A Rasmussen Reports survey from May 31 to June 5, 2022 shows that most Americans think that the Second Amendment's most important purpose is to ensure personal protection. Fifty-four percent (54%) of Likely Voters believe the most important purpose of the Second...
Dr. John Lott appeared on Cincinnati's big WLW to talk about the DeSantis-Newsom debate and the murder rates in Republican and Democrat states and counties. They also discussed our newest report on Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States in 2023....
The CPRC's Director of Education, Kerry Slone, has an op-ed at Townhall titled: "Do Gun Laws Apply to Gun Control Organizations in New Mexico?" The New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence claimed that her piece proved that the CPRC was hypocritical on gun control and...
Kerry Slone, The CPRC's Director of Education, has an op-ed at Townhall. Apparently in New Mexico, it is acceptable to break gun control laws if the actions of the organizations benefit Governor Lujan’s plan to disarm New Mexicans. Recently, an organization called New...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGgI2E5JUw At least 14 people were killed and dozens more were injured in a mass shooting Thursday afternoon at a university in central Prague, Czech authorities said. The shooter was a student at the school, Charles University,...
Illinois has its new registration rules for grandfathered “assault weapons” (e.g., semi-automatic rifles) and large capacity magazines. Not everyone who has a FOID card may own a gun, though a large majority of those owning guns likely own standard magazines, which...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikvOgMwwt4Y Dr. John Lott talked to Rick Green in the Tavern about a range of topics from mass public shootings to media bias. December 7, 2023
Dr. John Lott talked to Alabama’s JT on WERC-AM & FM about the our new annual report on concealed handgun permits. (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)
UPDATE April 4, 2024: The original post had preliminary data on the murder rate and it turned out that the murder rate had not fallen quite as much for 2023 and the NBC article and others were claiming. The figure at the top of the page includes the final FBI number...
And so, the usual cycle plays out: armed civilian stops active shooter, media steps in (if it even reports it at all) to remind us that the "good guy with a gun" is a myth. Is it, though? CNN cites ALERRT, which provides the FBI with its data. According to these...
CPRC Fellow Amanda Collins talked to Alan Stock on Las Vegas’ giant KXNT-AM about her op-ed piece at the Townhall titled “My Take On the Horrific UNLV Shooting” about the recent University of Nevada shooting in a gun-free zone. (Monday, December 11, 2023)
Bloomberg's Everytown joins Shannon Watts and Moms Demand in blocking the Crime Prevention Research Center on Twitter. Among that Everytown found too troublesome are shown here.