John Lott was on Washington DC's WMAL with Larry O'Connor to discuss the Virginia Tech Shooting 8th Anniversary (Audio, Thursday, April 16th, 2015 from 5:35 to 5:50 PM0.
Month: April 2015
CPRC in Politifact on which states have the most concealed handgun permits
From Politifact Florida: We interviewed John R. Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center which compiles data on gun permits in states. Lott, an academic and Fox News columnist, published the book More Guns, Less Crime through the University of Chicago...
Highlights from the Crime Prevention Research Center’s first Annual Dinner: Brad Thor, Katie Pavlich, Glenn Reynolds, Dana Loesch, Ted Nugent, and John Lott
Recent Media Highlights Video Pictures and videos from our talks Brad Thor's Talk -- above picture shows Brad cutting up is Illinois Firearm Owner Identification card Katie Pavlich's Talk Glenn Reynolds -- Academic of the Year Award Winner Dana Loesch's Talk...
CPRC responds to New York Times editorial entitled “No Firing Pins, Please, as the N.R.A. Gathers”
The New York Times recently had this editorial: Seventy-thousand people are expected to attend the National Rifle Association’s convention opening on Friday in Tennessee, but they won’t be allowed to carry firearms in one of the main convention venues. This may run...
Glenn Reynolds received the CPRC’s first Academic of the Year Award
The CPRC is first and foremost an academic organization, as can be seen from our academic board of directors. It is with that in mind that we made the decision to recognize quality academic research that deals with issues of crime. Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds at...
North Dakota moves to eliminate many gun-free zones, including parked cars on college campuses
The list of states that allow concealed permitted handguns on college campuses continues to grow. From KX News in North Dakota: Legislation is headed to Gov. Jack Dalrymple's desk that expands the places where a concealed-carry permit holder can have a gun. The bill...
A fun time at the Nashville Armory
CPRC's board members Brad Thor and Ted Nugent along with staff John Lott and John Whitley were joined by Nikki Goeser and Dana Loesch on Saturday morning at the Nashville Armory.
CPRC at Fox News on the impact of police seizing people’s guns and not returning them
Malia Zimmerman's piece contained this discussion: . . . . These tactics are a way for police departments or the government to make it more costly to own guns, said John Lott, an economist, leading expert on guns, and author at the Crime Prevention Research Center....
CPRC in the Washington Times on the big surge in gun production since 1999
A news article in the Washington Times: . . . The biggest change in production has come under President Obama. From 2001 to 2007, gun production held steady at between 3 million and 4 million units a year. It topped 4 million in 2008 but shot to 5.6 million in 2009,...
CPRC Survey of economists gets front page mention in the Washington Times
The Washington Times covered our survey of economists that was conducted by Professor Gary Mauser. Stephen Dinan's article that compared our survey to one done at the same time by David Hemenway: . . . Take Mr. Mauser’s question about self-defense and crimes: While...
Larry Elder talks to John Lott about academics’ views on guns
John Lott's interview with Larry Elder from 6:30 PM on Tuesday, April 7th is available here. They discussed the views of academics about guns.
CPRC on the Phil Valentine Show to discuss the inaccurate FBI stats on public shootings
John Lott was on the Phil Valentine Show to discuss the inaccurate FBI stats on public shootings as well as the April 10th event in Nashville. (Audio, 2:35 to 3:00 PM, Monday, March 30, 2015) John Lott was also on Jan Mickelson's show on WHO 1040 in Des Moines, Iowa....