John Lott has a new op-ed at Fox News on the The horrible tragedy last night that left nine people dead at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., probably could have been avoided. Like so many other attacks, the massacre took place in a...
Month: June 2015
Another Shooting in a Gun-free Zone: Nine Dead at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
Nine people were killed late Wednesday at Charleston Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The white killer is still at large. Not surprising that yet another mass public shooting has taken place where guns were banned. Yet, again, the ban only ensured that...
New Violence Policy Center “study” on guns recycles old claims using Justifiable Homicide data
The Hill Newspaper reports on a "new" Violence Police Center (VPC) study (other publicity in the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, among many others). A new study attempts to debunk the claim that gun owners rely on their firearms for...
CPRC talks to Gavin McInnes about guns and disarming the police
John Lott talked to Gavin McInnes about guns and disarming the police on Tuesday, June 16th from 10:03 to 10:15 PM.
CPRC at Fox News: “Connecticut’s strict gun licensing law linked to steep drop in homicides? Not really”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: A new study in the American Journal of Public Health claims that the state of Connecticut’s 1995 gun licensing law has reduced firearm homicide rates by 40 percent. But this just released study gives academics a...
CPRC talks to Michigan Talk Network about the new push for gun licensing, and the empirical claims behind the push
John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about proposed laws that would force people to get licenses and register their handguns (Tuesday, June 16th, 6:33 to .6:41 AM).
UPDATED: Trend of people feeling that guns make them safer continues: “Americans Prefer Living in Neighborhoods With Guns”
Last November and December, we posted discussions of recent Gallup, Washington Post-ABC News, and PEW surveys showing that people viewed gun ownership made them feel safer. Now a new Rasmussen survey shows that Americans feel safer when others in their neighborhood...
CPRC on CNN to discuss the false claim that gun licensing reduced firearm homicides in Connecticut by 40%
Carina Storrs with CNN interviewed John Lott, and tried to get across the point that you can't cherry pick one law in one state when many places are changing their laws. Unfortunately, she left out the main point that even for Connecticut there was no real evidence...
CPRC on Lars Larson’s National Radio Show and Coast-to-Coast AM to discuss new claims about the benefits of Gun Licensing and Errors in the FBI Study on Public Shootings
John Lott talked to Lars Larson and George Noory on their national radio shows about errors in the FBI study on public shootings as well as new claims about the supposed benefits of gun licensing. Lars Larson (Thursday, June 11th, 8:20 to 8:42 PM) audience size 1.25+...
CPRC on Washington DC’s WMAL to Discuss Errors in FBI study on Public Shootings
John Lott joined Larry O'Connor on Thursday, June 11th to discuss the errors in the FBI study on public shootings that came shortly before last November's election (5:07 to 5:14 PM).
Bloomberg’s School of Public Health Cherry Picked Claim that firearm homicides in Connecticut fell 40% because of a gun licensing law
The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University put out this press release on a paper by Rudolph, Stuart, Vernick, and Webster: A 1995 Connecticut law requiring a permit or license - contingent on passing a background check - in order to purchase a...
CPRC at Fox News: “There is no nationwide crime wave (and police killings are not up)”
From John Lott's newest piece at Fox News: Since 1991, murder and violent crime have plummeted in the U. S. But in a widely discussed op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled "The New Nationwide Crime Wave,” Heather Mac Donald recently made a startling claim: “Gun...