https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo2VFJKld8U Dr. John Lott talked to Frank Miniter about the drop in crime rates during 2025. . If the gun-control Left is to be believed, then the murder rate in the U.S. should be going up, up, up; after all, gun sales and ownership...
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CPRC in the News: NH Journal, American Thinker, Townhall, The Enterprise, Bearing Arms, and More
Economist John R. Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told NHJournal that the arguments being made by opponents of campus carry are already being refuted by the data. “About a dozen states already have campus carry, and some have had it for...
Talk in Houston: The FBI Crime Data is a Politicized Mess
Dr. John Lott gave a talk in Houston on April 17th, 2026 titled "The FBI Crime Data is a Politicized Mess." The audio here isn't perfect,, but hopefully between the audio and the PowerPoint the main message will get across. This audio missed the first 10 minutes of...
Spencer Pratt was told by police and security to get a gun after getting many death threats, & he became a Republican because Republicans were the only ones who supported Pratt and his wife getting a concealed handgun permit
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nzpD8B-z0zY Spencer Pratt, who is running to be the mayor of Los Angeles, said he bought a gun during the height of his reality TV fame on The Hills, when he was receiving numerous death threats. A transcript of the interview is shown...
UPDATED: New Survey on the Rate that People Carry Concealed Handguns: Percent of Americans Carrying Increased from 24.3% in December 2024 to 29.8% in May 2026
The CPRC hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey 1,000 general election voters on May 19th, 2026 (cross tabs available here), regarding whether likely voters carry concealed handguns. In the survey, 13.2% carry all/most of the time, with another 16.6%...
At the Federalist: New Jersey Uses Glock Lawsuit To Build The Gun Registry that Would then Immediately be Used to Confiscate Guns Politicians Always Denied Wanting
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. . For those concerned that background checks will eventually be used to create gun registries that can later facilitate confiscation, they need only look at what is happening now in New Jersey. New Jersey’s Attorney...
Was San Diego mosque shooter another Transgender?: Three people murdered, the two attackers committed suicide
There continue to be claims that the two male shooters at the San Diego mosque were involved in some type of romantic relationship, with one of the murderers being transgender. While the speculation might be completely undeserved, a concern is that the media has...
Big Vote Fraud in California: Paying People, Including the Homeless, for Registering to Vote and Signing Petitions, Fake Addresses Used
We recently asked the question: If there is “big money” in getting signatures for petitions and that big money creates an incentive for fraud, why isn’t there also an incentive for fraud in voting? Given signature gathers in California are being paid $15 for each...
Younger and more liberal Americans are much more likely to think political violence can be justified. Very liberal Americans are 8.3 times more likely than very conservatives to say it. 18 to 29 year olds are 6.67 times more likely than those 65+.
A September 2025 survey by YouGov show that while 11 percent of Americans adults think that violence by citizens to achieve political goals can be justified, the results vary dramatically by age and political ideology. Twenty-five percent of those who classified...
Likely voters by more than a 2-to-1 rate want the SAVE Act passed, Overwhelmingly believe on U.S. citizens who’ll be allowed to vote, and believe non-citizens are illegally registered to vote
Screenshot The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey (May 10 to 12, 2026 of 1,060 likely voters) found voters strongly support the SAVE Act—which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register for federal elections— by a 63% to 30% margin,...
State of New Jersey Attorney General Using Background Check Data to Create a Registry to Confiscate Glocks
For those concerned that background checks will eventually be used to create gun registries that can later facilitate confiscation, they need only look at what is happening now in New Jersey. New Jersey’s Attorney General relies on questionable claims to justify...
Muslims Dramatically Overrepresented in France’s Prisons
Sociology Professor Farhad Khosrokhavar (a leading expert who has studied French prisons extensively, including in sensitive urban areas) estimates Muslims comprise roughly 40%-50% of the overall prison population nationally, with higher shares (often 50–70%+) in...











