The link to the crowd funding page is available here.
Year: 2014
Who commits murder?: Not who you think
Remember the saying that the spouse is almost always the one who committed the murder? Or the fear that people should have of family members who might harm you? Take the breakdown of the 16,272 murders in 2008. Family current of past, immediate family or not 9.4% are...
Mass shooting yesterday at FedEx facility in Kennesaw Georgia took place in yet another “gun-free zone”
UPDATE: John Lott's newest Fox News piece is on this: Media bias on gun free zones. The piece goes through errors in discussions by the Wall Street Journal on this shooting. Picture from the Associated Press Picture from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution When are news...
CPRC at National Review: “Bogus Gun-Control Numbers: To prove that concealed handguns are dangerous, the Violence Policy Center cooks the books”
How far will gun control advocates go to advance their cause? The newest piece at National Review Online starts this way: People walking the streets armed with guns are dangerous, right? With all 50 states finally allowing concealed handguns to at least some...
Debate over gun free zones on Southern California Public Radio
The audio of the discussion on KPCC is available here. Where should people be allowed to bring their guns? What will the impact of looser regulations be at the state and national level? How would a program that allows nationwide concealed weapons work? What are the...
Save Lives & Deter Criminals — Help start the Crime Prevention Research Center
The crowd funding site is available here at Indiegogo. CPRC’s primary goals are to: Advance the scientific understanding of the relationship between laws regulating the ownership or use of guns, crime, and public safety. Improve the awareness and knowledge of this...
CPRC interviewed in the Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Michael Bloomberg’s push for gun control
The interview that John Lott had with Eric Heyl at the Pittsburg Tribune-Review starts this way: John R. Lott Jr. is president of the Crime Prevention Research Center in Washington, D.C. He spoke to the Trib regarding former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...
Radio Show appearances to discuss the Crime Prevention Research Center
Greg Garrison Radio Show WIBC in Indianapolis (Thursday, April 24th, 9:35 to 10:00 AM EDT). Peter Schiff Radio Show (National) (A Wednesday, April 23rd, 10:35 to 11:00 AM EDT). Phil Valentine Radio Show (National) (Wednesday, April 23rd, 3:35 to 3:45 PM EDT)....
CPRC on CNN’s Headline News
Transcript from Nancy Grace's show on CNN's Headline News last night: GRACE: In the last hours, we learn the homeowner, this 65-year-old man, Byron Davis Smith, actually calls the teens vermin. All of this is caught on tape. Smith has a home security system. And not...
CPRC on Fox News discussing Georgia getting rid of some gun free zones, other related media
Watch the latest video at <a href="http://video.foxnews.com">video.foxnews.com</a>Fox News on April 24th from 3:33 to 3:37 PM. The Georgia State House passed the bill 112 to 58 and the State...
Massive errors in the Violence Policy Center’s “Concealed Carry Killers”
The Violence Policy Center regularly puts out the claim that concealed handgun permit holders are a danger to themselves and others. Right now they claim that concealed handgun permits have been responsible for 636 deaths from the entire United States over almost...
5 Year Recidivism of Prisoners released hits 77 percent
This new study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that the previous measures of recidivism that looked at just the first two years after release missed a lot of the problem with former prisoners being rearrested. The 5 year rate for All offenses: 77% Violent...