https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1BbkuzopTM Season two of Amazon's Reacher has a scene where a gun dealer violates the rules in New Jersey for requiring a license for buying guns because Jack Reacher is bribing him. This fits in with the Biden Administration's theme...
While this is not directly on topic for what we normally post, it does show one of the problems with academic research. The problem is that this likely underestimates the problem because when everyone around you is a leftist, even some leftists will think that they...
The CPRC's annual report on concealed handgun permits has gotten more coverage at Fox News. . . . . Fox News Digital reported earlier this year that as constitutional carry laws expanded to more states across the country, the number of Americans with concealed carry...
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...