The New York Times has a new piece by a gun control advocate who claims that increasing law enforcement in D.C. will be either "needless" or counterproductive. At least gun control advocates are consistent, they don’t want law enforcement to protect people at the same...
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At the Wall Street Journal: Another Mass Shooting in a ‘Gun-Free Zone’
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal about the media bias in covering mass shootings. . Once again a mass shooter has struck and the media is refusing to acknowledge why he chose his target. Like other killers, he...
On The President’s Daily Brief Situation Report: Discussing the DC Crime Data Scandal
https://youtu.be/3QgDb2CVwEQ?feature=shared&t=1635 The President's Daily Brief Situation Report is hosted by former CIA operations officer Mike Baker. He talked to Dr. John Lott about accusations that the Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated...
CPRC in the News: Just the News, New York Sun, Daily Signal, Daily Caller, One America News, Hot Air, Real America’s Voice, and more
A new analysis by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) found that the FBI has understated the number of times armed civilians have stopped active shooter incidents in the United States. According to the FBI, civilians stopped just 14 out of 374 active shooter...
UPDATED: How mass killers pick out venues where their victims are sitting ducks
Updated August 27, 2025: You would think the empirical evidence would be overwhelming at some point. When the Aurora, Colorado Batman movie theater shooter attacked, seven movie theaters were showing "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20th within 20 minutes of the...
The Catholic School Shooter in Minneapolis Claims that He Would Prefer to Target a “Gun-Free Zone” Because the Victims are Defenseless. “That’s why I and many others like schools so much.”
It turns out that it wasn't an accident that attack in Minneapolis occurred at a gun-free zone. The murderer's manifesto makes it clear that he purposely picked a gun-free zone. The murderer wrote his manifesto in Russian, but here is the relevant translation. "I...
UPDATED: Shooting in Gun-free Zone at a Minneapolis Catholic School Leaves 2 Dead and 17 Injured, Apparently the attack involved a Transgender Person.
The suspected gunman in a horrific church and school shooting in Minnesota took his own life after a rampage cops say killed at least two people and wounded as many as 20 others, with victims including kids and adults. Police said the unidentified shooter -- who was...
At the New York Post: DC is murder-free thanks to Trump — but his haters won’t accept reality
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post on the incredibly large, very statistically significant drop in D.C.'s homicide rate since President Trump federalized D.C.'s law enforcement. It is the lead op-ed in today's New York Post. Democrats are still in...
D.C. Reporting Stunning Drops in Violent Crime Rates Since Trump Federalized D.C.’s Law Enforcement. Robbery down 46%, Carjackings down 83%, Violent Crime down 22%.
Who would have thought it? Adding more police to the streets, reducing restrictions on policing, and targeting illegal aliens do cut crime. The D.C. police union reports that crime fell sharply during the 14 days after President Trump announced the federalization of...
UPDATED: D.C. Marks 13 Days Without a Homicide After Trump Takeover: What are the odds of that? 0.13% Based on 2024 Data. 0.23% Based on 2025’s First Seven Months. The lives being saved are almost all black.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZax0C1Obho UPDATE: The streak ended early on the 14th day, the morning of Tuesday, August 26, 2025, when 31-year-old Franck Foute Mohdjiom was fatally shot in the 300 block of Anacostia Rd SE. Original: The news report above is from...
2024 Data Shows D.C. Crime Soars Above States and Cities: Murder and Robbery Lead the Surge—Murder Rate 28% Higher Than the Worst Big City, 136% Higher Than the Worst State, and 434% Above the Average State.
Our original post using the FBI's 2023 crime data is available here for comparison. Whether compared to states—since Democrats want D.C. to become the 51st state—or to major cities, the district stands out for all the wrong reasons. Anyone who has been in a CVS or...
At Real Clear Politics: Mail-In Ballots Need To Go
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics defending Trump's push to prevent mail-in ballots. It was also published at Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Journal Courier (Kentucky), Zero Hedge, Hot Air, Yahoo! News, KMVU Fox 26 (Medford, Oregon), and Highland...











