How many more times do we have to hear the exact same story over and over again before we realize that these killers crave media attention? From the Times News (Kingsport, Tennessee) on June 12th: . . . According to law enforcement officials, the teens intended to...
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Former executive director of Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown For Gun Safety admits that their proposals won’t stop these attacks
Mark Glaze, the executive director of Michael Bloomberg's Everytown For Gun Safety until earlier this month, told the Wall Street Journal that the policies that they propose enacting wouldn't stop these attacks: “Because people perceive a mismatch in the policy...
CPRC at Fox News: “Obama making up facts about guns”
The newest Fox News starts this way: President Obama just can't seem to help himself. Over and over again, he makes exaggerated or false claims about guns and crime. Last year Obama kept asserting the bogus numbers such as “40 percent of all gun purchases take place...
CPRC on the Jim Bohannon Show to discuss the Supreme Court decision over “straw purchasers”
On Monday, the Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Abramski v. United States. The case involved a police officer, Bruce Abramski, who bought a gun, a Glock 19 handgun, for his uncle. The officer, who is a federally licensed dealer and could get a...
KTTH Radio in Seattle: Interview on mass shootings
Dave Boze talks to John Lott, President of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of More Guns Less Crime. The interview, which took place on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, is available here.
UPDATED information on K-12 and University School Shootings Deaths: The number of deaths has been declining over time
Updated school shooting data is available here. (Click on a figure to make it larger.) Using data from the National School Safety Center, Slate, Michael Bloomberg (as viewed on June 13, 2014), and CNN shows a significant drop in firearms deaths at schools over the...
CPRC in the Philadelphia Inquirer: Killers seek gun-free zones for attacks
The newest piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer starts this way: The shootings last week at Seattle Pacific University and on Tuesday at a high school near Portland, Ore., both occurred at places that banned guns — gun-free zones. The shooting last Wednesday in Canada...
Greg Gutfeld mentions John Lott’s work in discussing Bloomberg’s false 74 school shootings since Sandy Hook claim
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Bloomberg's cases involve shootings near a school and a large percentage are gang shootings after hours. While gang fights over drug turf are an important problem, they are a very different issue with different solutions...
CPRC on Canada’s Sun News: Discussing whether gun registration would stop public mass shootings, role of gun-free zones
Appearance on Sandy Rios Radio show to discuss Las Vegas Shooting, other related media
John Lott was on the Sandy Rios Show from 8:40 to 9:00 AM on Monday, June 9th (available here). Lott was also on News Max's "Midpoint" show to discuss the issue from 12:15 to 12:26 PM on Monday, June 9th. The David Boze Show, Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from 10:05 to 10:30...
Summarizing Some of Bloomberg’s false claims on guns
John Lott has a new piece on Bloomberg's push for gun control at The Daily Caller that starts this way: On “Meet the Press” earlier this month, Michael Bloomberg claimed that what he is doing “is nothing about gun control.” But host David Gregory, acting as a...
Concealed Carry Permit Holder may have stopped North Las Vegas shooting that left three people dead
Picture of Joseph Wilcox and his family. UPDATE: The Las Vegas Review Journal has this: After the shooting, the couple headed toward a nearby Wal-Mart, where Jerad Miller was confronted by Joseph Robert Wilcox, 31, of Las Vegas. Wilcox was legally carrying a concealed...