John Lott, who is the country's foremost gatherer and analyst of gun statistics, has demonstrated conclusively that more guns equals fewer crimes of violence. The killers themselves have recognized this, as they only stop when confronted by superior firepower.Andrew...
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Nikki Goeser gives an extensive interview for Recoil magazine: “Be Your Own Advocate”
Recoil magazine has an extensive eight-page, powerful feature story on the CPRC's Nikki Goeser. Below are just the first two pages of the interview. We wish we could share more of the interview with you, but if you decide to buy a copy of the magazine, it will be well...
On Armed American Radio: CPRC’s Nikki Goeser explains why she is against Red Flag Laws, even as a victim of a violent stalker.
Segment 1 Segment 2 CPRC's Executive Director Nikki Goeser talked with host Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about Goeser's piece at Real Clear Politics titled "Red Flag Laws and Unintended Consequences." Sunday, May 29, 2022...
On Cleveland’s WHK: The Media Falsely Claiming that Mass Public Shooters are “Right Wing”
Dr. John Lott talked to Bob Frantz on Cleveland's WHK about his piece at Townhall on the media's bias in describing the political views of mass public shooters. Lott's piece starts this way: If you believe the Los Angeles Times, the Buffalo shooter who left 10 dead...
Breaking down Mass Public Shooting data from 1998 through May 2022: Info on weapons used; gun-free zones; racial, age, and gender demographics
The Excel file with detailed information on the 88 mass public shootings from 1998 through May 15, 2022 is available here. With all the discussion about having another assault weapon ban, only 14% of mass public shootings are done solely with any type of rifle....
On Armed American Radio: Discussing how badly people are misinformed on gun-related crimes and the media’s false claim on mass public shooters’ political views
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about Lott’s piece at Real Clear Politics titled "When Misinformation Drives Bad Policy" and another piece at Townhall titled "Media Falsely Claim Mass Public Shooters are 'Right-wingers'...
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 22 Cases During March 2022
Atlanta, GA, March 1, 2022 (FOX 5 Atlanta) Officers have arrested five teenagers after a police chase through multiple metro Atlanta cities and counties early Tuesday morning.Officials tell FOX 5 the incident started around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in DeKalb County with a...
At Real Clear Politics: Red Flag Laws and Unintended Consequences
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a new op-ed piece with her former boss, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), on a real threat to American's safety. The senseless murder of 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas is leading to calls for...
Mass Public Shooting averted: Woman fatally shoots a man armed with an AR-15 type gun who began shooting at a crowd of people in Charleston, West Virginia
Cases like this just don't get national news. Here a man with "an extensive criminal history" started firing an "AR-15 style firearm" into a crowd. Fortunately, a woman who was legally carrying a gun was there to stop the attack. Police said a woman who was lawfully...
Police waited outside Robb Elementary School for 56 minutes before Border Patrol Tactical Unit entered the school, it took 14 minutes for the police to arrive. Total time before law enforcement entered the school after first call is 70 minutes.
While 19 children and two teachers were being murdered inside the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, police waited outside the school trying to decide what to do. Eventually it wasn't the police who entered, but a Border Patrol Tactical Unit. The murderer also...
On Chicago’s WIND-AM: When Misinformation on Gun Crime Drives Bad Gun Control Policy
Dr. John Lott talked to Shaun Thompson on Chicago's WIND-AM about his most recent piece in Real Clear Politics that compares our new survey on what Americans think is the percent of violent crime that involves guns to what the data actually shows. Hint the gap is very...
CPRC’s work discussed in Real Clear Investigations “The ADL Murder Report That Cried ‘White Supremacist'”
A new investigative report by James Varney at Real Clear Investigations worked closely with the CPRC's John Lott and Carl Moody on whether the Anti-Defamation League's claims about White Supremacists being a significant threat is accurate. The ADL also claims that...











