While Virginia colleges and K-12 schools have moved to online classes and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has waived certain training requirements for Class B commercial driver’s licenses, as of January 1, 2021, Virginia’s...
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Nikki Goeser on the Phil Valentine Show 99.7 WTN: Tennessee Prison System Accused of Putting Prisoner Rights Groups Before Victims
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser talked to Phil Valentine on the giant 100,000 watt WWTN-FM. They discussed how the Tennessee prison system won't take away the good time early release credits from her husband's murderer who has continued threatening her and stalking her from...
At Newsweek: Don’t Let Anti-Gun Activists Weaponize the Capitol Hill Riot
Dr. John Lott has returned to the CPRC and he had this piece today at Newsweek. After the riot at the U.S. Capitol, gun control organizations warn that armed rioters at state capitols across the country on Inauguration Day pose a threat to our democracy. They claim...
UPDATE: Do Right-to-carry laws reduce violent crime?
Original Post November 2, 2014: A 2012 survey of the literature in the University of Maryland Law Review is available here. Some of the peer-reviewed research showing that concealed carry laws reduce violent crime is listed here. This list includes papers using US...
At Townhall: A Dark Moment for Democracy Affirms the Need for the Second Amendment
Andrew Pollack, the new president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, has a new op-ed up at Townhall.com. Businesses in major American cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. erected plywood barricades for fear of election day violence. To...
More problems with the latest FBI Reports: 15% of Active Shooter Attacks During 2014-19 were Stopped Or Mitigated By Citizens Legally Carrying Guns, But Misses More than Half The Cases
The FBI claims that there were 27 active shooting cases in 2018 and 28 cases in 2019, but they have missed at least seven cases, with at least six cases where a concealed handgun permit holder stopped the attack. So there should be nine cases (14.52%) where people...
TV Bias On Guns: MTV’s Teen Wolf “I Don’t Like Guns”
Media bias on guns takes many forms. Here is an all too typical example where a character comes out and says: “I don’t like guns.” In an episode titled "The Benefactor," MTV's Teen Wolf has an episode where they first show a man almost accidentally shooting his son...
At Bearing Arms: Number of Concealed Handgun Permits nears 20 million
Dr. John Lott talked ot Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms. As Americans have embraced their Second Amendment rights by the millions this year, the number of concealed carry holders has grown as well, though not as quickly as you might think. According to the latest figures...
On Lock n Load: Discussion the CPRC new annual report on the number of Concealed Handgun Permits
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Frady about our newest report on the number of concealed handgun permits. (Tuesday, October 6, 2020, from 6:05 to 7:00 PM) Part 1 Lock N Load October 6, 2020 Part 2 Lock N Load October 6, 2020
On Wisconsin’s Vicki McKenna Show: What does the election mean for gun control?
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about what the election means for gun control. (Thursday, October 15, 2020, from 4:16 to 4:30 PM) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin (WISN, WIBA, WMEQ).
On the Jim Bohannon Show: On the Missouri Governor’s promise to pardon Mark and Patricia McCloskey and Biden gun control promises
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon on his national radio show about Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he would pardon the St. Louis couple,Mark and Patricia McCloskey, if they are convicted of gun charges after waving guns at protesters walking in front of their home...
On Las Vegas’ KXNT: Evaluating Joe Biden’s Gun Control Proposals?
Dr. John Lott talked to KXNT's Alan Stock about Joe Biden's gun control proposals. They also briefly discussed Lott's new book, "Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched "studies" have twisted the facts on gun control." (Monday, October 12, 2020,...