Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Union Leader with New Hampshire state Representative Samuel Farrington (R), who is the primary sponsor of the Campus Carry bill that will be voted on this coming week in the state Senate Judiciary Committee. . News media coverage...
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UPDATED: Despite Lula’s Campaign Promises, the Number of Licensed Firearm Owners in Brazil Increased by at least 18% Between 2022 and 2026, and total guns owned up slightly by 3.3%
UPDATE: Data directly from the Federal Police shows a different set of numbers (Original Post below). The number of CAC licenses in Brazil increased from 867,472 in 2022 to 1,026,633 in 2026 (see screenshots below), but those are internal government numbers that links...
So is there really a question of whether Trump reduced crime in DC? Did the Washington Post inaccurately report murder data to make the drop look smaller than it actually is?
The Washington Post doesn't really want to give President Trump credit for the drop in crime in DC. Please look at the graph above and notice that there was a discrete change in August and September 2025 (and the change only started about half way through August on...
Politicians Trading on Insider Information
With news that a U.S. soldier was arrested for winning $400,000 for Polymarket bets on Maduro's capture, there hasn't been a huge coverage of politicians voting on insider in their races on Kalshi. This isn't politicians betting on insider information on government...
Detroit Man Shoots Three of the Four Men who were trying to Attack Him
Prosecutors can take months to decide whether to pursue charges in a shooting, even when the person who pulled the trigger clearly acted in self-defense or in defense of others. In this case, however, Wayne County prosecutors moved quickly and determined that the...
CPRC in the News: New York Post, American Thinker, PJ Media, Ammoland, American Rifleman, and More
The TSN has also kept trans in a state of fearful paranoia by claiming a “trans genocide,” which has played a role in dramatically increasing the numbers of trans engaging in mass shooting attacks. Dr. John R. Lott puts trans at 0.73% of the...
Elon Musk’s Retweet of Our Video on FBI Data Errors Gets Over 45 Million Impressions
On April 15, 2026, Elon Musk retweeted our video with John Stossel on the errors in the FBI's active shooting data. Musk's retweet received over 45 million impressions. This is the second time that Musk as retweeted the video, and when he tweeted it out before it...
Police Murders Drop Sharply: Felonious Deaths Fell 17.2% in 2025 and 33.3% in Early 2026
Just as murders overall are falling, the murders of police is also declining the last couple of years, and the drop for police last year is about as large as the 20% drop in overall murders last year. The 53 officers murdered in 2025 is the lowest total since 2020. It...
At the Washington Times: New Virginia gun law sets stage for ban
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times. . On Friday, Virginia Governor Spanberger signed legislation that bans the manufacture, sale, and possession of so-called “ghost guns”—homemade firearms without serial numbers. The law offers no...
Virginia’s Long List of New Gun Control Laws
As of April 14, 2026, several major gun control measures passed by the General Assembly are set to become law because Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger either signed them or did not veto them by the midnight deadline on Monday, April...
Maricopa County Identifies 137 registered voters who are not U.S. citizens, 60 Non-Citizens Who Previously Voted
Here is the press statement from the Maricopa County Recorder's Office. . As part of an effort to confirm full ballot eligibility for 61,681 Maricopa County voters affected by the “MVD-DPOC” issue, the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office conducted a review of these...
Voted Fraud: In 2020, a man requested 106 mail-in ballots for city residents without their knowledge, and he had them sent to a P.O. Box registered using a fake driver’s license and student ID
A Texas Democrat engaged in massive vote fraud. What if Mr. Mohamed had used multiple P.O. Boxes instead of just one? What if the election workers hadn't been so observant? It is shocking that it was this easy for him to obtain over a hundred ballots to vote. In...












