From the Voice of America: Thanks to Ohio state laws, anyone within the 8-square-kilometer "event zone" in downtown Cleveland will be able to openly carry legally owned firearms. With a valid permit, they can even carry a concealed weapon. And city officials cannot...
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CPRC on One America News’ The Daily Ledger: Gun Ownership and Terrorism
Crime Prevention Research Center's John Lott was on the One America News Network to discuss gun ownership and terrorism (Wednesday, June 29, 2016)
CPRC on Al Jazeera International to talk changing background checks, banning assault weapons, and gun-free zones
CPRC's Dr. John Lott was on Al Jazeera International on Friday, June 17th, 2016 to discuss changing background checks, banning assault weapons, and gun-free zones.
CPRC in the American Journal of Epidemiology: “What do we know about the Association between Firearm Legislation and Firearm-related Injuries”
CPRC President John Lott, CPRC Academic Board Member Carl Moody and CPRC Research Direction John Whitley had a letter in the June 16th issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology to point out errors in a recent paper in the journal by J. Santaella-Tenorio, A. Cerdá...
CRPC at National Review: The Case for More Concealed Handguns
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at National Review that was the top piece on their page on Wednesday. The piece, which covers the lessons that we have learned after Orlando, starts this way: In a new Gallup poll released, a nearly two-to-one margin of Americans (64 to...
CPRC on the Glenn Beck TV Show: Discussing the push to ban AR-15s
Dr. John Lott joined Glenn Beck on his TV program to discuss the differences between machine guns and the semi-automatic AR-15. (June 23, 2016 at 5:20 to 5:25 PM) Beck: John, I appreciate your time and thanks for all your hard work over the years. You are really the...
CPRC in the News: Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Sean Hannity, Cato Institute and many others
Cleveland Channel 5 ABC, June 27, 2016 Rodecker pointed to the latest Crime Prevention Research Center report that shows that the number of permits issued in the U.S. has grown more than 15% in the past year. . . . Ammoland, June 27, 2016 Details are emerging about...
Mass Public Shooting at Nightclub in South Carolina stopped by Concealed Handgun Permit holder
Picture from Sumter County Sheriff’s Office After the massacre in Orlando, Florida, there is the question of how to stop mass public shootings. Unlike Florida, South Carolina allows people to carry permitted concealed handguns in Nightclubs. If the attack wasn't...
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NEW CPRC research: Do economists and criminologists differ in their views of firearms’ effects on crime and suicide?
Regulation (Summer 2016) has published some new research by John Lott and Gary Mauser on "Do economists and criminologists differ in their views of firearms’ effects on crime and suicide?" A copy of the article is available here.
CPRC on Sean Hannity’s radio show debating new gun control measures: Background Checks and Assault Weapon Bans
Dr. John Lott debated Amy Dardashtian on Sean Hannity's radio show about the push for new gun control laws. They covered background checks and assault weapon bans. (Friday, June 24, 2016 from 6:05 to 6:20 PM). From Sean Hannity's website: 5:05PM EST - Amy...
Thirteen defensive guns uses with legally carried concealed handguns over the last month
These are just some news stories that I have come across only involving people who could legally carry guns. It is not meant to be comprehensive of all the news stories over that month and certainly not meant to be comprehensive list of cases as most cases are...