On October 8th, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir released the following statement. “Today I directed the Firearms Licensing Division to go on an emergency operation in order to allow as many citizens as possible to arm themselves. The plan will...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30s81QMbh2s The CPRC's research got attention on Fox News' Fox & Friends. They were referencing work we had at Real Clear Investigations titled: "There Are Far More Defensive Gun Uses Than Murders in America. Here’s Why You Rarely...
Biden is putting a 20 miles of border wall along the Texas/Mexico border. But there is one problem: Biden's idea of a border wall is hardly a border. CBP officials said the new segments they plan to build will minimize environmental impacts by using a movable “Jersey...
Here is a copy of the Amicus brief that the Crime Prevention Research Center has submitted in the case of United States v. Rahimi is available here. Abstract If people who are subject to a civil restraining order are dangerous, prohibiting them from possessing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ondanQBzw0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNhzfeq3-rw “A married Pennsylvania state trooper was arrested after allegedly falsely committing his ex-girlfriend to a mental health facility and assaulting the woman, prosecutors...
Fagan argues we must reduce the supply of firearms, not the supply of black market guns or guns in criminal hands, but guns in general. As we have pointed out many times, if such a claim was correct, that guns on net are bad, murder rates should fall whenever all guns...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Federalist. . Gun control advocates keep telling us that there is 90-plus percent support in polls for expanded background checks, but the support is much less solid than the media and gun control advocates would have you...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJrqey0d3I We will soon put up the video from the talk. A copy of the PowerPoint is available here, but the slides are also shown below.
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Greg Belfrage Show on KELO-AM to discuss his new op-ed at The Federalist on the lawsuit filed by Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown. They also talked about media bias on guns and mass shooters. (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)
"Wonder Woman 1984" was released on December 25, 2020, and it has a standard line in so many television and movies where characters say that they hate guns. Here is a video on Hollywood’s bias against guns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeijIDuksc4&t=1s
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Bill Martinez Show to discuss his new piece at Real Clear Politics about our newest report on errors in the FBI Active Shooting Reports. The FBI data on active shootings is missing so many defensive gun uses that it’s hard to believe...
The system is facing "massive wait times." One has to wonder if gun control advocates view this as a positive part of the law. In New York, background checks are now required to buy ammunition, and background check requests will go through the state police instead of...