The shooting occurred in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 4th. The robber was Kermit Gosnell son, though he has apparently changed his name to Baron Alexander, presumably due to his father's conviction of murdering three babies who were born alive. From the...
Year: 2014
What set of “facts” about guns does Moms Demand Action point to first?
(Click on picture to make it larger, screen shot taken on June 4th, 2014 (original here).) So how accurate is first set of "facts" about guns that Moms Demand Action points to? How about something that double or triple counts supposed deaths caused by concealed...
CPRC at Fox News: Media feeding frenzy over open carry guns in restaurants much ado about nothing
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: The NRA’s strong statement reprimanding a few people for carrying long guns into restaurants was bound to get media attention. Bloomberg’s Moms Demand Action and much of the media quickly jumped in and described...
Interview on the Tom Woods radio show
John Lott's interview on the Tom Woods radio show going through a lot of misinformation on guns is available here (May 29th).
CPRC in the New York Post: Why psychiatrists fail in stopping mass killers
CPRC board academic board member Arthur Berg and CPRC president John Lott had a new piece in the New York Post on the limits of psychiatrists in stopping mass killers. Their new piece starts this way: . More money for mental health won’t stop these mass murderers. ....
CPRC at Fox News: Memo to gun-control advocates: Even Elliot Rodger believed guns would have deterred him
The newest Fox News piece starts this way: How can we prevent mass murderers? Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who killed six innocent people this past Friday in California, is causing everyone to ask that question, yet again. Rodger spent over a year and a half...
CPRC in the News over Santa Barbara Tragedy
Radio interviews on May 27th Larry Elder Show, KABC, May 27, 7:14 to 7:21 PM Lars Larson Show, May 27, 7:35 to 8:00 PM The Real Side with Joe Messina, May 27, 6:08 to 6:30 PM The Marc Bernier Show, May 27, 5:20 to 5:30 PM. Dr. Gina Loundon Show, May 27, 4:20 to 4:30...
University Chronicle: “Crime Prevention Research Center Announces Academic Advisory Board Members”
The announcement of our new board of academic advisors has been put up by the University Chronicle: The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), a research and education organization dedicated to conducting academic quality research on the relationship between gun...
Do mentally ill, multiple victim killers purposefully pick targets where victims are most vulnerable?: The case of Elliot Rodger
With all the discussions about mental illness, one has to understand how much care and planning these killers engage in. Here is something from Elliot Rodger's manifesto that no one seems to understand the importance of: "The first thing I had to consider was the...
Typical misinformation put out by Bloomberg’s Moms Demand Action: The claim that US accounts for “84% of female firearm homicides in 25 countries are in US”
Given the Santa Barbara killers' hatred of women (though 4 of the 6 people killed were men), it is understandable that the topic of violence against women would be discussed. Not too surprisingly, despite the fact that half of those killed were killed by being...
6 killed, seven wounded in Mass Public Shooting in Santa Barbara, a giant gun-free zone
UPDATE: As usual, the media news stories got fundamental facts wrong here. Of particular interest, half the people killed here were stabbed to death. Also, you won't hear this in the news, the magazines that the killer used were also apparently limited to holding no...
CPRC on Washington DC’s WMAL: Chipotle asked its customers to stop bringing guns to its restaurants, but has anything actually changed?
John Lott is interviewed by Larry O'Connor about Chipotle's decision to no longer "welcome" guns in its stores (WMAL from 5:37 to 5:45 PM on May 20th audio available here).