The CPRC is releasing a new survey entitled: “Economists’ views on guns: Crime, suicides, and right-to-carry concealed handgun laws” (shorter published version is available here). The survey of economists conducted from August 25th to September 12th 2014 found interesting results including:
Other survey questions are available here.
Dr. John Lott talked to Gary Jeff Walker on Cincinnati’s WLW about the recent record decline in crime and how arrests, prosecutions, and deportations drove it. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at Real Clear Investigations titled "Arrests, Prosecutions and Deportations...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMepfqd4xzc Our full piece at Real Clear Investigations is available here. Dan Bongino: "John Lott is a great writer. We have had him on our show before."
Dr. John Lott talked to Andy Hooser on The Voice of Reason in Kansas about the sharp decline in violent crime in 2025 and historically low murder rates. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at Real Clear Investigations titled "Arrests, Prosecutions and Deportations Fuel...
Will the left ever wise up???
You’ll notice that for this article, the method of selecting the people to survey were NOT shared. Makes all the difference.
Dear Linda:
If you download the report, you will in fact see that there is an extensive discussion on how the sample was created. All peer-reviewed empirical economics journal papers on firearms over 15 years were compiled. Those authors were then given the survey.