As usual, these cases exclude ones where a store owner or a home owner uses a gun on their own property to defend themselves. There are so many of those reported in the news. What we aim for here are cases where people who are legally carrying in public use a gun to...
A frequent claim by gun control advocates is that the National Research Council (NRC) 2005 report, "Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review," has "debunked," "emphatically rejected," "disproved," or failed to support research showing that right-to-carry laws reduce...
Dr. John Lott was on the Steve Gruber Show to discuss how Democrats are making it difficult for poor people to defend themselves and the increased number of guns found in carry-on luggage at US airport. (Tuesday, August 8, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
Fred Kunkle at the Washington Post has a follow-up story on the seizure of guns at US airports and on our work on concealed handgun permits. A researcher has run the numbers on the record-setting number of guns found in carry-on luggage at airport checkpoints and...
Dr. John Lott talked to Scott Sloan on the big 50,000-watt WLW about his op-ed in the Chicago Tribune about how Democrats are working to have only the wealthy own guns as well as the coming congressional debate about concealed handgun reciprocity. (Wednesday, August...
Fox 5 DC interviews Dr. John Lott about DC Circuit Court's Decision Striking down DC's restrictive Concealed Carry law. Lott pointed out how DC is not letting the most likely victims of violent crime (Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 10:02 PM)
Dr. John Lott was on the Pat & Stu show to discuss the Crime Prevention Research Center's new research on concealed handgun permits. Warning: the audio in the video is far from perfect, it is much louder on Dr. Lott's side of this interview. However, if you...
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson about his piece in the Chicago Tribune on how Democrats are making it particularly difficult for poor blacks to defend themselves. (Monday, August 7, 2017, from 6:20 to 6:30 PM) Lars Larson’s show is listened to by over 1.25 million...
The CPRC has done multiple radio interviews on our new report (e.g., here, here, here, and here), and we continue to get other media coverage. Fox News, August 2, 2017 There are more than 16 million concealed-carry permittees in the U.S., a figure that soared 256...
On Monday, August 7th at 9:09 PM, Greg Gutfeld discussed Dr. John Lott's new op-ed in the Chicago Tribune that discussed how gun control laws are disarming the very people, poor blacks, who need protection the most. GUTFELD: The reason why we're doing this segment is...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Chicago Tribune today (it will be in the print edition tomorrow). The piece starts this way: When it comes to voting rights, any obstacles outrage liberals; even free government-issued IDs are viewed as disenfranchising poor and...
Fred Kunkle at the Washington Post has a story about the record number of seizures of guns at airports and is calling for stiffer penalties. . . . The increase in gun seizures is no doubt a reflection of record numbers of air travelers and the rising number of...