Dr. John Lott was on the Pat & Stu show to discuss the Crime Prevention Research Center's new research on concealed handgun permits. Warning: the audio in the video is far from perfect, it is much louder on Dr. Lott's side of this interview. However, if you...
Month: August 2017
On the Lars Larson Show to discuss Democrats making it costly for the poor to defend themselves
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson about his piece in the Chicago Tribune on how Democrats are making it particularly difficult for poor blacks to defend themselves. (Monday, August 7, 2017, from 6:20 to 6:30 PM) Lars Larson’s show is listened to by over 1.25 million...
More news coverage of CPRC report on Concealed Handgun Permits: Fox News, Colorado Politics, Houston Press, CNS News, Breitbart, and many others
The CPRC has done multiple radio interviews on our new report (e.g., here, here, here, and here), and we continue to get other media coverage. Fox News, August 2, 2017 There are more than 16 million concealed-carry permittees in the U.S., a figure that soared 256...
Greg Gutfeld notes CRPC research on Fox: Mentions how gun control laws prevent the poor from defending themselves
On Monday, August 7th at 9:09 PM, Greg Gutfeld discussed Dr. John Lott's new op-ed in the Chicago Tribune that discussed how gun control laws are disarming the very people, poor blacks, who need protection the most. GUTFELD: The reason why we're doing this segment is...
New in the Chicago Tribune: How Democrats keep guns in the hands of the rich
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Chicago Tribune today (it will be in the print edition tomorrow). The piece starts this way: When it comes to voting rights, any obstacles outrage liberals; even free government-issued IDs are viewed as disenfranchising poor and...
“Gun seizures at U.S. airports on record-setting pace,” but 97% of the change explained by increase in permits, Washington Post mentions on our research
Fred Kunkle at the Washington Post has a story about the record number of seizures of guns at airports and is calling for stiffer penalties. . . . The increase in gun seizures is no doubt a reflection of record numbers of air travelers and the rising number of...
On North Carolina’s Big Coastal Daybreak to discuss our new Concealed Carry Study
Dr. John Lott talked to Ben Bell and Mandy on North Carolina's big WTKF-FM about the CPRC's new Concealed Carry Study. (Thursday, August 3, 2017, from 8:15 to 8:25 AM)
Fears of permitted concealed handguns prove unfounded: A very quiet first year at public universities in Texas
UPDATE (August 2, 2018): The original post was after the first year of Texas' public universities being forced to allow people to carry permitted concealed handguns. At this point it has now been two years and there has been one year of experience for the Texas...
Crime Prevention Research Center’s work mentioned on ABC’s The View
Jedediah Bila on ABC's The View: I'm not a gun owner. I spend a lot of time with gun owners and spent a lot of time in Texas. When you study these shootings, what you find out is a lot of the lunatics, these maniacs target gun-free zones. The Aurora shooter, who went...
On the Gavin McInnes Show: the Canadian man who gets arrested for taking gun from criminal and defending himself
Dr. John Lott was on the Gavin McInnes Show to discuss the Canadian man who took a gun from home invaders and shot one of them only to be charged with attempted murder and nine other firearms charges. They also discussed the new Crime Prevention Research Center study...
On the Steve Gruber Show to discuss Democrats delaying Kevin Hassett’s confirmation vote to chair the Council of Economic Advisers
Dr. John Lott was on the Steve Gruber show to discuss how Democrats are obstructing even non-controversial confirmations by President Trump. In particular, they talked about Kevin Hassett's confirmation to be President Trump's chair of the Council of Economic...
Seven Defensive Gun Uses by Civilians who were legally carrying guns in Public Places
Phoenix, Arizona, CBS TV Channel 3 (Phoenix), August 1, 2017 Sgt. Jonathan Howard described it as a "good samaritan in the right place at the right time." A video of the news broadcast is available here. From the Associated Press: Phoenix police tell the Arizona...












