From Fox News: Authorities say a ski-mask-wearing man who broke into his former girlfriend's house and threatened her with a gun was shot dead by their teenage son. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that early Tuesday morning, 46-year-old...
Month: September 2015
CPRC on the Greg Garrison Show talking about the aftermath of the Roanoke Journalist Shooting
John Lott talked to Greg Garrison on Indiana's big talk radio station WIBC about the Roanoke shooting (Wednesday, August 26, 2015 from 12:05 to 12:30 PM).
CPRC on Armed American Radio on how criminals get guns and the failure of background checks
John Lott talked to Mark Walters on how criminals get guns and the failure of background checks (Sunday, September 6th, 2015, 8:45 to 8:54)
CPRC in the Memphis Commercial Appeal: Americans are learning that more guns mean less crime
John Lott's op-ed in the Memphis Commercial Appeal starts this way: Americans are increasingly convinced that owning a gun makes them safer. A new Rasmussen poll found that an overwhelming majority of Americans (68 percent) “feel safer in a neighborhood where...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “11 Year Old Thwarts Home Invasion With A Gun, Cops Criticize Mother”
John Lott's latest piece in the Daily Caller starts this way: An 11-year-old boy shoots an almost 17-year-old who had broken into his home, saving his 4-year-old sister and scaring away another burglar. The burglars repeatedly tried to break into the home, finally...
50-year-old concealed handgun permit holder defends himself against two armed robbers
From Detroit's WXYZ-TV Channel 7 ABC: . . . Police say a 50-year-old resident of the neighborhood was going to the ATM at a Citizens' Bank branch when he was approached by two young men that police describe as being around 18 years old. Those young men were...
11-year-old fatally shoots one of two intruders who broke into home, saves his 4-year-old sister
A 16-year-old who broke into the home on his third attempt was shot and killed by an 11-year-old inside the home. Fox News has this: An 11-year-old Missouri boy shot and killed a 16-year-old boy during an attempted home invasion Thursday afternoon, St. Louis County...
Concealed handgun permit holder wounds armed teenager who was trying to rob him, permit holder feared that he would be shot
ABC TV WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit (video available here): Angela Lanier tells 7 Action News her 24-year-old son Joe fired his gun when the teenager tried robbing him while he was sitting in his car. She says he was on the job as an exterminator when the teenager pulled...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “Wal-Mart Decision To Drop AR-15 Leaves Poor Vulnerable”
John Lott's newest piece in Investor's Business Daily: Gun sales are at record highs, but Wal-Mart, the nation's biggest seller of guns and ammunition, announced last week that it has stopped selling so-called "assault rifles" or "other modern sporting rifles." "It's...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Gun Control Advocates Won’t Let Roanoke Journalists’ Murders Go To Waste”
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts off this way: Within a few hours of the tragic shooting Wednesday that killed journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward, politicians and gun control advocates were calling for more gun control. Hillary...
CPRC on Michigan Talk Network to discuss the newest push for gun control after Virginia shooting
John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about the push for new gun control laws after the shooting in Virginia last week as well as Wal-Mart's decision to stop selling AR-15s (Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 6:45 to 6:50 AM).
CPRC on Sandy Rios’ national radio show to discuss police shootings and what might motivate them
John Lott talked to Sandy Rios about recent shootings of police officers and what might motivate these attacks (Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 8:15 to 8:50 AM). Part 1 Part 2 American Family Radio stations are shown here.