James Freeman has a discussion of our latest work at the Wall Street Journal. Audio of WSJ discussion This is getting awkward. Woke and weak corporate executives at American Airlines and Delta have been trying to signal virtue by opposing, respectively,...
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Racist Law Enforcement Everywhere on Entertainment TV, going all in on systemic racism
Here are just a few of the clips from CBS's Clarice and SWAT, ABC's The Rookie, and NBC's Law & Order Organized Crime from this year. The theme over and over again on these shows is that large numbers of police and FBI agents are racist. Entertainment television...
On Gun Freedom Radio about Lifetime Orders of Protection
Nikki Goeser talked to Gun Freedom Radio about the need for Lifetime Orders of Protection. Recently Nikki offered testimony in front of the TN Legislature-House Civil Justice Committee in support of a Lifetime Order of Protection Bill that has now been written into...
At Real Clear Investigations: America the Outlier: Voter Photo IDs Are the Rule in Europe and Elsewhere
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Investigation/Real Clear Politics and the Daily Signal and American Greatness. Democrats and much of the media are pushing to make permanent the extraordinary, pandemic-driven measures to relax voting rules during the 2020...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Comparing Voter ID rules in the US to the rest of the world
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about our research comparing Voter ID rules in the rest of the world to those in the US. (Thursday, May 27, 2021, from 8:33 to 8:42 AM)
CBS’ SWAT, yet more machine gun wielding white supremacists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXWLjI5S6AM Despite the image provided by CBS’ shows such as SWAT, it grossly exaggerates the mass public shootings by white supremacists and absurdly implies that these attacks involve machine guns. As the Crime...
On America’s Voice Live: How virtually all of Europe and Developed Countries require photo voter IDs
Dr. John Lott appeared on America's Voice to discuss how virtually all of Europe and Developed Countries require government issued photo voter IDs and Texas becoming the 21st Constitutional Carry State. (Tuesday, May 25, 2021, from 2:12 to 2:24 PM)
Never a Successful Defensive Gun use on Entertainment Television, CBS’ SWAT
Television show bias against guns is never-ending. You won’t see an entertainment television show that has a civilian successfully using a gun defensively. Instead, something always seems to go wrong when guns are used defensively (from being fatally shot by the...
Sean Hannity Plugs “More Guns, Less Crime” on his national radio show
Sean Hannity briefly mentioned Dr. John Lott's book "More Guns, Less Crime" on his national radio show. Hannity: "More Guns, Less Crime" it is a great book, updated regularly by John Lott. You may want to read it. May be give it to friends of yours in the mob and the...
Armed teacher stops attempted kidnapping in Utah
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...
New piece at Townhall: Given Their Fear of Guns, How Have Professors Ever Gone Off Campus?
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) relies heavily on the CPRC work
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...











