Mlive.com reports on an 11-year-old in Lapeer County, Michigan who was able to protect herself against two home invaders. An 11-year-old girl used the shotgun she normally keeps to go hunting with her father to scare off a robber in her home, police said. The girl was...
Month: February 2015
Afghan police arming schoolteachers and university lecturers to protect against terrorist attacks
Since the Taliban massacred 150 people at a Peshawar school in December, the Afghan police are teaching teachers how to use guns to protect their students and themselves. The CPRC has recently discussed the benefits of letting civilians rather than uniformed police...
New survey on the views of academic economists who research guns
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...
Paper on the politicization of the FBI forthcoming in the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Today, March 2015
The paper can be downloaded here or here. The introduction: In a report released last week, the FBI claimed that between 2000 and 2013 there were 160 "active shooting incidents" in public places. Even more worrisome, these attacks increased dramatically from...
Two burglars were thwarted by a University of Central Florida student with a gun
Students also benefit from the option to protect themselves. In the video available here, the male student describes how one of the burglars pointed a gun (what turned out to be a pellet gun) at point blank range right at the student's head. From WESH.com in...