John Lott talked with JD Hayworth and Miranda Khan about whether legal liability for gun makers should be protected from malicious lawsuits and what can be done to stop mass public shootings (Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 6:45 to 6:50 PM).
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CPRC in the Detroit News on the state legislature moving to eliminate gun-free zones
John Lott has this new piece in the Detroit News: Would you post a sign announcing that your home is a gun-free zone? Would you feel safer? Criminals don’t obey these signs. In fact, to criminals, gun-free zones look like easy targets. So why do we put up these signs...
CPRC in the Washington Times about claims that Australian and British gun control laws made their countries better
In the Washington Times on October 14, 2015: But John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said gun-related homicides and suicides were declining in Australia even before the restrictions were imposed, and the trend simply continued after...
CPRC’s research discussed in the New York Times, providing context on how rare bad actions by permits are
In a case where a concealed handgun permit holder in Michigan may have used excessive force with her permitted concealed handgun to stop a shoplifter, the New York Times references the CPRC's John Lott. John Lott, an economist, author and prominent advocate of...
CPRC on the Lars Larson Show discussing the push for new gun control after the Oregon Community College shooting
John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about the push by Democrats for new gun control laws after the Oregon Community College shooting (Thursday, October 8, 2015 from 6:20 to 6:30 EDT PM).
CPRC on WJR Paul W. Smith Show: John Lott talks about how gun-free zones make people vulnerable
Dr. John Lott talks with Paul W. Smith about gun-frees zones and how they make people vulnerable (Tuesday, October 13, 2015 from 8:07 to 8:13 AM). http://www.cumulusdetroit.com/audio/audio_017523.mp3
CPRC Testimony before the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee on Eliminating many Gun-free zones
John Lott testified before the Michigan state Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 3 PM. MLive.com had this: His comments were echoed by John Lott, author of "More Guns, Less Crime," a book that has become a central document for gun rights...
CPRC President John Lott talks to Coastal Daybreak about the dangers of gun-free zones
CPRC President John Lott talks about the dangers of gun-free zones on WTKF 107.1FM Coastal Daybreak (Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 8:45 to 8:54 PM).
CPRC President Dr. John Lott will testify on pistol-free reform in Michigan
Dr. John Lott will be testifying at 3pm today before the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee on a bill that will eliminate gun-free zones for those CPL Holders who conceal carry....
CPRC in the News: News Coverage from around the US
Washington Post, October 8, 2015 But pro-gun-rights economist John Lott Jr. wrote in his 2003 book, "The Bias Against Guns," that states with conceal-and-carry laws did have lower firearm murder and injury rates. He's also argued that guns can be a powerful deterrent:...
CPRC on Fox News: Would New Gun Laws Make You Safer?
Dr. John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, explains what the recent shootings all have in common.
American Psychiatric Association’s president, Dr. Renee Binder, says preventing the mentally ill from owning guns won’t reduce murders
APA President Renée Binder, M.D., isn't an expert on the storage of guns in the home or the risk of children getting access to guns, but she is an expert on mental illness. From Psychiatric News Alert (The Voice of the American Psychiatric Association and the...