A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that civilians actually stop more active shooters than police. According to the CPRC, concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police....
The spending bill that just passed Congress changed government spending from a line item spending to lump sums by cabinet department generally. This allows Kash Patel and Pam Bondi to transfer staff from enforcement in ATF (as opposed to handling licensing) to...
If you haven't seen Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the 9th Circuit video that he put out as part of his dissent in an en banc decision banning large-capacity magazines, it is worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMC7Ntd4d4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLE3rFPvt70 CBS's FBI and its related shows (FBI Most Wanted and FBI International) have a ridiculous number of errors regarding guns. Take this episode where the lead FBI agent asks if they can trace who has a gun through its design is...
The Crime Prevention Research Center found that more than 86% of police chiefs and sheriffs support “national reciprocity.” What that means is that a concealed carry permit holder from Arizona could cross into California and continue to carry. That would be...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hpGmJK_hI This is harder on police than we think is justified. Uniformed police simply have a very difficult job. The media loves to push the narrative that "good guys with guns don’t stop bad guys." But a new study from John Lott’s...
Breitbart covers our new research, though not directly from our website. Data compiled by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows that armed civilians stop more mass shootings than police do. American Thinker pointed to the CPRC data last week, noting not...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Cincinnati's giant 50,000-watt WLW-AM radio to discuss the crime statistics and what the Trump Administration will do. See also Dr. Lott’s op-ed piece at The Federalist titled “Trump’s FBI Reforms Need to Include Ending Data...
Glenn Reynolds, "FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER: A Deep Dive into Cases Where Civilians Stopped Active Shooters. Did they accidentally shoot bystanders, get in the way of police, get their gun taken away, or create other problems? How does it compare to...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . You'd never know it from watching television, but civilians stop more active shooters than police and do so with fewer mistakes, according to new research from the Crime Prevention Research Center, where I serve as...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Washington Times. . Imagine a single woman driving across state lines at night, hoping that her car won’t break down and become a crime victim. Or a truck driver as he travels across the country with valuable merchandise. They can...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Db_7SfAqQ Television show bias against guns is never-ending. You won’t see an entertainment television show that has a civilian successfully using a gun defensively. Instead, something always seems to go wrong when guns are...