Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Bloomberg's 2015 racist remarks that were riddled with inaccuracies. (Wednesday, February 19, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:46 AM)
Month: February 2020
Mass Public Shooting in German town of Hanau: Nine murdered in two public
On February 19, 2020 at about 10 PM, at a town near Frankfurt, Germany, a man fatally shot nine people at two hookah lounges. A gunman killed nine people in two apparently racially motivated shootings at [two] shisha bars in the German town of Hanau, police said. The...
On the Larry Elder Radio Show: Discussing Michael Bloomberg’s false claims about young, minority males accounting for 95% of murderers
Dr. John Lott was on Larry Elder's national radio show to discuss Michael Bloomberg's false claims about young, minority males accounting for 95% of murderers. (Tuesday, February 18, 2020, from 7:21 to 7:30 PM)
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: More media obsession with showing criminals using machine guns, the “FBI: Most Wanted”
CBS, like all the other networks, are obsessed with showing criminals shooting machine guns. This example is from "FBI: Most Wanted" (Season 1, Episode 6, February 18, 2020). Some hyperbole is to be expected on television, but the level of exaggeration has become...
On Colorado’s KCOL to discuss Michael Bloomberg’s racist claims about young minority males and crime
Dr. John Lott talked to Jimmy Lakey on Colorado's KCOL AM radio to discuss his recent op-ed about Michael Bloomberg's racist claims about young minority males and crime. (Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 9:05 to 9:16 AM)
Worth a listen: On DC’s Giant WMAL to discuss Michael Bloomberg’s claims about farming and murders committed by young, minority males
Dr. John Lott talked to Larry O'Connor on WMAL about Michael Bloomberg's claims regarding farming and murders committed by young, minority males. (Tuesday, February 18, 2020, from 4:06 to 4:14 PM)
At Fox News: Bloomberg’s 2016 comments degrading farmers are totally off-base
Dr. John Lott's piece on Michael Bloomberg's latest comments are available here. After a series of racist comments, Bloomberg has created trouble for himself with comments on farmers. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders...
Mayor Pete’s lies on Guns
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Townhall.com on Mayor Pete Buttigieg starts this way: One of the Democrats’ favorite talking points on gun control that we don’t need military weapons of war on America’s streets. Former mayor Pete Buttigieg has been the most effective...
At Fox News: How Bloomberg’s 2015 Racist Remarks Are Riddled With Inaccuracies
Dr. John Lott talked to Harris Faulkner on Fox News (Tueaday, February 11, 2020, from 1:15 to 1:20 PM) about Bloomberg's claim: “95 percent of your murders — murderers and murder victims fit one M.O. You can just take the description, Xerox it, and pass it out to all...
Television Shows Misrepresenting facts: NBC’s Chicago PD makes civilian with a gun look like a danger to himself and police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G_TmYIdOdk This episode from Chicago PD has a man carrying a concealed handgun which he uses to stop his car from being carjacked. His child and wife were in the car when the attempted carjacking occurred. But, despite the man's wife...
Nikki Goeser talk on the danger of gun-free zones
Nikki Goeser talked at BamaCarry Conference about the dangers of gun-free zones. (Saturday, February 8, 2020)
CPRC in the News: Breitbart, John Jay College’s The Crime Report, WJLA Channel 7 in DC, Campus Newspapers, and more
The Crime Report, January 24, 2020 The number of Americans with concealed-carry permits has reached almost 18.7 million in 2019, up from 12.8 million in 2015, says the Crime Prevention Research Center, a gun-rights group. That growth was fueled by states like Oklahoma...