For the second year in a row, Michael Bloomberg's Everytown has tried to get people to talk about gun control during Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the claims that Bloomberg wants people to talk to this year are no more accurate (see “Talking Turkey...
Month: November 2014
CPRC in the news on concealed handgun laws in Louisiana
The Times-Picayune discusses the Louisiana's concealed handgun law: A study by Crime Prevention Research Center, a gun-carrying advocacy site, looked at permit data from 2007-2013. It showed for each 1 percentage point increase in the adult population holding permits...
CPRC in the news on claims that the background check system would be fixed if only more names of prohibited people were included
AWR Hawkins with Breitbart News has this: Breitbart News spoke with Crime Prevention Research Center president John Lott about the suggestion that a lack of information is allowing the wrong people to slip through our current background check system. Lott suggested...
CPRC in the Washington Post: “‘New’ research on gun laws and crime was flawed”
The CPRC has a letter to the editor today at the Washington Post that discusses a recent working paper that was discussed in the Post on November 14th. Dear Letters Editor: Christopher Ingraham’s “More Guns, More Crime” ignored research critical of a slightly updated,...
CPRC on Cam & Co to talk about gun laws and crime rates
In an attempt to control high murder rates, Russia is starting to allow concealed carry
From the International Business Times: Russia, which according to official figures has the fifth highest murder rate in the world, has relaxed its gun ownership laws. Previously, Russians were only allowed to own firearms for hunting or target practice, but under the...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “America Should Make It Easier To Carry Guns”
John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily discusses what Americans can learn from Israel about stopping terrorism. The piece starts this way: Terrorism is forcing Israel to let civilians carry guns in even the most sensitive religious areas in the wake of...
CPRC on KIRO radio to discuss concealed handguns and crime
Here is a radio interview that John Lott had on the Jason Rantz radio show on November 19, 2014 on KIRO AM (710 in Seattle).
With Ferguson verdict about to come down, the view of police on gun ownership for personal protection
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com With gun sales in Ferguson soaring by between 525 and 700 percent according to one discussion in the Washington Post and police apparently warning civilians to get a gun before the verdict is announced, it is useful to look...
How Israel is responding to terrorist attacks: recognizing that armed police/military can’t protect everywhere
The horrible death today at Har Nof Shul left five people dead and others wounded. Israel's Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, who has been pushing for ever tighter gun control laws, has announced some easing of controls, letting some people carry with...
Problems with the Washington Post’s and Huffington Post’s “more guns, more crime” claims
The media over the last couple of days has been pointing to a revised paper by Abhay Aneja, John J. Donohue III, and Alexandria Zhang that has been floating around in various forms since at least 2009. Their earlier paper claimed that right-to-carry laws and no...
Mother uses permitted concealed handgun to protect her 13-year-old son after armed gang members shoot him in the leg and foot
Our research shows how it is poor blacks who live in high crime urban areas who benefit the most from having a gun to protect themselves. This story from ABC TV News in Columbus, Ohio provides a dramatic example of this point: A mother and her 13-year-old son were...