The number of permits to carry guns in public in Poland has been accelerating, though only 0.145% of adults have a permit. The number of licensed firearms also increased to 930,100, equal to 2.94 firearms per 100 people. Including the 85,000 other licenses, that...
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Thomas Massie’s bill on Getting Data on Discriminatory Errors in the NICS Background Check System, Relies heavily on the CPRC’s work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar5k6vxC3e8 Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has put forward H.R. 2267: "To require the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report that includes the demographic data of persons determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm...
TV Cop Shows Regularly have Women Police Officers Run as Fast or Faster than Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZUdkWMn5U8 TV police shows consistently show female police officers running as fast or faster than male officers. But in the real world that is not close to being the case. For example, for the U.S. Marshals Service, the minimum...
Congressman Thomas Massie Uses the Crime Prevention Research Center’s Research on School Shootings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8cQ7HFf9pM Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) uses the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on school shootings. There were many other cases during this hearing where it looked like people were using our research, but this is...
Supreme Court Decision in VanDerStok Case: Pluses and Minuses
A copy of the Supreme Court's decision in the VanDerStok case is available here. This case was a regulatory issue, not a Constitutional question. This was not a Second Amendment case. The decision contains some positive news as well as some negative news. On the...
CPRC in the News: Gateway Pundit, KTRH Radio, Mike Huckabee, VOZ, Bearing Arms, and much more
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....
CNN: “Patel plans major cutback to ATF by moving as many as 1,000 agents to FBI.” Why this makes sense from a policy perspective.
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...
Dissent video in 23-55805 Duncan v. Bonta
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
CBS’s Ridiculous Episode on Ghost Guns
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...
CPRC in the News: PJ Media, Cowboy State Daily, American Thinker, Salisbury Post,
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...
Colion Noir on “New Study Proves Armed Citizens Stop Mass Shootings”
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: Study: Concealed Carriers Stop More Active Shooters Than Police Do
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...











