Here is some updated information on the characteristics of mass public shooters. Including some information from the Covenant school shooter on March 27, 2023. Here is also an Excel file with even more detailed information. Also, here is information on statements by...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG2LpakEOSE As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, CBS's FBI International TV show is no different...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about his testimony to the Michigan House Judiciary Committee on proposed gun control bills. They also discussed how support for Universal Background Checks depends on the question asked. People don’t...
Unfortunately, this is yet another mass public shooting in a gun-free zone. The mass murderer originally targeted a local mall but decided against that “because of a threat assessment by the suspect of too much security.” . From Tennessee 39-17-1309 Carrying Weapons...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about his new piece at The Federalist titled "If There’s A Theme To Extremism-Related Murders, It’s Environmentalism." They also discussed Discover's gun-related tracking...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about his testimony before the Michigan State Senate Judiciary Committee. He expressed his concerns that the proposed gun control laws could lead to more deaths, not fewer. (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)
Some people don't understand the notion of marginal deterrence. This accused murderer was already facing three life sentences. Is the threat of a fourth life sentence going to matter? Three life sentences didn't do it, but when he faces the fourth life sentence, that...
Dr. John Lott and the Media Research Center's Curtis Houck talked to Joseph Patterson, a fill-in host for Alan Nathan on his national radio show at CPAC, about Discover's gun-related tracking plan, enabling tracking of gun store purchases from April. They also...
Given all our coverage of television show bias on guns, we wanted to share this episode of Beverly Hillbillies in 1963. It isn't one that you will see on television anymore. You can see the Crime Prevention Research Center's collection of biased media coverage of guns...
Dr. John Lott and Nikki Goeser appeared on WMAL's The Vince Coglianese Show live from CPAC in Washington, D.C. to discuss their testimonies before the Michigan state Senate Judiciary Committee against proposed gun-control laws including red-flag laws and mandatory...
Here is an example of a defensive gun use protecting a women from an abusive ex. This information is from the Gainesville police department available here. A Florida dad shot his daughter's abusive ex-boyfriend dead after the man allegedly assaulted her in...
https://youtu.be/wZusmW6__8E Dr. John Lott appeared on NTD News to discuss President Biden's newly signed executive order on gun control, essentially a means of completing the National Gun Registry. (Wednesday, March 15, 2023, from 12:02 to 12:07 PM ET) President Joe...