John Lott talked to the Daily Ledger on the One America News Network about mass public shootings and background checks (Thursday,December 10, 2015).
Year: 2015
Woman with Concealed Handgun Permit Saves Life of 90-year-old Man from being Stabbed to Death
From Fox 5 in Atlanta: Armed Gwinnett County residents packing heat, took action after hearing a man's cries for help. They credit their guns with saving the elderly man's life. "Help, he is trying to kill me, help me, help me." Those are the chilling words Karen...
UPDATED: The Impact of Terrorist Attacks on Interest in Concealed Carry after Oregon, Paris, and San Bernardino mass public shootings, Obama’s executive orders have no effect
Click figure to enlarge. Here are a couple simple graphs using Google Trends to show web searches for the term "concealed carry." After each of these three terrorist attacks over the last 90 days, you can see a sudden increase in interest for concealed carry. With...
University of Texas at Austin releases initial recommendations for where permitted concealed handguns will be allowed on campus
The panel recommending the rules for concealed carry on campus may not have had ideal recommendations, but they are at least a lot better than it might have been. Some of the restrictions include that the gun must be carried in "a holster that completely covers the...
CPRC interviewed on WKRG in Mobile, Alabama: “Obama Says No Fly, No Buy”
John Lott spoke to WKRG in Mobile, Alabama about President Obama's push for banning people on the "no-fly" list from being able to buy guns. . . . .We spoke to John Lott, a national 2nd amendment advocate, who said, “The terrorist watch list has increased dramatically...
Fox News Sunday uses CPRC data on Mass Public Shootings
One correction on what Chris Wallace said. Our data only looked at mass public shootings for the US and Europe, not the entire world. Our research can be found here. Regarding Juan Williams comparison across countries this discussion might be helpful. Transcript...
CPRC on NewsMax TV with Steve Malzberg: On some of the anti-gun rhetoric in the wake of the CA attack
President of Crime Prevention Research Center, John Lott, joins Steve Malzberg to discuss some of the gun control claims made in the wake of the California terror attack.
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “Obama Strategy Focuses On Guns, Not Terrorism”
Here is John Lott's piece in Investor's Business Daily evaluating Obama's first two domestic proposals to protect Americans from terrorism. On Sunday night, President Obama offered Americans his strategy for protecting them from terrorism. No, he didn’t announce new...
CPRC talks to Reporting Texas about Gunshot Detection Equipment
From Reporting Texas: Though detection systems are present in more than 90 U.S. cities, including San Francisco and New York, not everyone is convinced of their worth. John Lott, president of the Crime Research Prevention Center, which researches gun use and crime,...
CPRC in the recent news from around the country: Yahoo Finance, Washington Times, NewsMax, and many other places
Washington Times, December 7, 2015 Many blame gun violence and terrorist acts on the availability of guns. It seems logical — no guns, no gun violence. The number of guns in the United States has been growing rapidly. Various estimates put the number of guns to well...
CPRC on the Laura Ingraham Show to discuss the laws in California and other states and France that have had mass public shootings
John Lott talked to Laura about the shooting in San Bernardino and what we could learn from the laws in states that have recent mass public shootings (Thursday, December 4, 2015 from 9:22 to 9:30 AM). Laura Ingraham’s show is heard by over 2 million people.
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) reads John Lott’s recent National Review article on background checks on C-SPAN
The piece that Congressman Gohmert is reading is available here.