Dr. John Lott appeared on Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham to discuss Lott's new op-ed at Townhall titled "Biden’s Desperate Attempt to Paint Trump As a Racist." They also talked about the newly released “nearly four dozen pages” of the Nashville Covenant School...
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Biden’s Gun Control Ad Attacking Trump
https://videopress.com/v/mv9khMWt?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Biden is making gun control a central part of his re-election campaign. Biden is referring to shootings at Parkland High School, Sutherland...
Percent of Police Departments Participating in FBI Crime Data in 2022 — 32% not reporting and 24% partially reporting the data
As the Marshall Project notes, "By 2020, almost every law enforcement agency was included in the FBI’s database." But the new system, which went into effect in 2021, is missing a lot of data. In 2022, 32% of police departments stopped reporting crime data, and another...
CPRC in the News: New York Post, Newsweek, Wisconsin Politics, The American Spectator, Zero Hedge, New American, and much more
Mainstream media argue that our cities are safer, yet overlooked data — and public perception — suggest the opposite, explains John R. Lott, Jr at The Wall Street Journal: “92% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats” think crime is rising, and “Americans...
New York State Legislature Passes Law Requiring Warning Signs about the Risks of Owning at Gun Stores. How about requiring signs on how not being able to defend yourself increases the risk of death?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv4-Gagf8Rs Besides greatly the dangers of owning a gun in the home, the New York state legislature passed a bill that ignores the benefits of people owning guns for protection. Here is a related example where gunlocks have a small...
The Democrat legislation that originally tried to ban bump stocks in a way that could be used to ban semi-automatic guns generally
any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Carlos...
At Real Clear Politics: Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Released Despite FBI Resistance
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. It was republished at the Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, Ohio Star, Real Clear Policy, Before Its News, The Heartland News, the BFD (New Zealand), and USSA News. The 2023 Nashville Covenant School murders understandably...
Outside Ballot Box Stuffing Caught on Video in Fulton, Georgia
Pew Research Center Survey Illustrates the Huge Difference in Republican and Democrat Views on Crime
The Pew Research Center has an interesting survey on crime (April 8-14, 2024). On whether gun ownership by law-abiding citizens "increases safety," while 86% of Republicans think that is true, only 23% of Democrats agree. On whether the criminal justice system is...
Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co: Can We Trust Crime Statistics?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MHPMM1lJ4o From Bearing Arms Dr. John Lott, head of the Crime Prevention Research Center, says despite a decline in homicides in 2023, crime remains elevated compared to the pre-pandemic years, and there's plenty of evidence that crime...
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Trans Covenant School Diary Released, FBI Strongly Argued Against Releasing It, Said It Would “Potentially [be] Inflaming the Public.” Why was the FBI Only Against Releasing this One Diary?
Given the lack of media coverage, you could understandably miss it, but “nearly four dozen pages” of the Nashville Covenant School murderer’s diary were just released. The Tennessee Star’s parent company had successfully filed two...
At Townhall: Biden’s Desperate Attempt to Paint Trump As a Racist
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. A new Biden ad quotes Trump saying, “Of course, I hate these people.” The ad explains, “Donald Trump disrespecting black folk is nothing new.” The ad claims that Trump “called for the execution of 5 innocent black and brown...