Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times about Democrats promising to ban Congressmen from being able to have guns on Capitol grounds. The piece starts this way: Letting legislators bring guns onto the U.S. Capitol grounds or into their offices hasn’t...
Month: December 2018
Two mass public shootings this week in Brazil and France
It isn't too surprising that many Americans think that the United States is unique in terms of mass public shootings simply because the US media either completely ignore or barely covers attacks outside the US. Both Brazil and France have extremely strict gun control....
Larry Elder’s National Radio Show plays the audio from our new video on mass public shootings
Larry Elder played the audio from our new video on his national radio show. (Friday, December 14, 2014, from 6:50 to 6:56 PM)
Stossel TV on “The Myth of U.S. Mass Shooters”
From Stossel TV: Dozens of news outlets reported that America has the most mass shooters in the world. Many say that shows America needs more gun control. CNN claimed that "the U.S. has the most mass shootings". The WSJ reported that "U.S. leads the world in mass...
The Associated Press cites our research on states that allow teachers to carry guns
Finally, Florida has moved to let teachers carry guns at schools. In an overwhelming vote, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission has recognized what the Crime Prevention Research Center has been arguing for years. This AP story was carried...
On Dana Loesch’s Relentless: Understanding claims about defensive gun use
Dana Loesch's Relentless interviewed Dr. John Lott about the impact of concealed handguns on crime (see also here). They also discussed the problems with using justifiable homicides to measure defensive gun uses (see also here). (Wednesday, December 12, 2018, from...
On Boston’s WROL on the Dangers of Gun-free zones
Dr. John Lott talked to Joe Ligotti on Boston's WROL to talk about the dangers of gun-free zones. (Monday, December 10, 2018, from 5:35 to 5:46 PM)
Notes on the Harvard Injury Control Research Center page on Homicide
People often link to the Harvard Injury Control Research Center page on Homicide as evidence to prove that gun ownership is a negative. If guns are on a net negative on safety, how come every single place that has banned guns (all guns or all handguns) has seen an...
On the Michael Dukes show: A deep dive into some of the numbers on guns and crime
From The Michael Dukes Show write up on our interview: Today we cover a slew of stories about misinformation surrounding guns. The fact that some politicians just choose to ignore the law when it comes to the 2nd Amendment and how the ownership of guns correlates to...
On the Michigan Talk Network about the move to eliminate gun-free zones on college campuses
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the twelve states that mandate people can carry guns on college campuses, 23 states leave it up to individual schools. (Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 6:45- 6:53 AM)
Our work on the number of concealed handgun permits mentioned in the Wall Street Journal
While the piece in today's Wall Street Journal focuses on the 15 known lawsuits that have been brought against a company that makes very inexpensive derringers, our numbers on the huge number of concealed handgun permit holders provide some context about how rare...
CPRC in the News: Instapundit, Breitbart, The Daily Telegraph (UK), Powerline, and much more
This has been a very busy news coverage the last couple of weeks with coverage in the Associated Press with stories in hundreds of news outlets, NPR, and our op-ed in the Chicago Tribune picked up in at least 17 other newspapers across the country. ...