Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Washington Times about how gun control advocates refuse to debate gun control: When you receive glowing media attention and have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend, you don’t really have to debate. Michael Bloomberg just...
Month: April 2017
CRPC Research Showing that most US murders occurred in 2% of Counties Covered by Fox News, Washington Times, and many others
Fox News had a top of the front web page discussion on our new research on murders overwhelmingly taking place in just a tiny part of the US. Many other publications from the Washington Times, Yahoo Finance, One News Now, and others ran similar stories. Here is the...
Bloomberg’s Everytown Vows to “We’ll spend what it takes” to push gun control at both state and federal level
Just a few weeks ago, Michael Bloomberg promised to spend $25 million to defeat Congressmen and Senator who support concealed handgun reciprocity and apparently even more on state legislative races ("turning much of its attention to state legislatures . . ."). Now...
CPRC on Turkish TRT World’s The Newsmakers to debate the Death Penalty in the US
Dr. John Lott debated Fordham University Law School Professor Deborah Denno on Turkish television about the death penalty in the US. (Thursday, April 27, 2017)
On Salt Lake City’s KNRS to discuss how incredibly concentrated murders are in the US
Dr. John Lott joined The Rod Arquette Show to discuss the how very concentrated murders are in the US, that over half the murders in the US take place in just 2% of the counties. (Wednesday, April 26, 2017, from 6:35 to 6:43 PM)
On WLW’s Scott Sloan Show to talk about permitted concealed guns in public K-12 schools
Dr. John Lott talked to Scott Sloan on the big 50,000-watt WLW about the legislation in the Pennsylvania legislature that would let teachers and staff with concealed handgun permits and special training carry on school property. It discussed the issues in Lott's...
CPRC will have a booth at the NRA Convention this coming weekend
The CPRC has never done this before, but we will have a booth at the upcoming NRA convention from April 28th to 30th at the Georgia World Congress Center, Andrew Young International Boulevard Northwest, Atlanta. The booth is part of our educational effort. Please...
Murders in US very concentrated: 54% of US counties in 2014 had zero murders, 2% of counties have 51% of the murders
You can examine the picture of the US counties in more detail by opening it in a new tab. The Distribution of murders The United States can really be divided up into three types of places. Places where there are no murders, places where there are a few murders, and...
Talk in Atlanta at the NRA Annual Meeting on Sunday April 30th
On Sunday, April 30th, 1:30pm-3:00pm, Dr. John Lott will be giving a talk at the Georgia World Congress Center, Andrew Young International Boulevard Northwest, Atlanta. The talk will be held in Room B311. The Truth About Guns: From Bloomberg’s Push for Background...
In the Philadelphia Inquirer: Wolf should reconsider veto of school gun bill
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer on a bill before the Pennsylvania state Senate on allowing permitted concealed handguns in public schools. Gov. Wolf wants to protect schools from mass public shootings by hiring “trained security...
Book signing at the NRA convention this coming weekend in Atlanta
Dr. John Lott will be signing copies of his new book, The War on Guns, at the NRA convention this coming Sunday, April 30th at 11:30 AM at the Georgia World Congress Center, Andrew Young International Boulevard Northwest, Atlanta. The signing area for the NRA Annual...
On Right Hook Radio Show discussing increasing crime in urban areas, Obama administration claims of police racism
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Hook on WCTC-AM in New Jersey about the increasing crime in urban areas, the impact of the Obama administration's claims of systematic racism by police in the US, and the benefits of concealed handgun permits. (Saturday, April 22, 2017,...