Hillary Clinton has previously spoken out on restricting people being able to carry permitted concealed handguns on May 6, 2014: “We’re way out of balance. I think that we’ve got to reign in what has become an almost article of faith that anybody can have a gun...
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UPDATE: Tennessee legislature makes major moves to get rid of gun-free zones at public universities and businesses
By overwhelming votes, the Tennessee legislature passed three bills that get rid of gun-free zones at public universities and provides immunity to businesses if they don't post ban. CPRC's John Lott testified on all three bills when they started in the state Senate...
CPRC’s Lott noted in the Wall Street Journal editorial on “Harriet Tubman is an inspired choice to replace Andrew Jackson”
In an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, they mention a tweet that CPRC's John Lott had on Harriet Tubman and concerns that her choice may be a politically correct move. John Lott makes a pithy case for the contrary. An expert on the Second Amendment and sometime...
CPRC’s Nikki Goeser on The Capitol Hill Show with Tim Constantine
Nikki Goeser, Director of Communications for the Crime Prevention Research Center, speaks with host Tim Constantine on The Capitol Hill Show about the dangers of gun-free zones and how these gun control laws make good people vulnerable. Hear Ms. Goeser tell how her...
CPRC at Investor’s Business Daily: “Will President Obama Regulate Guns Out Of Existence?”
This is John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily: President Obama wants to put gun dealers out of business. When he was a state senator in Illinois, he supported a ban on the sale of handguns and all semi-automatic guns as well as a ban on selling guns...
Updated: Murder and homicide rates before and after gun bans
Original post: Every place that has banned guns (either all guns or all handguns) has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to one place where murder rates have fallen, whether it's Chicago or D.C. or even island nations such as England, Jamaica, or Ireland. For...
CPRC on Turkish TRT World’s The Newsmakers to Debate the Death Penalty
CPRC's John Lott debated Anthony Graves, who was exonerated of committing a murder in Texas. The debate was on TRT World's The Newsmakers. That is on the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. Survey on Death Penalty Research from John Lott's Freedomnomics Angus...
Video of Dr. John Lott v Paul Helmke debate in NYC: Will more Gun Control reduce the murder rate? Audience vote shows CPRC wins debate
The proposition for debate was: “In order to reduce its murder-rate, the U.S. needs more stringent gun-control laws.” John Lott argued against the proposition. Dr. Lott’s book, “More Guns, Less Crime,” now in its third edition, was first published in 1998. He holds a...
CPRC on The Steve Gruber Show: Discussion on debating Gun-Control Proponents and concerns with a changing Supreme Court
Dr. John Lott speaks with host Steve Gruber about a gun-control debate in New York City with former President of The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Paul Helmke. Also discussed are what concerns we should have with a Supreme Court that may change it's...
Another gun ban, another bad outcome: Venezuela homicide rate rose after 2012 ban on private ownership of guns
Private gun ownership was banned in Venezuela in June 2012, but their homicide rate went from 73 per 100,000 people in 2012 to 82 per 100,000 people in 2015. A private organization, the Venezuelan Violence Observatory (OVV), puts the rate in 2015 at over 90 per...
Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley says 8 minute response time in mass public shootings is “adequate” and “pretty quick,” opposes letting soldiers carry weapons on military bases
Here is a video clip of the Army chief of staff testifying on April 7th that it isn’t necessary to arm soldiers on military bases, such as Fort Hood attack, because: "We have adequate law enforcement on those bases to respond ... You take the Fort Hood incident number...
Four Defensive Gun Use Cases in a Week by Concealed Carry Permit Holders
Self-Defense leads to fatal shooting at Mandeville gas station, police say. MANDEVILLE, La. — A shooting at a gas station left one person dead in a possible of self-defense case. According to Mandeville Police, the shooting happened at the Shell station, at 3959...