Dr. John Lott will be giving a talk and book signing in Glendale, Arizona for a Gun Owners of America (you can sign up for tickets here). Others speakers include Rep. Andy Biggs (who is running for governor), Sheriff Mark Lamb (AZ Congressional Candidate for CD-5),...
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CPRC in the News: Breitbart, Instapundit, American Thinker, New American, The American Spectator, and more
Stateline quoted John Lott saying, “All you do by creating a gun-free zone is creating a magnet — just read the diaries and manifestos. All you do is create a magnet for those who want to go and kill people.” . . . AWR Hawkins, "Report: At Least Eight States...
Greg Gutfeld Mentioning Our Work on Crime by Illegal Aliens
Fox News' Gutfeld! on February 12, 2026 . Kat Timpf: People who are violent felons, yes, they should be deported, and I think there’s also a big number of people who say, if you have committed felonies, maybe you should not be in this country and given a pass and...
Australians for Science & Freedom: Guns and Crime. Interviewed by Jason Strecker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LR5K4mAQu0 Jason Strecker (ASF Director) interviews Economist, researcher and recognized expert on guns and crime Dr. John Lott. This interview took place in Australia when Dr. Lott was there during early February. Published March 18,...
At Real Clear Politics: The Terror Threat Americans Aren’t Supposed To Discuss
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also published at World Net Daily. . Many commentators claim that Islam does not pose a threat of violence in the United States. Influencers such as Tucker Carlson often repeat this argument. Others,...
Virginia Bill On the Governor’s Desk Makes It a Crime to Carry a Wide Range of Firearms on “any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public”
It is unlawful for any person to carry a loaded (i) semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is (a) equipped at the time of the...
Letter Submitted to the Orange County Register Responding “For UCI professor, sharing data about immigrants and crime is risky,” which claims the professor taking the left wing position that illegals don’t commit much crime is somehow heroic
Responding to this piece in the Orange County Register (California), though it wasn't published by the newspaper. Links to sources for the New York data. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office data is here. More information here. Dear Editor: Your article on UCI...
UPDATE: The false narrative of white supremacists doing mass public shootings: Racial, Gender, Religious and Political views of these killers from 1998 through 2025
Transcript of those two clips by Tucker Carlson. Tucker Carlson: I see millions of Americans being destroyed and none of it is at the hands of radical Islam. Is radical Islam more dangerous than only fans? It's not even close. Tucker: Sharia law is bad, Seth. I don't...
CPRC in the News: The Epoch Times, American Thinker (2), Ammoland (2), and more
U.S. academic and crime analyst John Lott Jr. says more discussion is needed on how mass shooters plan their attacks, rather than just motivation and ideology, which typically receives the most media attention. Lott Jr., founder of the Crime Prevention Research...
Attacks on the Synagogue in Michigan & Old Dominion University in Virginia Are Why We Need to Carry Concealed
An attacker at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia killed one ROTC cadet and critically injured another before another cadet stabbed him to death in the classroom where the ROTC course was being held. Just hours later, a man drove a truck through the front...
The White House References Our Research in Discussing The SAVE Act
The Trump White House is referencing some of our research. . FACT: Voter ID laws have no measurable negative effect on turnout. A 2006 study by the Crime Prevention Research Center found “[i]t is hard to see any evidence that voting regulations differentially harm...
At Real Clear Politics: Gun Control’s Endgame: No Guns for Anyone
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics about how gun control advocates don't want civilians or the police to have guns. Also reprinted at Zero Hedged, World Net Daily, American Greatness, Lucianne.com, MSN, and AOL.com . Gun control advocates do not just...











