https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-hsZC3bI1Y CPRC’S Executive Director Nikki Goeser talks with host Miranda Khan on America's Voice Live about the advice that “experts” give women who are stalked. Nikki talks about her own terrifying stalking experience and the...
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UPDATED: People legally carrying guns have helped police officers solve crimes
Sugar Creek, Missouri, September 20, 2025 Police in Sugar Creek responded to a shooting that left a woman injured while driving, and her husband helped officers identify the suspect nearby. When the suspect fled and attempted to enter a semi-truck, the driver used his...
Testimony before the Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee on SB1
Dr. John Lott was invited by state Senator Michael McKay to testify before the Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee on SB1. A copy of Dr. Lott’s testimony is available here.
Chicago: Man shoots, wounds suspected robber in shoot out on Green Line train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPusZCQ3Zhw A man with a concealed carry license shot and wounded a man trying to rob him at gunpoint on a CTA Green Line train Friday afternoon near the Cicero station, according to officials. About 4:45 p.m., the suspected...
On Central California’s KNZR: Discussing a wide range of topics from the concentration of murders in the US and the errors in the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports
Dr. John Lott talked to Terry Maxwell on Central California’s KNRZ at SHOT Show 2023 in Las Vegas. They discussed a wide range of topics including our latest research on murder concentration in the US, our previous study about massive errors in the FBI’s Active...
At America’s Voice Live with Steve Gruber: The Tyre Nichols Video Has Launched Another Firestorm of Criticism of Police
https://rumble.com/embed/v25erd6/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on America’s Voice Live about the criticism of police after the public release of that graphic video showing the Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols who died days...
Number of police in the Asheville Police Department is down 42% since May 2020, 200% surge in break-ins amid a violent crime spike
This isn't too surprising to anyone who have been following our work. . . . Violent crime in Asheville increased 31% per 100,000 people between 2016 and 2020 – nearly double the national average and 18-percentage points higher than North Carolina's 13% increase...
On the Bill Martinez Radio Show: To Discuss COVID Overcounts and Murder Concentration in the US
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about COVID deaths and hospitalizations being overcounted, and our latest research that murders in the U.S. are becoming increasingly concentrated in densely populated urban centers in a small set...
On America’s Voice Live: Discussing COVID Conspiracies
https://rumble.com/embed/v23ew4m/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott joins Steve Gruber to discuss the "overcounting" of COVID deaths and hospitalizations in the United States. Dr. Leana Wen admitted to the Washington Post: "The true toll of deaths and hospitalization, she...
CPRC in the News: New York Post, Just the News, Axios, Orange County Register, El Tiempo Latino, and much more
“Does Biden talk to police to see why they do what they do? Biden doesn’t understand policing,” John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said Monday. “If he wants to increase retention, don’t immediately release criminals &...
On Armed American Radio: Discussing Brazil’s gun control and America’s murder concentration
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about his recent piece at Real Clear Politics on what is happening in Brazil, and our latest study on the concentration of murder in the United States. (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)
UPDATED: Good Samaritans: People legally carrying guns have protected others
Allentown, Pennsylvania, December 19, 2025 A concealed carry permit holder opened fire at a Big Woody’s bar after seeing one man place his friend in a headlock while another struck him in the head, then shot a third man who allegedly tried to stab him. Investigators...









