John Lott was interviewed by Fox News about whether the NFL should ban off-duty police from carrying their service weapons at games. “Off-duty police had been carrying their guns with them at NFL games from the time the NFL started until about a year-and-a-half ago,...
Month: November 2015
New York Times again using the bogus Violence Policy Center data
The New York Times continues its reliance on the Violence Policy Center's discussion about concealed handgun permit holders. since 2007, at least 763 people have been killed in 579 shootings that did not involve self-defense. The Times didn't take our letter to the...
CPRC on Washington DC’s big WMAL to discuss DC Police Chief’s advice on civilians should actively take out mass public shooters
John Lott talked to Brian Wilson and Larry O'Connor about the DC Police Chief's advice on civilians should actively take out mass public shooters. Here is also an interesting interview that Brian Wilson and Larry O'Connor had with the head of the DC Police Officer...
CPRC in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “America could use more concealed carry gun permit holders”
John Lott's newest piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review starts this way: Since the terrorist attacks in Paris, such far-away places as Pennsylvania have experienced a surge in applications for concealed handgun permits. Permit requests have at least doubled in some...
Rush Limbaugh uses CPRC research on mass public shootings occurring in gun-free zones
On October 5, 2015 Rush Limbaugh mentioned some research that the CPRC had put together, though the source that he used doesn't acknowledge the research as coming from us. The source of Limbaugh's number is available in our report here where we go through each and...
CPRC in the Daily Caller: Misinformation about Terror Watch List and the ability to buy guns
John Lott had this latest piece in the Daily Caller (originally titled: "Does George Stephanopoulos Even Know What Gun Laws We Have Now?"): Do gun control advocates even read what gun laws are on the books? The hot new claim is that there’s nothing to stop identified...
CPRC research showing the claim that police are disproportionately shooting blacks was false was mentioned in CSPAN
This segment was shown on C-SPAN on November 15, 2015 at about 12:30 PM.
At least 40 School Districts in Ohio allow Teachers to Carry Permitted Concealed Handguns
WKRC-TV Channel 12 in Cincinnati reports: . . . In Ohio, around 40 school districts now allow teachers with concealed carry licenses to carry their weapons in class. In upstate Ohio there is top level, extraordinary teacher training. The teachers and administrators...
Even DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier says Civilians Should Shoot Mass Public Shooters “Before Police Can Get There”
DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier on 60 Minutes about active shooters -- "If you're in a position to try to take the gunman out, it's the best option for saving lives before police can get there." Yet, according to Emily Miller, the chief investigative reporter for Fox...
CPRC in the News around the Country: From Jacksonville to Houston to San Francisco
The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Florida), Saturday, November 21, 2015 From the start, the controversy over Stand Your Ground laws has included discussions of race. Critics have said they favor white defendants who claim self-defense against black people. . . ....
Surge in applications for concealed handgun permits since Paris Terrorist Attack
Currently there are about 13 million concealed handgun permits in the US, about 5.2% of the adult population. With people thinking of the terrorist attacks in Paris, there has been a significant increase in applications for concealed handgun permits. But even a...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Hillary Clinton Locks Up The Gun-Grabber Vote”
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: On Thursday night, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence honored Hillary Clinton with the first ever Cuomo Visionary Award, named after the late New York Governor Mario Cuomo. The Brady Center gave her...