This is less than half of a lecture that Dr. John Lott gave about expanded background checks on May 22, 2016. (The audio here is very low and to listen you will have to probably play this on high volume.)
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CPRC on Turkish TRT World’s The Newsmakers to debate whether prison deters criminals
Dr. John Lott from the Crime Prevention Research Center debated Baz Dreisinger from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice appeared on Turkish TRT World's The Newsmakers to debate whether prison deters crime and whether prison should be abolished (Thursday, May 26,...
CPRC at National Review: “When ‘Smart-Gun’ Laws Are Not So Smart”
Dr. John Lott commented on the Obama administration's gun control conference earlier this week. His piece starts this way: At a White House conference on Tuesday with representatives of state and local law enforcement from all 50 states, Vice President Joe...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Is Trump Right About Hillary’s Views On Guns?”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Daily Caller deals with the current gun debate: The media — from fact checkers to late night talk shows — has had a field day claiming that Trump is making false statements on guns. The media ought to have lost credibility by now. Last...
CPRC on the National Mike Siegel Show: Discussing Concealed handgun laws, Gun-free zones, and Katie Couric
Dr. John Lott talked to Siegel about the benefit of concealed handgun permits, gun ownership generally, and Katie Couric's new documentary movie on guns. (Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 11:05 PM to 12:00 AM EDT)
Errors in the New York Times: Gail Collins’ “Meet Deadeye Donald” May 20, 2016
The CPRC frequently writes letters to the editor at the New York Times to correct their errors, though unlike many newspapers the Times never acknowledges or corrects even the most egregious errors. Here are some of the errors in a piece over the weekend by Gail...
CPRC quoted by the Associated Press: Commenting on lawsuits stemming from 2012 Batman Movie Theater Shooting
Associated Press, May 20, 2016 On Thursday, Cinemark Theaters won the lawsuit that had been filed against them by 27 plaintiffs -- survivors and families of people killed arising out of the 2012 Batman movie theater shooting. The jury quickly decided that "there was...
Katie Couric Spent almost 4 hours interviewing John Lott on film for her new Gun-Control Movie But Didn’t include Any of Lott’s Interview in the Movie
UPDATED: Post by John Lott: After over two hours of pre-interviews with Kristin Lazure, a Producer at Atlas Films, I was asked to travel to New York City to do an interview with Katie Couric for her new movie. As Kristin put it on July 14,...
UPCOMING CPRC TALK IN LOUISVILLE, KY: THE WAR ON GUNS
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CPRC on The Blaze TV’s The Dana Show: “Katie Couric gun-control film deletes key Lott interview”
Here is part of an interview that Dr. John Lott did Dana Loesch that explains in detail what happened when Katie Couric tried interviewing him for her movie on gun control. Wednesday, May, 18, 2016 from 6:00 to 6:08 PM.
CPRC on WMAL’s Mornings on the Mall to talk about the Federal Judge striking down DC’s Concealed Handgun Rules
CPRC's Dr. John Lott was interviewed on WMAL with Brian Wilson and Larry O'Connor about a federal judge's decision to strike down DC's very restrictive concealed handgun law as too restrictive. A copy of the decision is available here. (May 18, 2016 from 7:07 to...