The New York Times' David Leonhardt claims that the move by states to provide protections against voter fraud is part of “the Republican Party’s growing discomfort with democracy.” Dr. John Lott submitted the following letter to the editor in response. Of course, the...
Month: May 2021
Never A Successful Civilian Defensive Gun Use: Home Owner Pulls Out Gun And Is Fatally Shot By Robber
Television show bias against guns is never ending. You won’t see an entertainment television show that has a victim successfully using a gun defensively. Instead, something always seems to go wrong when guns are used defensively, and this episode of NBC's Chicago PD...
On The Bill Martinez Show To Discuss Red Flag Laws
Nikki Goeser talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about her testimony before the US Senate on Red Flag Laws. (Wednesday, May 12, 2021, from 9:46 to 9:58 AM)
New Research: Why Do Most Countries Require Photo Voter IDs?: They Have Seen Massive Vote Fraud Problems. Notes also on proxy and absentee voting
The paper on in-person and proxy voting rules can be downloaded here. There are 157 pages of appendices so that people can check the information provided. The paper on absentee voting rules is available here. Abstract Americans keep hearing that there is no need to...
Even the police in television shows can’t successfully use guns defensively when at home
Television show bias against guns is never ending. You won’t see an entertainment television show that has a victim successfully using a gun defensively. Instead, something always seems to go wrong when guns are used defensively, and this episode of CBS' FBI: Most...
Abortion Protestor who is a Concealed Handgun Permit Holder saves Woman Going to an Abortion Clinic
The fact that an anti-abortion protestor saved a woman who was going into an abortion clinic should be very newsworthy. If the opposite had happened, if the protestor had harmed the woman, it would get national news. But this story of an anti-abortion protestor saving...
On the Michigan Talk Network: What makes Detroit Police Chief James Craig so different
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Detroit Police Chief James Craig. Craig has has a very different way of handling the riots that we saw this past year, and he has turned out to be very successful. Craig is retiring as the police...
On New Orlean’s Giant 50,000-Watt WWL: What has caused the increase in violent crime over the last year?
Dr. John Lott talked to Scoot on the giant 50,000-watt WWL radio about what has caused the increase in violent crime over the last year. (Wednesday, May 12, 2021, from 3:10 to 3:26 PM)
On the Sandy Rios Show: Discussing the Unintended Harm from Gun Control and Red Flag Laws
Nikki Goeser talked to Sandy Rios on her national radio show about her recent testimony on Red Flag Laws and Gun-free Zones before the US Senate. (Monday, May 10, 2021, from 8:20 to 8:45 AM)
Season Finale for Blue Bloods filled with misinformation about guns: illegal smuggling of guns, machine guns, and more
The notion that criminals are buying machine guns at gun shows and then smuggling them from Georgia up to New York City is absurd. Despite all the misleading information about guns in television shows these days, The Blue Bloods two-hour season finale (Season 11,...
On The Lars Larson Show: Nikki Goeser discusses the consequences of red flag laws and other gun-control
Nikki Goeser, the CPRC's Executive Director, appeared on the Lars Larson to talk about how Red Flag laws can make people afraid to talk to others. Nikki also went into the fact that there are already better alternatives to deal with people who are a real danger to...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Biden’s regulatory push on guns, How he plans on using the BATF
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Biden's regulatory push on guns and how he plans on using the BATF. (Wednesday, May 4, 2021, from 8:33 to 8:41 AM)











