In today's Washington Post, Glenn Kessler has a devastating fact check of comments that President Obama made to Benedict College in South Carolina last Friday. Kessler gave Obama three out of four possible Pinocchios. “What we also have to recognize is, is that...
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CPRC on the Phil Valentine Show on Gun-free Zones and our Dinner on April 10th
John Lott talked to Phil Valentine about Gun-Free Zones as well as our upcoming events on April 10th and 11th (March 9, 2015 from 5:30 to 6 PM).
CPRC on the Mark Levin Show to discuss the Obama administration’s report on racism in the Ferguson Police Department
John Lott talked to Mark Levin on Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 from 7:35 to 7:46 PM. Interview available here. Lott also talked about the DOJ report to David Madeira on 94.3 FM in Scranton. PA at 8:45 AM on Wednesday, March 11th.
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CPRC at Fox News: “Rare Victory: Obama administration temporarily drops ammo ban proposal”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: If President Obama can’t have his way with banning guns, it looks like his next option is to ban the bullets used by those guns. Too often, Obama has shown little regard for the law. He does what he wants. If...
CPRC in the New York Post: “Ferguson fake out: Justice Department’s bogus report”
John Lott's piece in the New York Post starts this way (for those interested in reading the original DOJ report on Ferguson it is available here): Addressing the nation from Selma, Ala., on Saturday, President Obama said that while racism may be “no longer endemic,”...
CPRC on Sunrise America to discuss how gun ownership can protect against terrorism
John Lott joined hosts Scott Ledger & Lexi Lapp to discuss the promised Somali terrorist threat against the Mall of America in Minnesota. Monday, March 2nd, 2015 from 8:22 to 8:30 AM.
CPRC at Fox News: “Justice Department reached only possible conclusion in Michael Brown case”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News started this way: Three-and-a-half months after a St. Louis Grand Jury decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for Michael Brown’s death, President Obama’s Department of Justice has finally followed suit –...
Original Research: Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age: College age permit holders do not pose a greater risk
Read the entire new report Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age from the Crime Prevention Research Center here. It is a common refrain that we can’t allow permitted concealed handguns on university property because we all know how irresponsible young people can be,...
CPRC in the Las Vegas Review Journal: “Gun-free zones put innocent in danger”
John Lott's op-ed in the Las Vegas Review Journal starts this way: 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...
CPRC testimony before the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee on eliminating many Gun-Free Zones
A video of the first panel testifying on the bill to reduce the number of gun-free zones in Nevada is available below (Lott's testimony starts at 5:54 into the video below). Since the first panel went through a lot of the facts regarding guns and schools as well as...
Bloomberg’s Amazingly Inaccurate Ad to Keep Areas Gun-Free Zones
Bloomberg's argument here is that the bill to allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry on school property is really an attempt to let criminals carry guns around schools. The fact that people will need a permit that requires a criminal background check is never...



