Fox News interviewed Dr. John Lott extensively regarding an exchange between Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) and Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan Ranney. . Democrats have long claimed red states are more dangerous than blue states . A Republican senator and Yale...
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At The Hill: Good guys with guns save lives. Don’t believe the hype.
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Hill newspaper. Unfortunately, the editors made changes in my piece without my permission. The changed my statement of 94% of mass public shootings occurring in gun-free zones to an "enormous amount." There were other similar...
At the Washington Times: More people carrying concealed weapons even as permits drop, John Lott study finds geographical, social shifts for guns as ‘constitutional carry’ spreads
Our latest annual report on concealed handgun permits got prominent coverage in the Washington Times. More than half of the states now allow residents to carry concealed guns without a permit, leading to a sea change in gun habits, according to a study by the leading...
At Fox News: Decline in new gun permits doesn’t tell whole story about how many Americans carry: expert
Fox News has a news story about our latest annual concealed carry permit report. FIRST ON FOX: The number of concealed carry permit holders in the U.S. dropped slightly this year, but the number of Americans carrying a concealed firearm has likely increased overall...
Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2023
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2022 are available here. Abstract Despite the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen affirming a...
An Old Post from the Independent Women’s Forum Quotes Extensively from Our Research
Below is the post from the Independent Women's Forum. They also have the post there in Spanish. Gun control hurts women. You won’t hear that from professional anti-gun groups like Handgun Control, Inc. They are using women and manipulating the facts to get the...
A new book by CPRC Fellow Amanda Collins Johnson: Beyond Survival
Amanda Collins Johnson, a fellow with the CPRC, survived a violent rape in a gun-free zone. While she had regularly carried a concealed handgun, she was denied the ability to defend herself because the University of Nevada did not allow permitted concealed weapon...
The FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Symbol’s Guide on Militia Violent Extremists includes “2A” and “the right to bear arms.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-NwhyipDE The Biden administration is identifying militia violent extremists by looking for the symbol "2A" or they talk about "the right to bear arms."
Nashville School Covenant Shooter “DEATH DAY” Diary Discusses How She “wanna kill all you little crackers . . . with your white privlages”
Three pages from the Nashville Covenant School shooter's diary reveal that the attacker was a left winger who hated whites. They also show the attack was planned for two years in advance (possibly longer). The attack occurred in late March 2023, and she wrote: "There...
Most Americans Think You Need to Have a Gun Today in Case You Are Attacked by Criminals
Gun control advocates keep trying to convince Americans that they don't need a gun for protection. Indeed, they are trying to convince them that they shouldn't have guns for protection. A new Harvard CAP/Harris Poll shows their message is having trouble getting...
Latest NBC Survey Shows 52% of American Households Own a Gun
In the ten years from February 2013 to November 2023, the household gun ownership rate has grown from 42% to 52%. It is a six percentage point increase since 2019. Republicans and Democrats have seen the same 11 percentage point increase, though gun ownership has...
Louisville Bank Shooter Hoped that a Bloody Rampage of “upper-class white people” would Spur Politicians to Pass Stricter Gun Control Laws
Connor Sturgeon on April 9th: "I have decided to make an impact. These people did not deserve to die, but because I was depressed and able to buy [guns], they are gone. Perhaps this is the impact for change – upper class white people dying. I certainly would not have...