Read the entire new report Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age from the Crime Prevention Research Center here. It is a common refrain that we can’t allow permitted concealed handguns on university property because we all know how irresponsible young people can be,...
John Lott's op-ed in the Las Vegas Review Journal starts this way: Would you post a sign announcing that your home is a gun-free zone? Would you feel safer? Criminals don’t obey these signs. In fact, to criminals, gun-free zones look like easy targets. So why do we...
A video of the first panel testifying on the bill to reduce the number of gun-free zones in Nevada is available below (Lott's testimony starts at 5:54 into the video below). Since the first panel went through a lot of the facts regarding guns and schools as well as...
Bloomberg's argument here is that the bill to allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry on school property is really an attempt to let criminals carry guns around schools. The fact that people will need a permit that requires a criminal background check is never...
While John Lott was visiting Cheyenne, Wyoming last week, he was interviewed by Craig Blumenshine about gun-free zones. The interview of Wyoming Public Television was broadcast on Friday, February 27th, 2015 at 8 PM. The content of this interview came out very well.
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: The number of Minnesotans who are legally entitled to carry a handgun reached an all-time high in 2014, with 184,895 active permits by the end of the year, according to a new report from the state. The end-of-year total is more than...
CPRC Senior Research Fellow Charles Jessee had a comment accepted in the Annals of Internal Medicine that put straight the false claim that federal funding restrictions prevented research on firearms.
John Lott talked to George Noory during the news segment of the show about the new proposed rules. The interview was on Friday, February 27, 2015 from 1:07 to 1:09 AM.
John Lott talked to John Gambling on Friday about Obama's new proposed rules. The interview was on Friday, February 27, 2015 from 11:20 to 11:30 AM.
Our research has been used in legislative debate over allowing permitted concealed handguns on college campuses. The state House bill that would allow concealed carry at the University of South Dakota was defeated by a 48 to 20 vote. The president of the University...
John Lott's newest piece in the starts this way: FBI Director James Comey's recent speech on police and race was about as politically incorrect a speech as you will get these days from a high-ranking government official. Comey acknowledges “the existence of...
John Lott was the lead witness to testify before the Wyoming state Senate Education Committee about a bill to eliminate gun-free zones in government buildings and public school and universities. From Wyoming Public Radio: Only concealed permit holders would be allowed...