Michael Bloomberg’s The Trace earlier this year figured out who was responsible for mass public shootings in the US. In a series of Tweets after mass public shootings, The Trace wrote: “After a mass shooting, people often ask why the U.S. hasn’t passed stronger gun...
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On WMAL’s on Vice President Kamala Harris false claim: “Muslims in America and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate fueled attacks.”
Vince Coglianese speaks with Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center about the rate of how often anti-semitic hate crimes are committed in America to Islamaphobic hate crimes. The data on this point is available here. (Thursday, November 2,...
Violent Crime Rates by Race
In 2022, the murder rate among blacks is 653% higher than the murder rate for whites. The murder rate for Hispanics is 65% higher than for whites. Nor are those numbers that much of an outlier. From 1990 through 2022, the black murder rate average 569% higher than...
Vice President Kamala Harris falsely claims: “Muslims in America and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate fueled attacks.”
In setting up “the first ever US National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia,” the Biden administration has again focused on hate crimes against Muslims despite the rise this year in hate crimes against Jews. How accurate is Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim: “Muslims...
The problem with unattended ballot boxes: Judge orders new Bridgeport, CT Democrat mayoral primary after seeing alleged ballot-stuffing videos
We thought that there weren't any concerns about unattended ballot boxes. A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut’s largest city to be held after the Nov. 7 general election is completed. The decision comes...
Why the Red Flag Law would have made no Difference in the Maine Mass Murder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFIiP9wb7VY "My biggest takeaway is that we need Democrats who act with courage, that not only say that they’re going to act on this issue but actually act on it when they say that they care about it. I was in Maine just about four...
At Townhall: Why Not Enforce Existing Laws Rather Than Push for New Gun Control?
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. With the mass murder of 18 people in Maine on Wednesday, gun control advocates are calling for more gun control laws. Right at the top of the list is a so-called Red Flag Law. Vice President Kamala Harris has already called...
The Just-in-Time Bowling Alley in Lewiston, Maine, where Robert Card murdered 7 people on Wednesday, was a Gun-free Zone; the Schemengees Bar & Grille was likely also a Gun-free Zone.
Note: Facebook is censoring people's ability to see this post in two ways. 1) When people search for this link on FB the CPRC's site doesn't appear. 2) Facebook warns people twice that this link might be involved in selling guns. The information on this is shown...
Murderers Overwhelmingly Murder People who are Just Like Themselves
"When Alvin Bragg was a candidate for Manhattan district attorney, he spoke often about gun possession cases that did not merit harsh prosecution or imprisonment, saying that not every person charged with such a crime was linked to violence." Jonah E. Bromwich, "After...
The Maine Mass Murderer was Prohibited from Owning Guns, also took Guns into Gun-free Zone
While the reason that Robert Card was prohibited from owning guns isn't stated, the Maine state police say that he was a prohibited person. No explanation yet on how he obtained the gun. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, Card is categorized as “Federal...
On Constituting America: Should a Governor Issue an Executive Order to Restrict People’s Ability to Carry Guns for Protection?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIMdBmpZwtI Last month, the governor of New Mexico issued a temporary public health order restricting the carrying of firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. The bipartisan pushback against this order was swift, and she later...
Who are those least concerned about Violent Crime Getting Worse?: Democrats, Liberals, those earning the highest incomes, and those who went to Graduate School. These groups are much less concerned than blacks.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey conducted October 5th and 8th-9th, 2023 finds that blacks are at least twice as likely to be concerned about rising violent crime as Democrats, Liberals, and those earning the highest incomes. Blacks are also slightly more likely to be...