Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall. The Biden administration is driving gun dealers out of business and radically transforming the firearms industry. Unfortunately, President Biden is only getting started, and four more years of these policies will have truly...
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CPRC puts in Amicus brief in 9th Circuit case Banning Concealed Carry in Most of California
The Crime Prevention Research Association joined with the Peace Officers Research Association of California, the California State Sheriffs’ Association, and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen in an Amicus brief on California's new law designating almost...
Biden Administration Harassing Largest Gun Dealers
The Biden administration continues its push to put gun sellers out of business. The criteria for being included on the list is relatively simple: at least 25 guns traced to a crime over a year that were purchased within the past three years. It’s known in the law...
CPRC in the News: Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Red State (2), WSMV-TV Nashville, Bearing Arms (5)
John R. Lott Jr., who has studied mass shootings and who credits law-abiding gun owners with making a difference in numerous such situations, said legislation banning concealed-carry of firearms in certain locations such as schools and churches is an open invitation...
Meeting with the Head of Ecuador’s National Electoral Council, Shiram Diana Atamaint Wamputsar
Dr. John Lott meeting with the head of Ecuador's National Electoral Council, Shiram Diana Atamaint Wamputsar. The meeting was set up because of the large amount of research that Lott has done on rules to prevent vote fraud and measuring vote fraud (here and here)....
Talk to the First Class of Police Officers at the University of Citizen Security and Police Sciences
Dr. John Lott spoke to the first university class of police officers in Ecuador. Ecuador has created the University of Citizen Security and Police Sciences. After graduation, the students will come out as lieutenants. Lott spoke on the importance of police officers...
Visiting Ecuador’s Ministry of Government
Dr. John Lott is in Ecuador, and on Monday, he met with the Minister of the Ministry of Government, Esteban Torres, for more than an hour. It was a very productive discussion about crime and gun control, with Ecuador battling drug cartels and considering legislation...
Another TV Character saying: “I don’t like firearms very much,” CBS’ Person of Interest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--V3i4lObsE CBS' Person of Interest, September 22, 2011, Season 1, Episode 1 This episode of CBS' "Person of Interest" was released on September 22, 2011, and it has a standard line in so many television and movies where characters say...
On the Vince Coglianese Show: Discussing the Lakewood Church attack and Mass Public Shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to Vince Coglianese on Washington, D.C.'s WMAL about the Lakewood Church attack in Texas on Sunday, February 11th. The attacker, a transgender "woman" who had a criminal history (including assaulting a police officer and forgery) and mental...
Was Shooting at Chiefs’ Super Bowl Rally Gang Related?
Referring to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl Rally, “This appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gunfire," said Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves. Two juveniles are the main suspects who were detained. The attack was not...
The Highest Income People and Those Who Went to Graduate School are the Least Concerned About Crime
By a 4.7-to-1 margin, a new 2024 Rasmussen Reports survey finds that more likely voters say violent crime in the United States is getting worse (61%) than getting better (13%). Eighty-one percent (81%) of likely voters say the issue of crime will be important in this...
Major credit card companies start using merchant code for firearm and ammunition retailers to comply with a new California law to supposedly identify suspicious gun purchases. Will this really work? No.
Major credit card companies are moving to make a merchant code available for firearm and ammunition retailers in order to comply with a new California law that will allow banks to potentially track suspicious gun purchases and report them to law enforcement, CBS News...












