CPRC's president, John Lott, was on Larry Elder's show on Friday to discuss a range of issues from terrorism in Europe to recent claims in Politico about defensive gun uses. The segment was on from 7:15 to 7:30 PM on Friday, January 16th, 2015.
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The Melbourne Square Mall in Florida is yet another gun-free zone
There might not be too many malls in Florida that ban permitted concealed handguns, but the Melbourne Square Mall where there was an attack that left one victim dead and one wounded was another gun-free zone. The Melbourne Square Mall is "a Simon Mall." Yet, none of...
Papa John’s lets pizza delivery woman who shot armed robber keep her job, Police: “She had no other choice”
As the police say, the pizza delivery woman "had no other choice" and she would have been in real danger if she hadn't had her concealed handgun permit. From Fox News: The employee was making a delivery in Decatur, Ga., Sunday night when a man approached her vehicle,...
Man Puts Gun to Pizza Delivery Woman’s Head, She Uses Permitted Concealed Handgun to Defend Herself
There were two men who tried to rob a Papa John's Pizza delivery driver on Sunday evening in DeKalb County Georgia. DeKalb County Police Department Capt. Stephen Fore told WSB-TV said: “She arrived at the location and a male began approaching the vehicle she thought...
Leading European Rabbi calls for Jews to be able to carry handguns
Putting 10,000 French soldiers in front of Jewish facilities will offer little protection as terrorists have control over where and when they attack. Terrorists have important strategic advantages in picking the time and place for attacks. Putting uniformed guards...
The long list of illegal weapons used by the terrorists in the Paris attack
In reaction to the terrorist attack in Paris, we have gotten these types of comments: “There’s too many [expletive] guns out there. Especially in America. I think the population is like, 320 million? There’s over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America. I think...
Adjusting NICS checks for background checks for Concealed Handgun Permits
You can compare these adjusted numbers to the official NICS numbers. This adjustment is significant -- the NICS numbers are 42.6% higher in 2013 than these adjusted numbers. But the numbers show similar changes in gun ownership over time. The adjusted numbers...
CPRC on WVON in Chicago for a lively discussion on black’s trust of police officers
Maya Akai had John Lott on WVON, the big black talk radio station in Chicago, to discuss his findings that if you look at the rate that blacks report crimes to police it appears that blacks trust police more than most people believe. It was a very lively program,...
CPRC at Fox News: “The bias against guns: What the media isn’t telling you”
CPRC's John Lott has a new piece at Fox News that starts this way: Just two days before New Year’s, a 2-year-old accidentally shot and killed his mother at a Wal-Mart in rural Idaho. The victim was Veronica Rutledge, a 29-year-old concealed handgun permit holder. The...
CPRC opinion piece in the South Australian newspaper The Advertiser: “There are limits to how well police and security agencies can protect us”
CPRC president John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green have a new piece in the South Australian newspaper The Advertiser. Their piece starts this way: HOW can we get back to feeling safe about taking the kids to school, going about our work and meeting friends...
CPRC in Investors’ Business Daily: “Do Blacks Really Feel Especially Distrustful Of Cops?”
CPRC's piece in Investors' Business Daily starts this way: With chants of "NYPD, KKK" and signs saying "Stop Racist Police Terror" up until days before Christmas, protesters in New York made it clear that they don't trust the police. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's...
Dramatic video of a passerby with a concealed handgun permit saving a woman who was being attacked in her car
From CBS-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth about a case in Southlake, Texas: A North Texas man is being heralded a hero after police said he held a man at gunpoint who was assaulting a woman. The tense standoff broke out on Friday near the intersection of Carroll Avenue and...