Dr. John Lott appeared on KNRS’s Gun Radio Utah to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to review Hawaii’s strict ban on carrying firearms on most private property and the potential nationwide implications for Second Amendment rights. (Saturday, November 22,...
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At Real Clear Politics: She Saved Her Life. 7-Eleven Fired Her
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. Also published at The Daily Signal, Zero Hedge, Yahoo, and World Net Daily. . Stephanie Dilyard is lucky to be alive. . Yet last week, 7-Eleven fired the 25-year-old after she used her gun to save her own...
Worth Listening To: On Stacy On The Right: Discussing Media Bias on Guns
Dr. John Lott appeared on Stacy on the Right, a nationwide radio show, to discuss his piece in The Federalist titled: "Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie." They also discussed the impact of media bias has on gun ownership and the...
CPRC in the News: New York Post, Instapundit, Newsweek, American Thinker, The Ledger, and More
“Democrats keep claiming that Trump ‘gave away’ $40 billion to Argentina,” but “the claim isn’t true,” explains John R. Lott Jr. at RealClearPolitics. “The US didn’t give Argentina money. It entered into a currency swap — and the US has actually earned a...
Major Breaking News: US Justice Department Plans New Office, called the Second Amendment Rights Section, within the Civil Rights Division
Here is an article from Reuters. This is a big change in the commitment to protect the civil rights of Americans. Not surprisingly some don't agree. As one former Civil Rights Division attorney claims, this is "moving us even further away from our nation's commitment...
On John Fredericks Radio Show: To Discuss Crime Free DC
Dr. John Lott appeared on John Fredericks Radio Show to discuss the sharp decline in D.C.’s crime rate, the larger surge in violent crime under the Biden administration as indicated by the 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics,...
Newsweek Puts Out Misinformation on our New Research Comparing Armed Civilians to Police in Stopping Active Shootings: Study Praising Armed Civilians Sparks Criticism
Our research is available here. After the Newsweek was published on Friday, November 21, 2025, the reporter updated her article on Monday, November 24, 2025. Below are the claims in the article along with responses that Dr. Lott emailed the reporter. . Devin Hughes,...
On Kibbe on Liberty: The Media Is Dishonest About Guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jdMvdTPRG4 The right to keep and bear arms is one of the most sacred and unique features of the American system of government, allowing citizens to defend themselves not only against criminals, but against potential tyranny as well....
On San Diego KCBQ’s The Andrea Kaye Show: To Discuss Whether Firearms Are the Number One Cause of Death for Children
Dr. John Lott appeared on The Andrea Kaye Show on San Diego’s giant 50,000-watt KCBQ radio station to discuss his new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie." (Friday, November 14, 2025, from 6:50...
Amicus Brief for the Supreme Court, Wolford et al v Lopez (Hawaii), on Gun-free Zones in Hawaii
The Crime Prevention Research Center has worked with the Peace Officers Research Association of California and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen on an Amicus brief for the U.S. Supreme Court looking at the Ninth Circuit holding “that a national tradition...
On The Vicki McKenna Show: Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about his new op-ed at The Federalist on whether firearms are the number one cause of death for children. (Friday, November 14, 2025) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin and part of the...
How TV Crime Shows Erroneously Claim that Gun Registration Solves Crime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av9L53ogD8A This is yet another TV police show that erroneously shows that gun registration is used to solve crimes (FBI S8 E4 11 03 25) . Gun control activists push for registration as a way to solve crime. In theory, if criminals...












