Dr. Lott talks with Steve Gruber about the lack of media coverage when a lawful citizen uses a gun to stop a mass public shooting. The CPRC regularly shares these justifiable self-defense cases on our website. More information on this is available here and here....
Year: 2019
On the Jim Polito Show on WTAG/WHYN: Do armed teachers prevent school shootings?
Dr. John Lott talks with host Jim Polito about school shootings and how to best prevent them. The answer is not armed guards or armed teachers. (Tuesday, April 16, 2019)
Four months after ban on large capacity magazines in New Jersey went into effect, zero magazines have been turned in to police
New Jersey’s ban on gun magazines with more than ten rounds went into effect on December 10, 2018, after being upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. At that moment, all heretofore legal “large capacity magazines” (LCMs) had to be surrendered to...
On the Kerry Lutz Show: Red Flag Laws
There’s an alarming trend taking place across the nation. Many states are passing so-called Red Flag Laws that allow the government to confiscate an individual’s firearms based solely upon rumors and anonymous reports. There are no substantive provisions for due...
CPRC on The Michigan Talk Network: The media exaggerates impact of U.S. border closure
Dr. John Lott spoke with Steve Gruber about the national news media's silly exaggerations of the U.S. border closure. We will not run out of avocados. We will just get them from other sources. The U.S. spends 50% more educating illegals than we spend on food from...
At Townhall.com: The Second Amendment Stories the National Media Fail to Report…or Get Completely Wrong
Dr. John Lott has a new piece on mass public shootings that have been stopped by concealed handgun permit holders. The piece starts this way: Did you hear about this case? A man went into a dentist’s office, killed a woman, and took aim at others before being wounded...
Denver Post interviewing the CPRC about the 20th Anniversary of Columbine massacre
Dr. John Lott was one of the people interviewed by the Denver Post about the 20th Anniversary of Columbine massacre. Here is the discussion that they had with him. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of “More Guns, Less Crime,” said...
CPRC’s Nikki Goeser on The Michigan Talk Network: Red Flag Laws
Nikki Goeser talks with host Steve Gruber about Red Flag Laws. Nikki Goeser is a survivor of a violent crime in a Gun-Free Zone, where her husband was murdered in front of her by her stalker. Even after going through something as horrific as this, Nikki understands...
CRPC in the Associated Press: On Florida approaching 2 million concealed handgun permit holders
The Associated Press has an article on Florida approaching 2 million concealed handgun permit holders. The attached national graph is from the Associated Press article. Florida had a total of 1,971,997 currently valid concealed weapon permits as of March 31, according...
Defensive gun uses by people legally carrying guns over the past two months
Sullivan County, TN, February 13, 2019 (WJHL News 11) This first example is the type of case you only would have seen on the national news if the law-abiding citizen wasn't here with a gun to stop the attack. A shooting at a dentist office in Colonial Heights,...
Toronto Police Association says that national handgun ban won’t stop criminals from getting guns
With Canada government considering a ban on handguns, the Toronto Police Association has spoken out against the ban. "There's no way in my world or any world I know that this would have an impact on somebody who's going to go out and buy an illegal gun and use it to...
At National Review: Bernie Sanders Is Wrong: Felons Shouldn’t Vote from Prison
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at NationalReview.com about Senator Bernie Sanders' proposal that felons in prison be able to vote. The piece starts this way: Democrats used to argue that once felons had served their time, they had paid their debts to society and should...










