Fox News extensively quoted CPRC president John Lott about the tragic story of a young mother who ran afoul of New Jersey gun laws. On October 1st, Shaneen Allen, 27, was stopped by police in New Jersey’s Atlantic County after making an unsafe lane change. Allen then...
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Do Higher Homicide Rates for Central American Countries Increase the Number of Unaccompanied Alien Children coming to the US?
A number of people have looked at how homicide rates have changed over 13 years for the countries that have supplied the vast majority of unaccompanied alien children to the US: focusing on El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The claim is that increased violence...
A possible mass public shooting stopped by a concealed carry permit holder
It looks like four party goers happened upon some gang members. Fortunately, one of the victims had his permitted concealed handgun. This dramatic defensive gun use got attention in Chicago, but if the permit holder hadn't been at the scene, having multiple victims...
CPRC Concealed Carry Report on Concealed Handguns in the News
Fox News: Murder rate drops as concealed carry permits rise, study claims A dramatic spike in the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed weapons coincides with an equally stark drop in violent crime, according to a new study, which Second Amendment...
New Report from Crime Prevention Research Center shows 11.1 million Americans Hold Concealed Carry Permits
UPDATE: Newest numbers 14.5 million permit holders in 2016. The report below is for 2014. The later reports for 2015 and 2016 can be seen here. ORIGINAL POST: Concealed-Carry-Permit-Holders-Across-the-United-StatesThe Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) today...
Discussion of Chicago’s crime problems ignore what Rahm Emanuel has done to the police department
There is a lot of discussion right now about the number of shootings in Chicago over the 4th of July weekend. As the Chicago Tribune notes: 16 people killed in weekend gun violence over the long holiday weekend in Chicago. Sixty-six other people were wounded, a toll...
CPRC at Freedomfest in Las Vegas
Jennifer Pinnell is shown here manning the CPRC booth at the Freedomfest. For those attending, John Lott will be speaking on the topic “It’s A Crime: How Gun Control Cost Lives and Disarms the Poor" at 4:50 to 5:40 PDT PM on Thursday, July 10th.
Discussion on the link between abortion and crime at Barron’s
John Lott has a review of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's new book "Think Like a Freak" in Barron's. The review covers many points, but one of them is the claimed relationship between the liberalization of abortion and crime rates. Here is the relevant discussion:...
Media inaccurately describes Target’s position on customers bringing guns into stores
Here are some of the headlines on Target's statement on guns in their stores. Christian Science Monitor: "Target goes gun-free, becoming biggest US retailer asking customers to disarm" Financial Post: "Target Corp to customers: Your guns are not welcome in our stores,...
Talk on Obama and Bloomberg’s false claims about guns
Here are other interesting talks at the session by Nicole Goeser and Andrew Branca
CPRC at Fox News: “What the Supreme Court still doesn’t understand about guns”
John Lott's latest piece at Fox News starts this way: In what’s being hailed by many as a victory for gun-control advocates, the recent Supreme Court decision on “straw” purchases of guns has completely muddled the whole issue of background checks and “straw”...
CPRC at Fox News: What liberal media won’t tell you: School shooting deaths down, not up, across America
The Fox News piece starts this way: Is there an epidemic of school shootings? Parents are understandably fearful, but their fear is unjustified. Schools are relatively safe places, and they have gotten much safer. While even one death is too many, the number of...