Last November and December, we posted discussions of recent Gallup, Washington Post-ABC News, and PEW surveys showing that people viewed gun ownership made them feel safer. Now a new Rasmussen survey shows that Americans feel safer when others in their neighborhood...
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CPRC on CNN to discuss the false claim that gun licensing reduced firearm homicides in Connecticut by 40%
Carina Storrs with CNN interviewed John Lott, and tried to get across the point that you can't cherry pick one law in one state when many places are changing their laws. Unfortunately, she left out the main point that even for Connecticut there was no real evidence...
CPRC on Lars Larson’s National Radio Show and Coast-to-Coast AM to discuss new claims about the benefits of Gun Licensing and Errors in the FBI Study on Public Shootings
John Lott talked to Lars Larson and George Noory on their national radio shows about errors in the FBI study on public shootings as well as new claims about the supposed benefits of gun licensing. Lars Larson (Thursday, June 11th, 8:20 to 8:42 PM) audience size 1.25+...
CPRC on Washington DC’s WMAL to Discuss Errors in FBI study on Public Shootings
John Lott joined Larry O'Connor on Thursday, June 11th to discuss the errors in the FBI study on public shootings that came shortly before last November's election (5:07 to 5:14 PM).
Bloomberg’s School of Public Health Cherry Picked Claim that firearm homicides in Connecticut fell 40% because of a gun licensing law
The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University put out this press release on a paper by Rudolph, Stuart, Vernick, and Webster: A 1995 Connecticut law requiring a permit or license - contingent on passing a background check - in order to purchase a...
CPRC at Fox News: “There is no nationwide crime wave (and police killings are not up)”
From John Lott's newest piece at Fox News: Since 1991, murder and violent crime have plummeted in the U. S. But in a widely discussed op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled "The New Nationwide Crime Wave,” Heather Mac Donald recently made a startling claim: “Gun...
CPRC in the Wall Street Journal: Authors of FBI Report on Public Shootings admit “our data is imperfect”
For months John Lott had tried getting a response from the Department of Justice and the authors of a FBI report on "active shooters" regarding errors that the CPRC had found. Lott then published our research in the March 2015 issue of the Academy of Criminal Justice...
CPRC on the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal: “What National Crime Wave?”
Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott talked with Mary Kissel and said there is no evidence that crime or police shootings are rising nationwide.
CPRC on the Michigan Talk Network: US Supreme Court refusal to grant Cert on San Francisco gunlock law and Open Carry Debate
John Lott discussed a recent Supreme Court decision and the issue of Open Carry with Steve Gruber Tuesday, June 9th, 6:35 to 6:45 AM.
New Jersey Woman stabbed to death by ex-boyfriend while she was waiting for months for the police to approve her permit to own a gun
Carol Browne, 39, had a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend and had put in a security system as well as cameras all around the outside of her house. But those obviously had no effect on stopping her ex-boyfriend from stabbing her to death late this last...
Permit holder protects woman that he was with from being shot by robbers
Picture from Google Street Maps The robbery and shooting took place at 10:30 PM on Friday night just as the couple was leaving the Shell's restaurant at 2101 East Fowler Avenue. Without for the permit carrier's fast actions, From Tampa Bay, Florida (CBS-TV Channel 10...
CPRC on the national Jim Bohannon Show to discuss lack of media coverage of mass shootings stopped by permit holders, the flawed FBI report on active shootings
John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon on Thursday, June 4th during the 11 PM hour. Jim's radio show has long been the fifth most popular talk radio show in the country. From Bohannon's website: The trial of James Holmes, the man accused of shooting up a theater in...