Here are some pictures from the presentations at the National Press Club Taylor Woolrich, Allie Lainez, Holly Adams, and Nikki Goeser John Lott, Lindsay Wood, and Chelsea Parsons Chelsea Parsons speaking Tom Palmer, AnnaMaria Gallozzi Joyce Lee Malcolm, AnnaMaria...
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CPRC on Jim Bohannon Radio Show to discuss Jim Brady’s death
This interview took place on Monday, August 4th, 2014 from 10:35 to 11:00 PM EDT. On an otherwise quiet Monday, March 30, 1981 in Washington, DC, our newly-elected President, Ronald Reagan was at a speaking engagement downtown. After making his speech he was being led...
CPRC getting attention for the Students for Concealed Carry Convention
An interview with Cam & Company and Katie Pavlich is available here. Monday, August 4th, 2:40 to 2:51 PM.
CPRC Debating Former NJ Gov. James Florio in the pages of the NJ Star-Ledger over limits on magazine size
After John Lott's original piece in the NJ Star-Ledger defense of Governor Chris Christie's veto of a 10 bullet limit on gun magazine size, Former Governor James Florio wrote a response. An op-ed article that appeared Saturday, authored by John R. Lott Jr. and...
Bloomberg’s gun controllers use lawyers to stop political debate, what is Bloomberg afraid of?
Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety put together a video about the risks that guns supposedly pose for women. Two points about this video: 1) This ex-husband could have seriously wounded or killed the woman without any help from a gun. 2) The presence of a gun in...
Interesting Fact: Virtually all permit holders who are charged with a crime in Texas are found not convicted of any offense
Permit holders who are charged with a crime will have their permits suspended or revoked. Amazingly, these individuals virtually never get convicted. From 2008 to 2012, suspensions and revocations totaled 6,565, while convictions for primarily misdemeanors and a few...
Teachers in Missouri getting training to carry guns
The CBS News piece buys into the false Bloomberg claim that these types of shootings are becoming more of a threat and it doesn't address why the concerns over teachers carrying is misplaced, but it is still a useful piece. The fact that CBS News is using the...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: Washington DC’s Three Days Of Gun Freedom
The piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Washington, DC, was the last place in America that completely banned people carrying concealed handguns. Then it was temporarily one of the most liberal. On Saturday, with a decision by Senior District Court Judge...
Interesting fact: Only one state bans permitted concealed handguns in banks
Think about sensitive areas where permitted concealed handguns might be banned and the most obvious ones on the list might be banks or places that serve alcohol. But only one state completely bans carrying handguns in places that serve alcohol: Louisiana. It turns...
CPRC on WMAL to discuss the Stay in Palmer v. DC, the District Court decision striking down DC’s ban on concealed carry
CPRC's John Lott appeared on WMAL with Larry O'Connor at 5:07 to 5:15 PM EDT on Tuesday, July 29th.
CPRC at Fox News: False claims on crime may allow illegal immigrants to stay in the US
CPRC's John Lott has a new op-ed at Fox News here: Why are tens of thousands of unaccompanied children traveling thousands of miles to the U.S.? Is it to avoid violence? Or is it for a chance to live in a much wealthier country? The answer will likely determine...
CPRC in the Weekly Standard on the Federal District Court decision on concealed carry
Whitney Blake's article in The Weekly Standard on Senior District Court Judge Fredrick Scullin Jr.'s decision on Saturday to let people carry concealed handguns in DC extensively quotes CPRC president John Lott. The immediate implications are significant, according to...