Former senior advisor for research and statistics for the U.S. Department of Justice, John R Lott Jr., claims the FBI has misreported how many armed citizens have stopped active shooters. Lott had the task of evaluating the FBI’s active shooting reports. He found the...
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On the Carl Jackson Show: Do Gun-Control Groups Care What Really Causes Mass Shootings?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eizBBUk3ehw Dr. John Lott talked to Carl Jackson about his recent op-ed titled: "Do Gun-Control Groups Care What Really Causes Mass Shootings? Everytown Lawsuit Says No." They also discussed Lott's experience in working in the Federal...
On Armed American Radio: To Discuss Lawsuit by Buffalo Shooting Victims and Untrustworthy Government Crime Statistics
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Armed American Radio show to discuss the lawsuit, filed by the witnesses of the Buffalo mass shooting, against social media and gun companies. He pointed out that Buffalo Mass Murderer targeted “areas, where CCW are outlawed or...
On the Bill Martinez Show: To discuss Hawaii official delayed releasing water as wildfires raged and the corruption in the FBI
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Bill Martinez Show to discuss the devastating wildfires in Maui. Company says request for water to fight wildfire delayed for hours while state agency consulted with farmers. The government agency, led by a man who has pushed for...
On Chicago’s Morning Answer WIND-AM: Why domestic violence victims need firearms training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwi1Kp1lEyc Kerry Slone talked on Chicago’s most popular morning talk program, WIND-AM’s Morning Answer, about her new piece at Townhall titled, “Why Aren’t Female Victims of Domestic Violence Told the Best Way to Protect...
Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2022 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.6%, the correct number is at least 35.7%. In 2022, it is at least 41.3%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 63.5%.
Data: For convenience, a PDF of the Excel file is also available here and a webpage with the list and links to the underlying news stories. FBI Active Shooting reports are available here (2000-2013), here (2014-2015), here (2016-2017), here (2018), here (2019), here...
At Real Clear Politics: FBI Data on Active Shootings Is Misleading
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics about our newest report on errors in the FBI Active Shooting Reports. Also published in The Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, Political Insider, Georgia Star News, Millennial Press, and the Truth About Guns. . Americans are...
On Armed American Radio: Nikki Goeser talks about the Tennessee State Legislature’s Special Session on Gun Control
The Crime Prevention Research Center’s Nikki Goeser spoke at the press conference at the start of the special session. Nikki spoke with Mark Walters on Armed American Radio about the Tennessee state legislature's special session on gun control. Wednesday, August 23,...
Was the UNC Shooter Legally Able To Obtain a Gun? Nonimmigrant aliens, such as those with student visas, are banned.
The law is clear that someone admitted under a student visa is banned under any circumstances that would apply to the student who murdered his professor at the University of North Carolina on Monday. North Carolina also bans guns on college campuses. BATF: "Generally,...
Jacksonville Murderer Originally Targeted a Black College, a gun-free zone where civilians were banned from having guns, but Because of Armed Security Instead Attacked a Dollar General Store
The murderer's original target was a local historically Black college, Edward Waters University. After students alerted a security guard to the stranger on campus, the attacker was chased from the school. We have put together a long list of mass murderers who have...
On Blunt Force Truth: Domestic Violence and How Our Justice System Fails the Victims
Thursday, August 24, 2023. The CPRC's Kerry Slone talked to Dr. Mark Young on the Blunt Force Truth podcast. Here is what Blunt Force Truth posted on their website. Mark introduces us to our guest right away Kerry Slone (bio below). Kerry jumps in and gives us a...
Billings, Montana man doesn’t realize the sidewalk in front of his home isn’t classified as his property. Stepping on the sidewalk violated the 1,000-foot gun-free zone rule around schools.
People can have guns on their property within 1,000 feet of a school, but Gabriel Metcalf stepped onto the sidewalk in front of his school and got arrested. He didn’t realize the sidewalk was not classified as part of his property. The man is being held in jail.












