The CPRC is releasing a new survey entitled: “Economists’ views on guns: Crime, suicides, and right-to-carry concealed handgun laws” (shorter published version is available here). The survey of economists conducted from August 25th to September 12th 2014 found interesting results including:
Other survey questions are available here.
https://youtu.be/ZG_dOlRi5Rc Dr. John Lott Jr. appeared on Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice to discuss his new piece at the Wall Street Journal titled "Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment." (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)
"Countless news stories have amplified fears that under Trump, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are wildly violating basic rights," said John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. "But the numbers tell a very different story." Lott...
Dr. John Lott appeared on KNRS’s The Rod & Greg Show to discuss his piece in the Wall Street Journal about how the state of Hawaii is trying to skirt the Second Amendment via a law that bans firearms on private property – a law now being challenged in front of the...
Will the left ever wise up???
You’ll notice that for this article, the method of selecting the people to survey were NOT shared. Makes all the difference.
Dear Linda:
If you download the report, you will in fact see that there is an extensive discussion on how the sample was created. All peer-reviewed empirical economics journal papers on firearms over 15 years were compiled. Those authors were then given the survey.