Kesten Green, a senior fellow with the CPRC and researcher at the University of South Australia Business School, was on SKY News' The Bold Report to discuss how gun ownership deters violent crime. The discussion starts off with a recent news story from Australia...
Month: June 2017
Milwaukee police union president talks about how law-abiding permit holders are: police have not arrested “even one”
"I have never had a conversation with you, chief, relative to you displaying that we are arresting an overwhelming amount of people, or even one person, who's committed a crime while carrying a CCW (permit,)," said Mike Crivello, president of the Milwaukee Police...
CPRC in the News: Bloomberg Businessweek, Detroit Free Press, Washington Examiner, Maine Sun Journal and others
Breitbart.com, June 15, 2017 Congressmen Louie Gohmert (R-TX) noted Dr. John Lott's work in an interview that he did on SiriusXM radio. “We cannot allow Washington D.C. to continue to be a place where only the criminals and the police have guns. That needs to change....
At The Hill: Crime pays: How Michael Brown’s family cashed in
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in The Hill newspaper on the $1.5 million "secret" payment made by Ferguson to the Michael Brown family. The piece starts this way: First, Michael Brown robbed a store. Then he viciously assaulted a policeman, fighting for the officer’s...
In America’s 1st Freedom: “Finding America’s Murder Problem”
To enlarge pictures please open in a new tab. Update: A link to the article is now available here.
On the Jim Bohannon morning show to discuss the aftermath of the Alexandria shooting — well worth listening to
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about where the gun debate stands after the Alexandria shooting. “America in the Morning” is a nation wide syndicated radio show. The material for these two topics can be seen in these op-eds. At Fox News: "Why our heated...
On the One America News Network: Legislation would allow members of Congress to arm themselves
Dr. John Lott talked to the One America News Network about Congressmen and staff being able to carry guns for protection. (June 22, 2017)
At the Wall Street Journal: Congressman, Defend Thyself: Many lawmakers have gun permits,but we can’t use them in DC
Dr. John Lott co-authored this piece with Congressmen Tom Massie (R-KY), though the Wall Street Journal thought that since this was an attack on congressmen it made more sense if Massie's name alone was on it. The article began this way: When Republican lawmakers...
On the Steve Gruber Show to discuss the Alexandria shooting’s implications for concealed-carry reciprocity
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the Alexandria shooting's implications for concealed-carry reciprocity. (Tuesday, June 20, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
At The Hill newspaper: “The media plays dishonest numbers game with guns”
Dr. John Lott's latest op-ed in The Hill newspaper starts this way: A brand new PEW Research Center survey last week shows that gun ownership by households is up to 42 percent — an increase of 5 percentage points in the past four years. dYet, few mainstream media...
Twenty school districts in Colorado have set up gun training program for teachers and administrators
From the Denver Post: . . . 17 teachers and administrators from five mostly rural counties . . . received intensive training this week on how to prevent — or at least minimize — a mass shooting at their schools, many of which are in far-flung areas where it would...
Letter sent to the Boston Globe responding to an op-ed claiming support for background checks on private sales of guns
This letter wasn’t published, but it was sent to the Boston Globe after an op-ed by Comedy Central's Jordan Klepper claiming support for background checks on private sales of guns. The piece also makes bizarre attacks on gun owner's “masculinity." Dear Letters...