As the picture above shows, the man who fatally shot Christina Grimmie did so in a gun-free zone. Somehow, despite the ban on weapons, the killer, Kevin James Loibi, was able to get a large knife in addition to two handguns into the concert area. As one headline...
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CPRC at Fox News: “Concealed carry, California and the 9th Circuit’s misrepresentation of the facts”
CPRC's John Lott has this new op-ed at Fox News discussing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision on permitted concealed handgun laws. Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 7-4 decision that Americans don’t have a right to carry concealed handguns...
CPRC in the Orange County Register: “Gun-free zones, like at UCLA, are magnets for murderers”
CPRC academic board member Professor Tim Groseclose and Dr. John Lott wrote a piece about the shooting last week at UCLA. Their piece begins this way: The fatal shooting at UCLA wasn’t supposed to happen. Late last year, California passed a ban on people being able to...
Hillary Clinton Appointee to the DNC Platform Committee: “I really don’t personally think that anyone should have a gun”
A Hillary Clinton appointee to the Democrat Platform Committee, Bonnie Schaefer, is the one who made the statement that "I really don't personally think anyone should have a gun." Hillary Clinton's views on gun control were made very clear again this last weekend, so...
CPRC on (AAR) Armed American Radio: Dr. Lott’s experience being interviewed by Katie Couric for her biased & deceptively edited documentary “Under The Gun”
Dr. John Lott talked with host Mark Walters about his experience being interviewed by Katie Couric for what turned out to be a very biased and deceptively edited gun-control film. After spending 2 hours doing pre-interviews and 4 hours being interviewed on film by...
CPRC at Fox News: “Four ways Hillary Clinton will work to end gun ownership as president”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: On Sunday, Hillary Clinton just couldn’t bring herself to say on ABC's "This Week" that Americans have an individual right to own guns. But it didn’t stop her from denying Donald Trump’s claim that she wants...
Hillary Clinton refuses to say whether there is an Individual Right to Self Defense
Transcript Stephanopoulos: Let's talk about the Second Amendment. As you know, Donald Trump has also been out on the stump, talking about the Second Amendment, saying you want to abolish the Second Amendment. I know you reject that. But I -- but I want to ask you a...
CPRC in Fox News: DC must let ex-prison guards pack heat, federal court rules
Dr. John Lott was quoted by Fox News about the new DC Circuit Court Decision on whether DC has to follow the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act that allows retired Law Enforcement with at least 10 years experience to carry concealed. Four former prison guards who...
CPRC on The Blaze’s Dana Show: Discussing Expanded Background Check Claims and Katie Couric’s Gun Control Movie
Dr. John Lott talked to Dana Loesch about claims made in the Katie Couric movie on background checks and the EPIX channel's announcement on Tuesday that they are no longer going to be showing her movie.
In the Bataclan theatre massacre in November 2015 there were eight off-duty police, but none of them had their guns with them
Interview with Eagles of Death Metal vocalist Jesse Hughes, who discussed the Bataclan attack in Paris that killed 89 of his fans. We had eight police officers in our audience that night. They all had the same conversation with their wives, which was “Should I bring...
Correcting Another New York Times’ oped: “Gun Control That Actually Works”
Dear Letters Editor: Alan Berlow quotes one person who isn’t worried about gun registration leading to confiscation ("Gun Control That Actually Works,” May 31). But this isn’t very assuring. In 2013, New York City used registration lists to confiscate guns. ...
CPRC on the Charlie Sykes Show on the big 50,000 watt WTMJ in Milwaukee: Benefits of Concealed Carry & Discussion of Katie Couric’s new gun control movie
Dr. John Lott talked with substitute host Mike Seigel about the benefits of concealed carry for self defense. Also discussed is Katie Couric's new gun-control documentary "Under The Gun." Couric interviewed Dr. Lott for almost 4 hours but ended up not using any of the...