John R. Lott Jr., who has studied mass shootings and who credits law-abiding gun owners with making a difference in numerous such situations, said legislation banning concealed-carry of firearms in certain locations such as schools and churches is an open invitation...
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CPRC in the News: The Washington Examiner, The Blaze, Breitbart, American Thinker, and much more
And so, the usual cycle plays out: armed civilian stops active shooter, media steps in (if it even reports it at all) to remind us that the "good guy with a gun" is a myth. Is it, though? CNN cites ALERRT, which provides the FBI with its data. According to these...
CPRC in the News: The New York Sun, Red State, Bearing Arms, American Liberty, and more
The president of the Crime Research Prevention Center, a Montana-based pro Second Amendment think tank, John Lott, tells the Sun that Ms. Luhan Grisham’s rationale for her order centers on a handful of recent road rage incidents in the state. There is, however, no...
CPRC in the News: Media Research Center, American Thinker, Bearing Arms (3), and much more
The Crime Prevention Research Center (“CPRC”) has done a deep dive into the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2022 and discovered that the reports grossly underestimate the number of times armed civilians have stopped active shootings. The FBI says...
CPRC in the News: Fox News, Washington Examiner, Business & Politics, and more
Crime Prevention and Research Center chief John Lott detailed in a post on his website the case of Virginia woman Deja Taylor, whose 6-year-old son shot and injured his teacher in January. "Biden’s plea deal ‘lets him dodge possible charges on money laundering,...
CPRC in the News: C-SPAN, Washington Examiner, The New York Sun, Breitbart, and much more
CSPAN Washington Journal Saturday, December 17, 2022 Then again also, too, that’s no easy gantlet. It would require approval by three-quarters of the states. Mr. Newsom, whatever else one can say about him, is not dumb. He knows that the chances of getting three...
CPRC in the News: ABC News, Just the News, El Tiempo Latino, The Virginia Pilot, and more
John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, a national gun rights advocacy group, told ABC News that it's "incredibly unusual" that the Covenant School shooter's writings haven't already been released. "To me, the important thing is to learn the...
CPRC in the News: San Diego Union-Tribune, San Antonio Express, Daily Caller, Forbes, Columbus Dispatch, Breitbart (2), Yahoo! News, and The Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wokN5moqbgc "94 percent of public mass shooting occurred in a gun-free zone," Breitbart News's AWR Hawkins cites a study by the Crime Prevention Research Center. AWR Hawkins, "America Has a Gun-Free-Zone Problem," Breitbart News, May 6,...
CPRC in the News: The Epoch Times, The New York Sun, Louisville Courier Journal, Yahoo! News, and much more
The president of the Crime Research Prevention Center, John Lott, told the Sun that citizens who use firearms in self-defense are required under law to demonstrate reasonable fear for their lives. “Stand Your Ground laws require a reasonable person standard,”...
CPRC in the News: NewsMax, The Hill, New York Sun, Foundation for Economic Education, Red State, and much more
. . . Despite oodles of data showing that defensive gun uses (DGUs) occur quite frequently, the gun control crowd insists on deceptively claiming that these situations rarely arise, which means people should not have the right to keep and bear arms. But John Lott,...
CPRC in the News: Detroit News (2), Detroit Free Press, WoodTV (Grand Rapids), Lansing State Journal, and more
While most of the testimony presented Thursday was in favor of the 11-bill package, Nikki Goeser spoke out again the addition of new laws. Goeser’s husband was shot and killed in front of her in April 2009. “There are currently involuntary commitment laws that already...
CPRC in the News: Washington Post, Yahoo! News, The New York Sun (2), PJ Media, and much more
In his Feb. 5 Fact Checker column, “What’s more common: A ‘good guy’ without a gun or a ‘good guy’ with one?,” Glenn Kessler made a great case for the FBI to include all incidents of active shooters stopped or curtailed by good Samaritans, armed or not. . . . Perhaps...