CPRC President, Dr. John Lott, talked with Mark Levin about the Orlando Mass Public Shooting & the dangers of gun-free zones. (Monday, June 13, 2016 from 7:20 to 7:44 PM) Levin: "you're encyclopedic memory on this stuff, you are really, really good." Mark Levin's...
Month: June 2016
UPDATED: Bill Clinton claims “more people would have been killed” if clubgoers were armed, but can he point to one example where that has occurred?
So much of the debate on guns involves things that might possibly go wrong. But what is the evidence. First here is Bill Clinton's claim on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. BILL CLINTON: Did you see how dark it was? Moderator: Yes Clinton: I think that it is likely that more...
CPRC Research in the Media about Gun-Free Zones
The Daily Caller, Monday, June 13, 2016 Another “new” lesson: Gun-free zones do not prevent attacks of this nature, and this past weekend in Florida proves it. According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, both the Pulse and the location where former Voice...
UPDATED: Mass Public Shooting in Florida occurred in ANOTHER gun-free zone: 49 dead in a shooting at an Orlando nightclub
From the UK Daily Mail: The suspected Islamic extremist who killed about 50 people after taking party-goers hostage inside a gay club in Orlando has been identified. Law enforcement sources have identified the shooter, who was wielding an assault rifle and a handgun,...
Christina Grimmie killed in Gun-free zone
As the picture above shows, the man who fatally shot Christina Grimmie did so in a gun-free zone. Somehow, despite the ban on weapons, the killer, Kevin James Loibi, was able to get a large knife in addition to two handguns into the concert area. As one headline...
CPRC at Fox News: “Concealed carry, California and the 9th Circuit’s misrepresentation of the facts”
CPRC's John Lott has this new op-ed at Fox News discussing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision on permitted concealed handgun laws. Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 7-4 decision that Americans don’t have a right to carry concealed handguns...
CPRC in the Orange County Register: “Gun-free zones, like at UCLA, are magnets for murderers”
CPRC academic board member Professor Tim Groseclose and Dr. John Lott wrote a piece about the shooting last week at UCLA. Their piece begins this way: The fatal shooting at UCLA wasn’t supposed to happen. Late last year, California passed a ban on people being able to...
Hillary Clinton Appointee to the DNC Platform Committee: “I really don’t personally think that anyone should have a gun”
A Hillary Clinton appointee to the Democrat Platform Committee, Bonnie Schaefer, is the one who made the statement that "I really don't personally think anyone should have a gun." Hillary Clinton's views on gun control were made very clear again this last weekend, so...
CPRC on (AAR) Armed American Radio: Dr. Lott’s experience being interviewed by Katie Couric for her biased & deceptively edited documentary “Under The Gun”
Dr. John Lott talked with host Mark Walters about his experience being interviewed by Katie Couric for what turned out to be a very biased and deceptively edited gun-control film. After spending 2 hours doing pre-interviews and 4 hours being interviewed on film by...
CPRC at Fox News: “Four ways Hillary Clinton will work to end gun ownership as president”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: On Sunday, Hillary Clinton just couldn’t bring herself to say on ABC's "This Week" that Americans have an individual right to own guns. But it didn’t stop her from denying Donald Trump’s claim that she wants...
Hillary Clinton refuses to say whether there is an Individual Right to Self Defense
Transcript Stephanopoulos: Let's talk about the Second Amendment. As you know, Donald Trump has also been out on the stump, talking about the Second Amendment, saying you want to abolish the Second Amendment. I know you reject that. But I -- but I want to ask you a...
CPRC in Fox News: DC must let ex-prison guards pack heat, federal court rules
Dr. John Lott was quoted by Fox News about the new DC Circuit Court Decision on whether DC has to follow the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act that allows retired Law Enforcement with at least 10 years experience to carry concealed. Four former prison guards who...