We know of seven cases: two involving a teacher at an elementary school (though in one of these cases the teacher was carrying the gun illegally) and the other six at colleges and universities around the country. These relatively minor and rare cases are consistent...
Dr. John Lott appeared on the national radio show Erskine Overnight regarding the debate over gun control. (Saturday, March 10, 2018, second hour of the show)
Politifact's Jon Greenberg claims: "NRA's Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban." They rate the claim as "mostly false." On ABC News’ This Week Dana Loesch had this to say: Loesch: "France had a higher casualty rate in...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Washington Times that directly responds to false claims being made by Fact Checkers: President Trump thinks arming school staff and teachers deter threats. Surprise, media fact checkers from The New York Times to FactCheck.org...
Politifact's Jon Greenberg claims: "Florida lawmaker repeats dodgy claim about crimes by cops vs. concealed permit holders." They rate the claim as "false." This is in response to our research "comparing conviction rates of police and permit holders." The Florida...
Dr. John Lott talked to Radio America's Greg Corombos about the useless solutions being proposed to stop mass public shootings. (Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 13 minutes)
Snopes.com recently fact-checked a post that we first put up in June 2015 and updated on January 7, 2016. This became an issue for them because a story that Fox News' Special Report that had run a couple years ago was getting circulated on Facebook after...
A 22-year-old woman claims that she was fired from her job as a social worker simply because she has a concealed handgun permit, not because she actually had her gun with her near work. Durham is a victim of sexual assault who apparently got her permit because she...
Antonia Okafor mentions Crime Prevention Research Center on Mass Public Shooting around the World. February 16, 2018, 5:30 to 5:31 AM https://crimeresearch.org/2018/02/with-39-killed-in-tunisia-attack-the-top-three-mass-public-shootings-are-outside-the-united-states/...
The Miami Herald has this description of the incredibly slow response from the Broward Sheriff's office. While Broward Deputy Scot Peterson arrived at the building one minute after the attack started, it was another 10 minutes before any officers attempted to enter...
The Hill, March 8, 2018 As has been the case with school shootings, American soldiers were sitting ducks in the defenseless killing fields known as “gun-free zones,” where criminals, but not the average citizen would be armed. In fact, the Crime Prevention Research...
UPDATED: October 8, 2018 (ORIGINAL March 7, 2018): After the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, a number of states have considered allowing teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns. The obvious question is how has it worked in the states that allow guns to...