The Washington Post has compiled a list of 511 police officers who have been killed by guns from 2000 to 2010. Information is available on shooting deaths at traffic stops (91), ambushes (43), arrests (29), domestic disturbances (75), serving papers (40), responding...
Year: 2015
74-year-old grandma stops knife wielding robber: “You back off, or I’ll blow your head off”
A 74-year-old woman in Fort Worth, Texas stopped a robber who had a knife to her throat (a video from the local Fox affiliate is available here): Jewell Turner, 74, told NBC 5 she was waiting in her minivan outside of her doctor’s office, near the corner of West...
CPRC at Fox News: Gun control advocates taking a page out of global warming advocates’ handbook
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Gun control advocates this month took a page from the global warming activists playbook: the science is settled, so there is no need for debate. However, instead of actually reviewing the scientific literature on...
CPRC on Michigan Talk Network on polls showing more people oppose gun control than support it and concealed carry permit holders who have stopped mass shootings
John Lott was interviewed by Steve Gruber on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from 6:40 to 6:47 (audio available here).
CPRC on DC’s WMAL to discuss the Virginia Tech Shooting 8th Anniversary
John Lott was on Washington DC's WMAL with Larry O'Connor to discuss the Virginia Tech Shooting 8th Anniversary (Audio, Thursday, April 16th, 2015 from 5:35 to 5:50 PM0.
CPRC in Politifact on which states have the most concealed handgun permits
From Politifact Florida: We interviewed John R. Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center which compiles data on gun permits in states. Lott, an academic and Fox News columnist, published the book More Guns, Less Crime through the University of Chicago...
Highlights from the Crime Prevention Research Center’s first Annual Dinner: Brad Thor, Katie Pavlich, Glenn Reynolds, Dana Loesch, Ted Nugent, and John Lott
Recent Media Highlights Video Pictures and videos from our talks Brad Thor's Talk -- above picture shows Brad cutting up is Illinois Firearm Owner Identification card Katie Pavlich's Talk Glenn Reynolds -- Academic of the Year Award Winner Dana Loesch's Talk...
CPRC responds to New York Times editorial entitled “No Firing Pins, Please, as the N.R.A. Gathers”
The New York Times recently had this editorial: Seventy-thousand people are expected to attend the National Rifle Association’s convention opening on Friday in Tennessee, but they won’t be allowed to carry firearms in one of the main convention venues. This may run...
Glenn Reynolds received the CPRC’s first Academic of the Year Award
The CPRC is first and foremost an academic organization, as can be seen from our academic board of directors. It is with that in mind that we made the decision to recognize quality academic research that deals with issues of crime. Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds at...
North Dakota moves to eliminate many gun-free zones, including parked cars on college campuses
The list of states that allow concealed permitted handguns on college campuses continues to grow. From KX News in North Dakota: Legislation is headed to Gov. Jack Dalrymple's desk that expands the places where a concealed-carry permit holder can have a gun. The bill...
A fun time at the Nashville Armory
CPRC's board members Brad Thor and Ted Nugent along with staff John Lott and John Whitley were joined by Nikki Goeser and Dana Loesch on Saturday morning at the Nashville Armory.
CPRC at Fox News on the impact of police seizing people’s guns and not returning them
Malia Zimmerman's piece contained this discussion: . . . . These tactics are a way for police departments or the government to make it more costly to own guns, said John Lott, an economist, leading expert on guns, and author at the Crime Prevention Research Center....