Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com on some of the claims in the Texas Senate race. Democrats have a new hero in Beto O’Rourke, who is campaigning against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Hatred for Cruz is enough to get Democrats excited by the prospect of unseating...
This week the CPRC has the third most downloaded academic paper at the Social Science Research Network. Our research on concealed handgun permits.
Another horrible tragedy in Florida with two people killed in yet another gun-free zone where general citizens were banned from having guns for protection. News 4 Jacksonville reports (Updated): A gunman from Baltimore opened fire during a video game tournament Sunday...
Katie Pavlich mentions research by the Crime Prevention Research Center on Fox News' The Five. She is talking about the experience in the 21 states that already have schools that have teachers and staff carrying guns. Our research that she references is available...
Dr. John Lott talked to Sandy Rios on her national radio show about Chicago's crime problems, mass public shootings, and our recent report on concealed handgun permits. (Friday, August 24, 2018, from 8:30 to 9:00 AM) Part 1 Part 2
Dr. John Lott has an op-ed at Townhall on Judge Gun control advocates are extremely distressed by President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun rights group, Everytown for Gun Safety, fears that “Judge...
On Tucker Carlson Tonight, Peter Kirsanow mentions the CPRC's research on crime by illegal aliens in Arizona. (Thursday, August 23, 2018, 8:23 PM)
Dr. John Lott was on the giant 50,000-watt WBOB to talk to Ed Dean about our new report on concealed handgun permits. (Thursday, August 23, 2018, from 7:35 to 7:49 AM)
Dr. John Lott talks to Dan Loesch on Relentless TV about the growth in concealed handgun permits, particularly for women and minorities. By July 2018, there were over 17.25 million concealed handgun permits, an increase of 890,000 over the past year.
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the 890,000 increase in concealed handgun permits this past year in the United States. (Tuesday, August 21, 2018, from 6:45 to 6:54 AM)
Updated Post (August 21, 2018): In order to protect against lone-wolf terror attacks, Israel is increasing the number of citizens with permits to carry handguns in public. Based on the numbers reported by the Washington Post in May, an increase of between 35,000 and...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News: The anti-Trump media are in an uproar about a comment by President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that “truth isn’t truth.” News reports have taken Giuliani’s comment completely out of context...