In August, Kleck told Mother Jones that he doesn’t know of any “credible criminologist” who believes that “with more guns there are less crimes.” More recently Kleck was interviewed by Ari Armstrong about these points and Kleck's claims that there hasn't been any...
Year: 2015
CPRC in Michigan Live (mLIVE): Keeping guns out gets us nowhere in staying safer
This op-ed by Dr. John Lott appeared in mLIVE (Michigan Live) on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The piece started this way: Suppose a criminal comes upon your home and sees a sign announcing, "Gun Free Zone." How would he respond? Unless he thinks that the homeowner is...
CPRC in the Lansing State Journal (Michigan): “Gun Free Zone puts criminal minds at ease”
This op-ed by John Lott appeared in the Lansing State Journal on Saturday, November 14, 2015. The piece started this way: Suppose a criminal comes upon your home and sees a sign announcing, “Gun Free Zone.” How would he respond? Unless he thinks that the homeowner is...
Recent CPRC’s media coverage from around the country: Detroit Free Press, Daily Caller, Newser, Digital Journal
Digital Journal, November 12, 2015 Maryland lawmakers passed the ballistic-fingerprinting measure in 2000, and it was signed into law by then-Governor Parris N. Glendening (D) as a way for police to use shell casings found at crime scenes to find the gun that had...
CPRC in the Sunday Washington Post: “Maryland’s long-overdue goodbye to ballistic fingerprinting”
John Lott's op-ed at the Washington Post starts this way: Ballistic fingerprinting was all the rage 15 years ago. Maryland led the way, setting up a computer database on new guns and the markings they made on bullets. New York soon followed. The days of criminal gun...
Debates coming up on Gun-free zones at Universities in Austin and San Antonio
University of Texas at Austin Law School -- Debate on gun-free zones at universities from noon to 1 PM in the law school, Tuesday, November 17, 2015. St. Mary's University Law School, San Antonio, Texas -- Debate on gun-free zones at universities from 5:30 P.M. - 7:30...
13-year-old boy uses mom’s gun to shoot and kill armed man breaking into home
\ From Fox News: A South Carolina teenager left home alone used his mother's gun to shoot and kill a burglar, authorities said Tuesday. Fox Carolina reported that deputies responded to a report of shots fired at a home in Ladson Tuesday shortly before 2 p.m. EST...
Two armed men break into home while mother is breastfeeding, she is wounded but shot back and caused robbers to flee
North Carolina woman defends herself from two armed men who started firing as soon as they broke into her home. They shot her twice, but she was able to keep her baby safe. Semantha Bunce, 21, a combat medic in the National Guard, was in her Charlotte home...
Gun Control is the Strongest Election Issue for Republicans over Democrats and that is the one topic that they have been getting even stronger on
The new PEW Research Center Poll shows that gun control is the strongest issue that Republicans have over Democrats, and that gap has been growing. And while Democrats have been getting stronger against Republicans on abortion, foreign policy, taxes and terrorism,...
CPRC at Fox News: “Scrapped: Maryland ends bullet ID program after 15 years, $5M and zero cases solved”
John Lott was quoted extensively in a Fox News article about Maryland's decision to scrap its ballistic fingerprinting system. Ballistic fingerprinting was just another way of trying to register guns. State authorities have conceded that the bullet ID program,...
CPRC research discussed by Ben Swann on CBS46-TV in Atlanta
In his report, Ben Swann on the local Fox affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia mentions the CPRC research on the number of permits issued as well as our work on how law-abiding permit holders are.
CPRC talked to Texas Governor Greg Abbott about the danger of Gun-Free Zones and our research “More Guns, Less Crime”
Texas Gov Abbott and CPRC's John Lott talked briefly about the danger of Gun-Free Zones and Lott's book "More Guns, Less Crime" on Wednesday, November 4th, 2015. Gov Abbott was a very strong supporter of both.