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...
The CPRC hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey 1,000 general election voters on August 25th, 2026 (cross tabs available here) regarding general election voters' views on allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns at schools. While voters...
Defensive Gun Use in public.
"The shooting happened around 3:45 p.m. near the intersection of South Grand and Park Avenue, in the Tiffany neighborhood. Police say they found multiple shell casings near the gas station parking lot…
The initial investigation shows that the teen
Defensive Gun Use in public.
"Officers with the Puyallup Police Department (PPD) responded around 9:10 a.m. April 2, when investigators allege 47-year-old Arnino Guanlao shot two adult female relatives after a family argument escalated outside the home.
A neighbor, who had been
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The suspect had become angry with his neighbors for playing music and setting off fireworks and decided to fire shots at the group of people that were outside the home (Statesville, North Carolina, May 25, 2024). One person
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Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. . Gun control advocates have condemned the Justice Department’s decision to stop criminally enforcing the nearly 60-year-old 1968 federal ban on licensed dealers selling handguns to law-abiding 18-, 19-, and...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post. Also linked at Real Clear Politics. . Much of today’s deportation debate centers on the question of who should count as “criminals” to be immediately sent back to their home countries — with anti-deportation...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published at The Blaze and World Net Daily. . Whoever controls crime data can shape the political debate. The Trump administration has already reversed some of the changes the Biden administration made...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. The piece also appeared at the Epoch Times and World Net Daily. . The Supreme Court’s decision to stay the injunction blocking President Trump’s March executive order on mail-in ballots gives...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has restored information on defensive gun use that it removed from its website in 2022 after gun-control advocates privately pressured agency officials to take it down....
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published in World Net Daily. . Paul Krugman remains one of the left’s most influential voices. In his latest column, he argues that President Trump avoids taking credit for the drop in murders...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . Democrats insist that "Black Lives Matter," yet many increasingly embrace policies that protect violent criminals at the expense of black victims. . What these Democrats ignore is that criminals overwhelmingly...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics that discusses our new research on murder and murder victims.See also World Net Daily . . World Cup visitors discovered something many Americans already know: The United States does not feel like the dangerous place...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVlFRlwy4G4 Dr. John Lott's talk on July 10th, 2026 on Restoring Self Defense. A copy of the PowerPoint is available here.
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...
Dr. John Lott appeared on WBT Charlotte’s The Brett Winterble Show to discuss rising political violence and how it is being interpreted in the media and public discourse. They also discussed recent incidents, including threats against public figures, as part of a...
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Krieger Files by Dave Krieger to discuss the unbelievable costs of immigration laws and deportations. They also discussed law enforcement’s misuse of Flock camera data, the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against San Jose over its...
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...
Raleigh, North Carolina, June 2, 2026 (ABC11) Officers responded around 10:58 a.m. to the 100 block of Summit Avenue for a reported shooting. When they arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body… Authorities told ABC11 that Graham and...
Research by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) showed that murders with illegally modified Glocks were rarer than fatal lightning strikes. By comparison, the National Weather Service confirmed 81 fatal lightning strikes since the start of 2021...
The CPRC hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey 1,000 general election voters on August 25th, 2026 (cross tabs available here) regarding general election voters' views on allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns at schools. While voters...
