhall: Biden Will Withhold Federal Funding From Schools With Hunting, Archery Programs
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall. . The Biden administration apparently thinks that young archers are a real threat to safety. And, of course, getting rid of hunter safety classes for high school students must be an obvious way to improve safety. The Biden...
At Townhall: Why Aren’t Female Victims of Domestic Violence Told the Best Way to Protect Themselves?
Kerry Slone will soon start as the new director of education for the Crime Prevention Research Center. On Monday, July 17th, Lance Logan brutally murdered 64-year-old Carolyn Williams in her Hartford, Connecticut, home while she was on the telephone with a 9-1-1...
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Dr. John Lott’s Talk at the Brazil SHOT Fair 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P18cWjoCARQ Dr. John Lott spoke at the Brazil SHOT Fair in Jonesville on August 4, 2023. He focused on the changes in gun control in Brazil, and the bet that he offered with various gun control-supporting academics. Some discussion is...
Talk on Gun Control Myths at the 2023 Livingston County Lincoln Day Dinner
https://youtu.be/KRsUiToGobs Dr. John Lott discussed the problems with the Red Flag laws and other gun control policies that are being discussed in Michigan at the 2023 Livingston County Lincoln Day Dinner. (Thursday, July 27, 2023)
Forthcoming Talks in Brazil and Ecuador
Dr. John Lott and Kerry Slone, our new Director for Education, will give talks in Brazil and Ecuador over the next two weeks.
Media Appearances
On the Bill Martinez Show: FBI Data on Active Shootings Is Misleading
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Bill Martinez Show to discuss his new piece at Real Clear Politics about our newest report on errors in the FBI Active Shooting Reports. The FBI data on active shootings is missing so many defensive gun uses that it’s hard to believe...
On the Alan Nathan Show: To Discuss President Biden’s Gun Control Proposals
Dr. John Lott talked to the guest host John Hayward on the Alan Nathan Show about his new op-ed piece at Townhall titled "On Biden’s Newest False Claims About Guns." (Tuesday, August 29, 2023, from 11:50 to 11:58 AM MT)
On One America News: Discussing the ATF’s Back Door Gun Registry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRM2lUgClo8&t=3s Dr. John Lott talked to One America News about an op-ed that Lott wrote with Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-R) at Newsweek titled: "Biden’s Gun Control Law Will Radically Change U.S. Gun Ownership."
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New York’s Background Check System for Ammo Sales Facing Constant Delays and False Positives
The system is facing "massive wait times." One has to wonder if gun control advocates view this as a positive part of the law. In New York, background checks are now required to buy ammunition, and background check requests will go through the state police instead of...
When police were called about someone creating child porn, the police threatened to arrest the 11-year-old girl. The case died at that point.
"Father calls police to report a child sex predator preying on his 11-year-old daughter. Police show up 6 hours later and threaten to arrest an 11-year-old little girl." This is pretty shocking. I understand you want to discourage children from engaging in giving...
On “Unfragmented” to discuss John Lott Freedomnomics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmCNgrorkbU Dr. John Lott talked to the people at Unfradmented about his book Freedomnomics.