The discussion focuses on John Lott's recent piece in the New York Daily News and Bloomberg's groups continued unwillingness to debate.
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Concealed handgun permit holder saves police officer who was being savagely beaten by burglar
On May 5th in Oklahoma City,when a young police officer was being savagely beaten by burglar with the officer's baton, a concealed hand permit holder came to the aid of the officer and stopped the attack. The two burglars in this case have been in the Oklahoma...
Two concealed handgun permit holders, both volunteer firemen, stop mass public shooting
New Holland, South Carolina, May 5th, 2015, Fox Carolina: FOX Carolina 21 Firefighters said they may have stopped a massacre after a gunman surprised them at their station Tuesday. The Aiken County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to the New Holland Fire...
Concealed Carry Permit Holder Rescues Woman who was being Carjacked
From KSL TV in Orem, Utah: A 27-year-old man was fatally wounded in the parking lot of an Orem grocery store Saturday morning when he was shot by a man attempting to stop him from carjacking a woman's SUV, Orem police said. Capt. Ned Jackson of the Orem Police...
CPRC on Lars Larson to discuss the aftermath of the Baltimore Riots
John Lott talked to Lars Larson about the aftermath of the Baltimore riots on Monday, May 4th from 6:20 to 6:30.
CPRC in the New York Daily News: “Hillary Clinton’s dishonest crime dodge”
John Lott's newest piece at the New York Daily News starts this way: It is easy to forget that, in 1991, the U.S. murder rate was well over twice what it is today. In a speech last week at Columbia University, Hillary Clinton demonstrated she doesn’t understand that...
CPRC on the Sportsman Channel: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro Gun Buyback
John Lott talked to the Sportsman Channel 5:15 to 5:24 PM EDT on Friday, May 1st. Their description of the interview: "In April, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut introduced the 'Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Education of our (SAFER) Streets Act.'...
CPRC on the Michigan Talk Network: Discuss the Terrorist Attack in Garland, Texas and Bloomberg’s groups continued unwilling to debate
John Lott talked to Steve Gruber at the Michigan Talk Network on Tuesday, May 5th from 6:45 to 6:51 AM.
CPRC at Fox News: “Designer of 3-D-printed gun challenges feds to Constitutional duel”
John Lott was interviewed by Fox News about the Obama administration's latest attempts to ban computer files that allow 3D printers to print guns. This isn't just plastic printers. The metal 3D printers can produce a gun that is identical in many ways to a gun that...
CPRC at Investors Business Daily: The same people who want to disarm police also want to disarm poor blacks
John Lott's newest piece at Investors Business Daily: Police aren't always there to protect people — not in Baltimore, not in Ferguson and not when the average person has to confront a criminal. This is particularly true in the poorest sections of town. Even police...
Correcting the record on David Hemenway’s claim that academics support gun control
David Hemenway wrote an op-ed that was originally published in the Los Angeles Times and then picked up in many other newspapers. The Los Angeles Times was unwilling to publish a letter that the CPRC sent in, but the Wisconsin State Journal did publish the letter in...
CPRC at Fox News: ‘Assault weapons’ debate: The folly of Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s buyback bill
John Lott's newest piece for Fox News starts this way: Gun control advocates introduced a bill in April that only gun control supporters could love. Connecticut Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro is so serious about getting so-called assault weapons off the street that she is...