Our research on the number of concealed handgun permits received coverage at NPR stations across the country. The number of concealed handgun permits provides some perspective to the 3,896 guns found by people at airports. According to the Crime Prevention Research...
Dr. John Lott joined Liz Wheeler on One America News' Tipping Point to discuss the different definitions of mass shootings and how they are often misused. (Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 9 PM hour)
Dr. John Lott was on the Steve Gruber Show on the Michigan Talk Network to discuss our research on Mass Public Shootings. (Wednesday, November 21, 2018, from 6:45 to 6:54 AM)
Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago's WIND radio about the moves in many states to take away people's guns, from Red Flag laws to wanting interviews with friends and relatives to requiring access to people's social media accounts. (Monday,...
Dr. John Lott talked to Cliff Kelley on Chicago's black talk radio station, WVON, about our op-ed in the Chicago Tribune about mass public shootings. (Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 5:37- 6:00 PM)
Dr. John Lott was on the Vicki McKenna Show that covers most of Wisconsin (WISN, WIBA, WMEQ) to discuss how the rate of mass public shootings is much higher outside the US. (Monday, November 26, 2018, from 4:20 to 4:46 PM) Will Replace
Fourteen states allow people to carry a permitted concealed handgun in all or virtually all of their state. This last year legislatures in both Oklahoma and South Dakota passed Constitutional Carry bills only to have the legislation killed by the Republican governors....
The Associated Press' article on Florida's debate over expanding its program to let teachers carry concealed handguns by providing some perspective on how much of the country already allows it. The title of the article is: "Sheriff leading commission investigating...
Dr. John Lott was on the national Jim Bohannon show to discuss what new gun control laws will be pushed for after the beginning of the year when new legislators take their seats. With Democrats picking up the House of Representatives and 6 new state legislatures, one...
John Whitley recently stopped being our research director to take over as chief financial officer of the US Army in the Trump Administration. It was quite a loss for us, as John had been with us since the CPRC was founded. Fortunately, Carl Moody has joined us as our...
Do you think that you can spend more than a year in jail for just simple marijuana possession of a small amount of the drug? Well, ABC's new show The Rookie wants you to believe that is the case (Tuesday, November 20, 2018, Season 1, Episode 5). But it couldn't be...
Earlier this year we completed a detailed evaluation of 38 years of prison data for Arizona. Abstract In this edition of Prisoners in Arizona we provide an update to the findings of the previous report published in June of 2014. That report covered a wide range of...