Dr. John Lott appeared on the Bill Martinez national radio show to discuss the push for more gun control in Virginia. (Tuesday, January 21, 2020, from 9:05 to 9:30 AM) Part 1 Part 2
Month: January 2020
Sebastian Gorka Radio: My husband’s murderer still terrifies me
Sebastian is joined by Nikki Goeser, author of “Stalked And Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband In Front Of Me,” to talk about her terrifying encounter with a murderous stalker, and how important the right to self-defense really is....
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: CBS’ FBI showing Criminals Often Using Machine Guns And Outgunning Police
On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the weapons of choice for bad guys when they get in shootouts with police. Some hyperbole is to be expected on television, but the level of exaggeration has become pretty over-the-top. In real life, criminals use machine...
On the Mike Gallagher Radio Show to discuss media bias on gun control
Dr. John Lott was on the Mike Gallagher Radio Show to discuss media bias on gun control. (Tuesday, January 21, 2020, from 9:35 to 9:45 AM)
On Chicago’s WIND: Nikki Goeser tells us the harrowing story of her stalker killing her husband
CPRC's Nikki on Chicago's WIND AM 560 to discuss the danger of gun-free zones and her new book “Stalked And Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband In Front Of Me." WIND is heard from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Indianapolis, Indiana. (Thursday,...
On the Michigan Talk Network: The big push for new gun control in Virginia
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the push for new gun control in Virginia. (Wednesday, January 15, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:46 AM)
Our research mentioned in the Wall Street Journal: “What Would We Do Without Gun Control Experts?”
From James Freeman in the Wall Street Journal referenced our paper at the Social Science Research Network. What Would We Do Without Gun Control Experts? “Regarding proposals that can reduce mass public shootings, while public health researchers give a score of at...
CPRC in the News
Newsday, December 12, 2019 John R. Lott Jr., an economist and author of the book “More Guns, Less Crime,” said in an interview that Northwell’s lineup “is pretty one-sided.” Lott pointed to a just-published article he co-authored in the libertarian Cato...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: CBS’s SWAT showing Criminals Often Using Machine Guns
On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the weapons of choice for bad guys when they get in shootouts with police. Some hyperbole is to be expected on television, but the level of exaggeration has become pretty over-the-top. In real life, criminals use machine...
Mexican Elementary School Shooting: Seven shot, one murdered by 11-year-old
On January 10th, an 11-year-old last shot seven people and then committed suicide at the Cervantes de Torreón elementary school in Torreón, Mexico. Ramos shot dead María Medina, a 50-year-old English teacher, last Friday at Miguel Cervantes School in Torreón,...
On Philly’s WAEB-AM to discuss Nikki Goeser’s new book “Stalked and Defenseless”
Nikki Goeser talked to Bobby Gunther on Philly's WAEB-AM about Nikki Goeser's new book “Stalked And Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband In Front Of Me." (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)
At Townhall.com: Gun Control Advocates Ignore the Data On Reciprocity
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the gun control mess in Virginia. The piece starts this way: So much of the gun control debate is about things that might go wrong. Democrats, who just took control of the Virginia state legislature, are about to pass a...