Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Fox News on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday regarding Senator Jeff Sessions. Unfortunately, Senator Dianne Feinstein delayed the vote on Sessions citing concerns about his views on women. The piece below...
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CPRC in the Santa Fe New Mexican: Background check bill — right for New Mexico?
With the debate heating up in New Mexico over Michael Bloomberg's push for Universal Background checks, Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the newspaper for the state's capitol. Let’s say a stalker threatens a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: BuzzFeed’s Founder Spreads False Information. I Was One Of His Victims
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the Daily Caller that discussed Jonah Peretti's past of impersonating At the moment, media outlets want nothing to do with BuzzFeed, the “news” website that published unverified, “fake” allegations against Donald Trump. The...
The New York Times’ false claims about what the public and their selective experts think about gun control
On January 10, 2017, the New York Times had an article claiming that both the public and their selective experts favored more gun control. From their article: The academics in our panel — many of the country’s best empirical researchers on gun policy — were far more...
CPRC at the National Review: The New York Times’ Bogus Crime Data about Concealed-Handgun Permit Holders
Dr. John Lott has another piece at National Review about the New York Times continuing to disseminate clear false claims by the New York Times (though this could just as well be written about other publications such as The Hill): . For the fourth time in less than two...
CPRC Response to Washington Post article on guns in statehouse buildings
As we have previously discussed, the Associated Press used our research on state capitols that allow people to carry firearms. Here is the letter that we sent into the Washington Post: Dear Letters Editor: Your article grossly exaggerates the risks of concealed...
CPRC on several weeks of Steve Gruber’s Show discussing everything from how Politifact covers gun issues to the Ft Lauderdale attack to Constitutional Carry
Constitutional Carry on the rise in many states. What does Lott hope with a Trump presidency. (Tues. Jan 17, 2017 from 6:45 to 6:53 AM) "Ft Lauderdale Airport killer once again extensive interaction with mental health professionals failed to identify someone as a...
The New York Times yet again as a Fake News Site: Citing false information from the Violence Policy Center
Once again the New York Times is citing bogus data from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) (January 12, 2017). The grim truth is that concealed-carry permit holders are rarely involved in stopping crime. But people with permits have been responsible for more than 900...
CPRC in the Associated Press: “packing guns on statehouse grounds”
Despite us emphasizing the Associated Press reporter with how incredibly rare any problems were with carrying guns at legislatures and noting that not one had been harmed in those cases, the reporter focused the very rare, minor problems that have occurred. The AP...
After this year, there will likely be 16 or 17 States that allow people to carry concealed handguns without a permit: Constitutional Carry
With Missouri, West Virginia, and Idaho enacting Constitutional Carry laws last year, twelve states allow people to carry without a permit in all or virtually all their states. This includes Montana that allows people to carry without a permit in about 99.4% of the...
CPRC on the Michael Dukes Show in Anchorage on the errors in a new Violence Policy Center report on firearm death rates and the Ft Lauderdale Airport Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Michael Dukes on Anchorage's 50,000 Watt KBYR about the Ft Lauderdale shooting as well as a new Violence Policy Center report claiming that Alaska ranks number one in the nation in terms of the rate of firearm deaths. (Friday, January 13, 2017...
Yet another case where a concealed handgun permit holder saved a police officer
These cases just don't get national news coverage. A concealed handgun permit holder saved a police officer who was being ambushed in Arizona at I-10 in Tonopah (January 12, 2017). From the UK Daily Mail: When he started to block lanes and put out flares, a...










