From "Gun rights groups await judge's ruling on California's 'microstamping' law" by reporter Malia Zimmerman at Fox News: California's gun laws are among the nation's strictest, but a looming decision in a federal lawsuit could effectively ban handguns altogether in...
Year: 2015
Bloomberg’s Moms Demand Action makes false statement to Texas state Senators, claiming that there are no numbers on the behavior of permit holders
The bizarre thing here is that Moms Demand Action really thought that they could get away with their claim that there is no data available on how permit holders behave. Surely, Texas state Senators know what information is offered by the Texas Department of Public...
CPRC at Fox News: “Let’s not be so quick to believe gun-control rhetoric”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News on the New York Times reporting the latest Violence Policy Center claims starts this way: People walking the streets with guns pose a danger to others, right? With 12 million Americans across all 50 states now having concealed...
Errors in the New York Times: Editorial, “Concealed Carry’s Body Count,” 2/11
There are many errors in the New York Times on guns all the time. We regularly send letters to the Times, but they aren't interesting in correcting the errors. Dear Letters Editor: The Times erroneously asserts that over almost eight years there were 722...
Woman shoots man, a sex offender, who broke into her home at 4:30 AM
From KLTV in Tyler, Texas about a home invasion in Van Zandt County (just east of Dallas): . . . According to the Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office, at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, they received a 911 call from a homeowner on Texas State Highway 19 north of Canton, in rural...
Why have a concealed handgun at a restaurant?: 23-year-old National Guard member stops three armed robbers at a Sonic restaurant
From WXIA TV (Channel 11) in Atlanta: A 23-year-old National Guard member foiled an attempted robbery at a DeKalb County restaurant Sunday night. It happened at the Sonic in the Belvedere Plaza shopping center near the intersection of Memorial and Columbia drives. . ....
CPRC interviewed on Chuck Woolery’s show Blunt Force Truth
Blunt Force Truth, Episode 7: "The show also delves into the media’s bias against guns, the issue of gun free zones, how progressives are moving to reduce gun ownership in America, and what progressives stand to gain from this change." Part 1 Part 2
Standing Room Only at Kennesaw State University talk on “Guns, Crime, and Terrorism”
In a week that saw the CPRC giving talks in Albany, Miami, Georgia, and Missouri, here is a picture from the first of the two talk that John Lott gave at Kennesaw State University.
CPRC in the Christian Science Monitor and Yahoo News and other places
This is from Patrik Jonsson's article that originally appeared in the Christian Science Monitor and Yahoo News: Others, however, including John Lott, author of “More Guns, Less Crime,” have found the opposite – that the addition of 6 million concealed-carry permits...
CPRC interviewed on the Lars Larson Show to discuss the latest Violence Policy Center’s false claims about shootings by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders
The Violence Policy Center claims that there have been 722 people killed by permit holders over almost 8 years from May 2007 to February 2015. Appearing on Lars Larson's radio show on Thursday, February 12th from 6:21 to 6:30 PM, John Lott explained the reason that...
CPRC at Fox News: “What is more likely to kill you — a gun or a car?”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Which is more likely to kill you: a car or a gun? Various publications, from The Economist to Forbes, and many others have been reporting that gun deaths are set to overtake road deaths before the year is up. But...
CPRC in the Austin (Texas) Statesman: “Open Carry versus Campus Carry: what should be the priority”
John Lott's piece in the Austin (Texas) Statesman's is as follows: With well over 700,000 concealed handgun permit holders in Texas, there is a good chance that someone next you in a grocery store or restaurant is carrying a concealed handgun. But some are only...