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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...
Media Bias on TV Police Shows: Using Machine Guns to Commit a Robbery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmIbJfkpCUg As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, CBS’ SWAT is no different (Season 7 Episode 9, April...
CPRC in the News: The Epoch Times, The Daily Signal, Real Clear Investigations, Townhall, FactCheck.org, and more
The claim that firearms are the top killer of children in the United States is disputed by some. The Crime Prevention Research Center claims that for that to be true, one must count deaths of anyone younger than 20. This includes gang members and older teens who are...
Fact-Checking Politifact: Is Biden Correct that the violent crime rate is near a 50-year low?
Other types of crime statistics, including the National Crime Victimization Survey, show current levels of violent crime far lower than their peaks in the early 1990s. . . . Louis Jacobson, "Joe Biden is correct that violent crime is near a 50-year low,"...
New Research: How does concealed carrying of weapons affect violent crime?
Professor Carl Moody and Dr. John Lott just released new research. The paper can be downloaded here. Abstract Several articles have been published finding that carry concealed weapons (CCW) laws allowing citizens with a concealed carry permit to go about with a...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu supports not prosecuting shoplifting, larceny, disorderly conduct, receiving stolen property
Any guess what will happen to the number of shoplifting and other crimes? Don't people understand that this type of policy will increase the crime rate? Then, Wu was asked whether she supported a do-not-prosecute list enacted by the former Suffolk County...
The Washington Times: Don’t defend yourself in New York City: If you do, you will be prosecuted
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Washington Times. . The message in New York City is clear: don’t try defending yourself or anyone else from violence. If you do, you will be prosecuted by the city’s District Attorneys. . New Yorkers are likely to be very familiar...
Public Speech in São Paulo, Brazil on July 5th
Dr. John Lott will give talks in Santiago, Chile, at the end of June and then travel to Brazil, where he will give more talks.