As with most Democrats, Memphis Mayor Paul Young was not happy with President Trump's decision to put the National Guard into Memphis to fight crime. Memphis Mayor Paul Young: “I’m certainly not happy about the National Guard.” Avery Lotz, "Memphis mayor: "Certainly...
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Full Aventura: John Lott in Argentina and Nuevo ReNAr: Much more than a stance in defense of guns
This article appeared in Spanish in the Argentinian publication Full Aventura. The original article is available here. . On Tuesday, July 8th, at the NH Tango Hotel, convened by the Federation of Legitimate Users of Argentina (FLUA) and the Association of Legitimate...
CPRC in the News: Houston’s KTRH Radio, Fort Worth’s 1190AM Radio, Legal Insurrection, The College Fix, and More
After a review by the Crime Prevention Research Center, they found that armed "good Samaritans" stopped as many as 62% of all active-shooter incidents. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has somehow managed to record that number as being just 3.7%. This comes from...
On Cincinnati’s WLW: To Discuss ADL’s Biased Report on Extremist Violence
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on Cincinnati's giant 50,000-watt WLW to discuss the latest shootings and left-wing violence. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Bogus ADL Report Either Mislabels Leftist Violence As ‘Right-Wing’ Or Omits It...
Survey Shows that a Large Percentage of People are Influenced to Buy a Gun Because of Mass Shootings
A law firm in Brier, Washington, conducted with 400 Americans across the United States using Pollfish. The sample is small, but it still provides some indication that about half the people are concerned enough about the danger from these types of attacks to be...
Final 2024 Numbers Show Bigger Surge in Violent Crime Felonies Under Biden Than Previously Thought
The 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics is out and the increase in violent crime was even worse than seen during the first three years of Biden's administration. During the first three years, the increase in felonious violent...
CPRC in the News: The Epoch Times, Red State, AOL, Louder with Crowder, Patriot Post, and more
. . . Two were mass shootings, which are defined by the Crime Prevention Research Center as the killing of four or more people in a single incident that’s not gang-related or related to some other crime. . . . “If you look at mass public shootings since 2018, what you...
Our Work Discussed in The Washington Times: FBI provides inaccurate data on active shootings, armed citizens stopping gunmen, researcher says
The Washington Times has a lead article on our new research on errors in the FBI's active shooting data. Screenshot . Federal data undercounts both the number of active shooter incidents across the country and how often concealed carry holders stop gunmen before...
Florida’s Largest Grocery Store Chain, Publix, will allow People to Openly Carry Guns in Their Stores
Publix grocery stores the most locations of any grocery chain in Florida — with 907 stores across 252 cities in 2025. . . . . Florida began allowing open carry on Sept. 25 after an appeals court overturned the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms, deeming it...
Bloomberg’s Everytown Quietly Scrubs Endorsement of Virginia Democrat Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones, the Bloomberg-funded group donated $200,000 to Jones’s campaign
Virginia Democrat Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones has gotten donations and endorsements from all the gun control groups from Everytown, Brady Campaign, and Giffords. Michael Bloomberg's Everytown and the Brady Campaign have removed their statements supporting...
At Townhall: Even More Disturbing Than Jay Jones’ Text Messages Is the Reason Behind Them
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on the race to be the top law enforcement officer in Virginia. . Democratic Virginia Attorney General nominee Jay Jones has faced sharp backlash after saying he wanted a Republican murdered and wished death on the Republican’s...
Washington Examiner: Armed citizens more effective in stopping shootings than FBI admits
The Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard has a write up on our new research showing the errors in the FBI's active shooting reports. . Americans packing heat have stopped active shootings at least 10 times more than the FBI has counted, showing that life-saving...












