While the reason that Robert Card was prohibited from owning guns isn't stated, the Maine state police say that he was a prohibited person. No explanation yet on how he obtained the gun. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, Card is categorized as “Federal...
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On Constituting America: Should a Governor Issue an Executive Order to Restrict People’s Ability to Carry Guns for Protection?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIMdBmpZwtI Last month, the governor of New Mexico issued a temporary public health order restricting the carrying of firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. The bipartisan pushback against this order was swift, and she later...
Who are those least concerned about Violent Crime Getting Worse?: Democrats, Liberals, those earning the highest incomes, and those who went to Graduate School. These groups are much less concerned than blacks.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey conducted October 5th and 8th-9th, 2023 finds that blacks are at least twice as likely to be concerned about rising violent crime as Democrats, Liberals, and those earning the highest incomes. Blacks are also slightly more likely to be...
At Real Clear Politics: SCOTUS Rules on ‘Ghost Gun’ Regulation
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The piece was also published at Zero Hedge, Pintudeerah News, and News ND. On Monday, in a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court voted without comment to allow the Biden administration’s regulations on...
At the Federalist: Feds Want SCOTUS To Let Judges Strip Gun Rights, Even When There’s Been No Crime
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist on a Supreme Court decision on Monday. . The lower the threshold for taking away a person’s guns, the more likely it is that guns will be taken away from innocent people. . The Supreme Court has now received all the...
The CPRC ranked as the Third Best Crime Blog
We need to figure out a way to get to number 1!
CPRC in the News: The New York Sun, Red State, Bearing Arms, American Liberty, and more
The president of the Crime Research Prevention Center, a Montana-based pro Second Amendment think tank, John Lott, tells the Sun that Ms. Luhan Grisham’s rationale for her order centers on a handful of recent road rage incidents in the state. There is, however, no...
Terrorism Suspected in Fatal Shooting of two Swedes in Brussels
A Tunisian man illegally in Belgium and a Islamic State (IS) supporter somehow obtained a gun an shot three Swedes, murdering two of them and seriously wounding a third. Belgian police have shot dead a man who killed two Swedish nationals in the capital, Brussels, on...
CPRC making presentations at Northwest Safety First Conference in Boise, Idaho
Dr. John Lott and Kerry Slone represented the CPRC for presentations on October 15th and 16th in Idaho.
Talk at Tufts University on October 24th
Dr. John Lott will give a talk at Tufts University on October 24th at 6:30 PM
At the Washington Times: Second Amendment matters in a time of crisis: The importance of good guys with guns
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the Washington Times. By the way, there was a kibbutz where civilians were armed and they were able to hold of the terrorist attack. . Hamas attacked as Israelis were wrapping up the seven-day-long Jewish festival of Sukkot on...
Biden Complaining about Weapons having 100 rounds in the Chamber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-JKQkc7cBU Could someone please help us identify the guns Biden describes that can hold 100 rounds in the chamber? All the guns we know about can only hold one bullet at a time in the chamber, but, obviously, we have much to learn...











