Any teacher in Utah with a concealed handgun permit is able to carry their permitted concealed handgun at school. In this case, a teacher first protected an 11-year-old that this unrelated stranger tried to grab off a school playground and then protected the class of...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. For decades, gun control advocates constantly claim that Right-to-Carry laws would lead to disaster. But when disasters don’t occur they move on to the next prediction of disaster. We have to keep track of these predictions...
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) relied very heavily on the research from the CPRC. Massie's former staffer is our Executive Director, Nikki Goeser. Her recent testimony before the US Senate is available here. Information on safe storage laws is available here. The...
CEOs from the nation’s largest banks testified before the Senate Banking committee on their operating practices. The heads of Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley were asked by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) about...
Dr. John Lott submitted a letter to The Economist magazine about false claims that they made about Constitutional Carry (“Permitless-carry gun laws are misguided and should be scrapped,” May 8, 2021). The Economist didn't accept the letter for publication, but here is...
Dr. John Lott joined Vicki on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin to discuss the Biden administration claims that crime is going up because of racist police officers and increased gun sales. (Thursday, May 20, 2021, from 3:35 to 3:50 PM) Vicki’s show covers most of...
May 19, 2021 Nikki Goeser, whose husband was murdered in front of her by a man stalking her in 2009, explains why she recently testified in Congress against "red flag" laws, and what really needs to be done to help those in crisis without infringing on the civil...
By a 82 to 62 vote in the state House and a 17 to 13 vote in the state Senate, the Texas legislature has sent a Constitutional Carry bill to Governor Greg Abbott, who has promised to sign the bill. The bill being sent to Abbott includes language that prohibits...
At the White House' daily press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked if we had a crime problem in this country. Her response was that "Well, I would say certainly there is a gun problem." As is typical, the Biden administration and Democrats...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on media bias. Last Friday, anti-Semitic thugs attacked a Jewish family, yelling “Free Palestine!,” “Die Jew!” “F– you Jew,” and “I’m gonna rape your wife.” Fortunately, an armed driver was able to stand between the attackers...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the extreme bias in entertainment television shows regarding guns. (Wednesday, May 19, 2021, from 8:33 to 8:42 AM)
Nikki Goeser joined Vicki on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin to discuss Nikki's testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution about her concerns with red flag laws and how gun-control laws can have unintended consequences that...