Katie Couric's gun control movie has gotten a lot of criticism for fraudulently editing a discussion with the Virginia Citizens Defense League. Just earlier today apologized today for the misleading edits. The link to EPIX is available here. The two might not be...
Month: May 2016
Evaluating the New York Times’ investigative report: “A Drumbeat of Multiple Shootings, but America Isn’t Listening”
On May 22nd, the New York Times published an investigative report on mass shootings. It claimed that about three-quarters of mass shootings involved blacks. 86 percent occurred in zip codes “poorer than the nation as a whole.” But their data came from less than...
CPRC in the News: Science News, Orange County Register, Washington Times, Breitbart, and many others
Orange County Register, and The Press Enterprise (Riverside, California) Monday, May 23, 2016 • More gun control. Also pushed by Mr. Newsom, who is running for governor in 2018, this initiative, among other things, bans “possession of large-capacity magazines.” John...
CPRC on Greg Garrison on Katie Couric’s distortedly edited movie on gun control
John Lott talked to Greg Garrison on WIBC in Indianapolis on Katie Couric's new movie that edits people's comments to distorts their responses (Friday, May 27, 2016 from 11:05 to 11:30 AM).
CRPC at Fox News: “Obama just got one giant step closer towards creating a national gun registry”
Hawaii is moving towards putting its list of registered gun owners in the FBI database. Obviously, the state can only enter this data into the FBI database with the approval of the FBI and the US Department of Justice, both under the control of the Obama...
CPRC Lecture: Who do Expanded Background Checks Really Stop from Buying Guns?
This is less than half of a lecture that Dr. John Lott gave about expanded background checks on May 22, 2016. (The audio here is very low and to listen you will have to probably play this on high volume.)
CPRC on Turkish TRT World’s The Newsmakers to debate whether prison deters criminals
Dr. John Lott from the Crime Prevention Research Center debated Baz Dreisinger from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice appeared on Turkish TRT World's The Newsmakers to debate whether prison deters crime and whether prison should be abolished (Thursday, May 26,...
CPRC at National Review: “When ‘Smart-Gun’ Laws Are Not So Smart”
Dr. John Lott commented on the Obama administration's gun control conference earlier this week. His piece starts this way: At a White House conference on Tuesday with representatives of state and local law enforcement from all 50 states, Vice President Joe...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Is Trump Right About Hillary’s Views On Guns?”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Daily Caller deals with the current gun debate: The media — from fact checkers to late night talk shows — has had a field day claiming that Trump is making false statements on guns. The media ought to have lost credibility by now. Last...
CPRC on the National Mike Siegel Show: Discussing Concealed handgun laws, Gun-free zones, and Katie Couric
Dr. John Lott talked to Siegel about the benefit of concealed handgun permits, gun ownership generally, and Katie Couric's new documentary movie on guns. (Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 11:05 PM to 12:00 AM EDT)
Errors in the New York Times: Gail Collins’ “Meet Deadeye Donald” May 20, 2016
The CPRC frequently writes letters to the editor at the New York Times to correct their errors, though unlike many newspapers the Times never acknowledges or corrects even the most egregious errors. Here are some of the errors in a piece over the weekend by Gail...
CPRC quoted by the Associated Press: Commenting on lawsuits stemming from 2012 Batman Movie Theater Shooting
Associated Press, May 20, 2016 On Thursday, Cinemark Theaters won the lawsuit that had been filed against them by 27 plaintiffs -- survivors and families of people killed arising out of the 2012 Batman movie theater shooting. The jury quickly decided that "there was...