From KSNV (News channel 3 in Las Vegas, video available at link): . . . Two young men are caught on surveillance video breaking in to Kieawa Mason's home. His 14-year-old son, Andrew, and his younger twins were the only ones home. Andrew and his siblings were trained...
Month: August 2015
CRPC accounts for 6 of the 8 most downloaded criminology studies at the Social Science Research Network
With over 225,000 economists, law professors, business school professors, political scientists and criminologists from around the world, the Social Science Research Network research network contains the most downloaded set of research papers. The CRPC has six of the...
CPRC on Aljazeera America’s Inside Story to discuss background check and gun free zones
John Lott was interviewed by Del Walters on Aljazeera America's Inside Story to discuss background check and gun free zones. August 10th, 2015
CPRC on The Price of Business to discuss Gun-Free Zones
Host Kevin Price and guest Dr. John Lott Jr. discuss Lott's opinion piece at Fox News "Gun Free Zones are Killing Americans " on this segment of the Price of Business.
CPRC in newspapers and other media around the country over the last month
We don't usually keep track of the local media coverage the CPRC receives or even all the national coverage, but here are some examples of the type of media coverage that the CPRC has received over the past month. Of course, John Stossel's recent column on the CPRC...
Dramatic cases in last few days of concealed handgun permit holders stopping violent crime
Chicago (August 20, 2015): . . . At 10:05 p.m., a 24-year-old man was with a woman in the 7400 block of South Morgan Street in Englewood when they were approached by two men who said they were robbing them and had a gun, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a Chicago Police...
Gun sales soar in Maine ahead of Constitutional Carry being enacted
CPRC has shown the huge increase in the number of concealed handgun permits in the US, rising from 4.6 million in 2007 to 12.8 million earlier this year. One question though is whether people with permits already own guns or whether this represents a change in the...
CPRC on the Jim Bohannon radio show to discuss new claims about police deaths and gun ownership
John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about the new claim that gun ownership supposedly increases murders of police (Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 10:05 to 11:00 PM). Jim has a radio audience of over 2.75 million people.
John Lott’s “The Bias Against Guns” is released in Brazil
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CPRC on North Texas’ KCDJ on a radio of topics on guns
On August 13th, John Lott had a wide ranging discussion with KXDJ's Chris Samples about guns. Do guns in the home save lives? What is the net effect of guns on the number of lives saved? Just how concentrated are murders in the US in a small portion of the country?...
Black Pastor announces she and some members of her congregation will carry guns at her church
This pastor announced that she got the idea of letting guns into her church several years ago, but is only putting it into action now because of the church shooting in Charleston. Her gun was purchased through donations. It may not make the most sense for...
CPRC at Fox News: Researchers are wrong about private guns, police deaths
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Between 1996 and 2013, 991 police officers have been killed in the line of duty. These public servants put their lives on the line to protect Americans. Their deaths should concern everyone, including public health...