A new Rasmussen Reports Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters conducted on August 17-18, 2022, shows that Americans are very concerned about violent crime, with 61% very concerned and 25% somewhat concerned. Only 12% are not concerned, and 1% are not sure. The agreement...
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CPRC in the News: Law Enforcement Today, a good video on our latest report, Washington Times, The Blaze, Instapundit, and much more
An organization that keeps tabs on incidents of mass shootings is calling foul when looking at the statistics generated by the FBI in terms of those legally allowed to own firearms stopping these tragic events.The organization claims that the FBI has been...
On The Joyce Kaufman Show: Discussing misinformation about guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Joyce Kaufman on the giant 50,000-watt WFTL-AM radio station about the dangers of misinformation in regards to gun laws and how criminals have been using gun-free zones as targets for mass causality situations. See also Dr. Lott's new...
Chicago Concealed handgun permit holder stops armed carjacker
Carjacking has become a little more dangerous for the carjacker. This is the second time someone with a concealed handgun permit has stopped a carjacker in less than a month. From the Chicago Tribune: . A man with a concealed carry license was sitting in his vehicle...
New Rasmussen Survey: The highest income people, the ones with the most education, are least likely to be very concerned about preventing cheating in elections
A new Rasmussen Reports Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters conducted on August 17-18, 2022, shows that Americans are very concerned about violent crime, with 60% very concerned and 15% somewhat concerned. Only 22% are not concerned, and 2% are not sure. The agreement...
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman is wrong about voter I.D.
Dr. John Lott has a piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the false claims made by Democrat Senate candidate John Fetterman. . Last week, Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Democrat John Fetterman said that requiring a voter I.D. is “insidious and...
In Lima, Peru: “More Guns, Less Crime” by Dr. John Lott and Nikki Goeser, invited by the Association of Legal Owners of Firearms (APPLAF)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTUM6Zu0Wfc Dr. John Lott and Nikki Goeser discussed gun control in August in Brazil and Peru. This is a video of their talks in Lima, Peru. Lott's and Goeser's talks are shown in English with Spanish subtitles.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says that gun background checks will look to see if people are “espousing philosophies that indicate they have been radicalized”
So who is going to decide if someone holds "radical" views? Democrats are claiming that people who believe that there is significant vote fraud are "anti-Democratic." Are they too radical? “I’ve called upon and am working closely with our Attorney General to identify...
Worth listening to: On Toronto, Canada’s The Richard Syrett Show: To discuss the FBI undercounting armed citizen responders to mass killers
Dr. John Lott joined Richard Syrett on News Talk Sauga 960 AM in Toronto, Canada to discuss that legally armed civilians have stopped likely mass public shootings, but the FBI underreports such incidents. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at Real Clear Politics...
On NewsMax’s Wake Up America: The FBI Undercounts Defensive Use of Firearm
https://rumble.com/embed/v1ecrjd/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Wake Up America to discuss that the FBI undercounts likely mass shootings stopped by armed civilians, and the media picks which gun stories to tell. See also Dr. Lott's new piece at Real...
NYPD finally adopts concealed handgun permit rules to get in step with the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision: Hint, it will be hard to obtain, you will wait a long time to get it, and you can’t really use it anywhere
The fees to get a concealed handgun permit in New York City will still be extremely high. We went on their website on Wednesday, August 24th, after they had issued their new concealed handgun regulations, and the fee for handgun licenses is still $340 for the initial...
At Townhall: Why Biden’s Planned Student Loan Bailout is disastrous and will create very bad incentives
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. . We put five children through college (one is still attending). We saved up. We never took out any loans, as we didn’t want our kids burdened with debt. Our kids went to William & Mary, Mary Washington, Dartmouth, Johns...











