The Crime Prevention Research Center has worked with the California Peace Officers Research Association and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen on an Amicus brief for the U.S. Supreme Court looking at “Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee...
Comparisons of crime rates across countries often focus on homicides or murders. In 2025, the U.S. murder rate will be about 4 per 100,000 people—roughly 10% higher than Argentina's 2025 homicide rate of 3.6 per 100,000. It looks like the U.S. murder rate for the...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by the Federation for American Immigration Reform about his research on crime rates by illegal aliens. More detailed information can be found here and here.
#CPRC #Crimepreventionresearchcenter
https://crimeresearch.org/2026/09/interview-with-the-federation-for-american-immigration-reform-interview/
@seanmdav CATO's numbers are bogus. https://crimeresearch.org/2025/12/at-the-new-york-post-new-data-reveals-the-horrific-truth-about-illegal-immigrant-crime/
BTW, is it a coincidence total felony violent crime soared when we had record influx of illegals coming in under Biden & it is falling now?
https://crimeresearch.org/2025/10/final-data-through-2024-shows-that-violent-crime-increased-even-more-during-biden-administration/
I still hope CATO will debate
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Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. The piece also appeared at the Epoch Times. . The Supreme Court’s decision to stay the injunction blocking President Trump’s March executive order on mail-in ballots gives voters something they...
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Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Houston on April 17th, 2026 titled "Gun Control Myths." The audio here isn't perfect,, but hopefully between the audio and the PowerPoint the main message will get across. For those interested, there is also the book....
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https://youtu.be/bumhZ_d_oBY Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Mike Opelka on Philadelphia’s WPHT Afternoon Show about a wide range of topics, including Meta’s landmark settlement of up to $17.1 billion over social media addiction claims, election integrity, the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOke2EeIS8c Dr. John Lott was interviewed by the Federation for American Immigration Reform about his research on crime rates by illegal aliens. More detailed information can be found here and here. August 26, 2026
The Crime Prevention Research Center has worked with the California Peace Officers Research Association and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen on an Amicus brief for the U.S. Supreme Court looking at “Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee...
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ly8pd5knCpk How does Hollywood currently treat guns? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeijIDuksc4 More on television show bias against guns is available here.
