Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. It was also published in the Tennessee Star, Alpha News, and the Herald/Review (Sierra Vista, AZ). . During last year’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Trump said violent crime was...
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President Trump and FBI Director Hold News Conference, Part Discussing Gun Control and How the Administration is Investigating National Reciprocity for Concealed Carry
The Trump administration is making it clear they are only arrest people who are illegally having a gun. Trump also made it clear that they are talking to people about national reciprocity for concealed carry. The entire press conference is available here. Transcript:...
Aire Libre: John Lott En Argentina
Here is another article that has come out from Dr. John Lott's talks in Argentina. . October 15, 2025. Three months ago, at the NH Tango Hotel, convened by the Federation of Legitimate Users of Argentina (FLUA) and the Association of Legitimate Users of the Province...
Trump’s Memphis Safe Streets Task Force Arrests 850 Violent Criminals in First Two Weeks, 45 Missing Children Located
As with most Democrats, Memphis Mayor Paul Young was not happy with President Trump's decision to put the National Guard into Memphis to fight crime. Memphis Mayor Paul Young: “I’m certainly not happy about the National Guard.” Avery Lotz, "Memphis mayor: "Certainly...
Full Aventura: John Lott in Argentina and Nuevo ReNAr: Much more than a stance in defense of guns
This article appeared in Spanish in the Argentinian publication Full Aventura. The original article is available here. . On Tuesday, July 8th, at the NH Tango Hotel, convened by the Federation of Legitimate Users of Argentina (FLUA) and the Association of Legitimate...
CPRC in the News: Houston’s KTRH Radio, Fort Worth’s 1190AM Radio, Legal Insurrection, The College Fix, and More
After a review by the Crime Prevention Research Center, they found that armed "good Samaritans" stopped as many as 62% of all active-shooter incidents. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has somehow managed to record that number as being just 3.7%. This comes from...
On Cincinnati’s WLW: To Discuss ADL’s Biased Report on Extremist Violence
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on Cincinnati's giant 50,000-watt WLW to discuss the latest shootings and left-wing violence. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Bogus ADL Report Either Mislabels Leftist Violence As ‘Right-Wing’ Or Omits It...
Survey Shows that a Large Percentage of People are Influenced to Buy a Gun Because of Mass Shootings
A law firm in Brier, Washington, conducted with 400 Americans across the United States using Pollfish. The sample is small, but it still provides some indication that about half the people are concerned enough about the danger from these types of attacks to be...
Final 2024 Numbers Show Bigger Surge in Violent Crime Felonies Under Biden Than Previously Thought
The 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics is out and the increase in violent was even worse than seen during the first three years of Biden's administration. During the first three years, the increase in felonious violent crime...
CPRC in the News: The Epoch Times, Red State, AOL, Louder with Crowder, Patriot Post, and more
. . . Two were mass shootings, which are defined by the Crime Prevention Research Center as the killing of four or more people in a single incident that’s not gang-related or related to some other crime. . . . “If you look at mass public shootings since 2018, what you...
Our Work Discussed in The Washington Times: FBI provides inaccurate data on active shootings, armed citizens stopping gunmen, researcher says
The Washington Times has a lead article on our new research on errors in the FBI's active shooting data. Screenshot . Federal data undercounts both the number of active shooter incidents across the country and how often concealed carry holders stop gunmen before...
Florida’s Largest Grocery Store Chain, Publix, will allow People to Openly Carry Guns in Their Stores
Publix grocery stores the most locations of any grocery chain in Florida — with 907 stores across 252 cities in 2025. . . . . Florida began allowing open carry on Sept. 25 after an appeals court overturned the state’s ban on openly carrying firearms, deeming it...












