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...
Year: 2015
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.
CPRC interviewed in America’s First Freedom on problems with some recent “public health” research
John Lott was interviewed by America's First Freedom about the problems with some recent so-called "public health" research. The first question and answer is available here: America's 1st Freedom: What were the biggest things that the authors of the study on...
Gun Control Organizations and Left Wing Media Try to Intimidate CPRC Academic Board of Advisors
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) has spent some time putting together contact information for the CPRC's academic board of advisors and the deans of their schools (see here and here). The notion is that they think that they can intimidate all these...
CPRC on NewsMax TV’s The Daily Wrap to discuss the latest push for gun control after the shooting of journalists in Virginia
John Lott appeared on NewsMax TV's The Daily Wrap to discuss the latest debate in gun control after the shooting of the journalists in Virginia (Friday, August 28, 2015, 6:05 to 6:09 PM).
CPRC on America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon on a variety of gun issues.
John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about recent research claiming to find relationship gun ownership and the safety of police, the huge increase in the number of concealed handgun permits, and President Obama's push on stopping some people on Social Security from owning...
CPRC on Coast-to-Coast AM to discuss Walmart’s decision to stop selling “assault weapons” and the aftermath of the Virginia shooting
John Lott talked to George Noory about Walmart no longer selling AR-15s and other "assault weapons" as well as the aftermath of the shooting of the TV reporters in Virginia (Friday, August 28th, 2015 from 1:15 to 2 AM). Audience size 2.75+ million ...
Concealed handgun permit holders stop crimes in Oklahoma and Canton, Ohio
The Oklahoman on a paster shooting someone who broke into his church in Oklahoma City: The pastor of a northeast Oklahoma City church shot at a man Wednesday after the man burglarized the church, Oklahoma City police said. Police arrested a man shortly afterward. . ....
CPRC on the CBS Evening News to Discuss the Public Health Approach to Gun Violence
John Lott talked to Jeff Glor on CBS's Evening News about guns (Thursday, August 27th, 2015, 6:45 to 6:47 PM). . . . John Lott, the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of the book, "More Guns, Less Crime," says he does not buy the idea that...