Dr. John Lott talked to Ben Bell and Mandy on North Carolina's big WTKF-FM about the CPRC's new Concealed Carry Study. (Thursday, August 3, 2017, from 8:15 to 8:25 AM)
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Fears of permitted concealed handguns prove unfounded: A very quiet first year at public universities in Texas
UPDATE (August 2, 2018): The original post was after the first year of Texas' public universities being forced to allow people to carry permitted concealed handguns. At this point it has now been two years and there has been one year of experience for the Texas...
Crime Prevention Research Center’s work mentioned on ABC’s The View
Jedediah Bila on ABC's The View: I'm not a gun owner. I spend a lot of time with gun owners and spent a lot of time in Texas. When you study these shootings, what you find out is a lot of the lunatics, these maniacs target gun-free zones. The Aurora shooter, who went...
On the Gavin McInnes Show: the Canadian man who gets arrested for taking gun from criminal and defending himself
Dr. John Lott was on the Gavin McInnes Show to discuss the Canadian man who took a gun from home invaders and shot one of them only to be charged with attempted murder and nine other firearms charges. They also discussed the new Crime Prevention Research Center study...
On the Steve Gruber Show to discuss Democrats delaying Kevin Hassett’s confirmation vote to chair the Council of Economic Advisers
Dr. John Lott was on the Steve Gruber show to discuss how Democrats are obstructing even non-controversial confirmations by President Trump. In particular, they talked about Kevin Hassett's confirmation to be President Trump's chair of the Council of Economic...
Seven Defensive Gun Uses by Civilians who were legally carrying guns in Public Places
Phoenix, Arizona, CBS TV Channel 3 (Phoenix), August 1, 2017 Sgt. Jonathan Howard described it as a "good samaritan in the right place at the right time." A video of the news broadcast is available here. From the Associated Press: Phoenix police tell the Arizona...
On the John Gibson Show to talk about our new concealed handgun report and Chicago gang violence
Dr. John Lott talked to John Gibson on his national radio show about our new study on concealed handgun permits and Chicago's violent crime problem. (Tuesday, August 1, 2017, from 1:19 to 1:43 PM) Part 1 Part 2
Fox & Friends mentions our new research on concealed handgun permits
Fox & Friends briefly mentioned our report showing the huge 93% increase in concealed handgun permits by women over the last four years. There was one mistake in their report. Permits for blacks increased 30 percentage points faster than for whites.
Fresno Mayor carries concealed handgun on job, but opposes letting other government employees do the same
There is a move in Fresno to allow city employees who have a concealed handgun permit to be able to protect themselves and others while they are on the job. Note that California requires 16 hours of in class training and two hours of training on the range. From the...
On Fox Business to talk about tax cuts and the impact that they will have on investment in the US
Dr. John Lott says optimism over tax reform is boosting the markets. He explains how money will US flood markets if we get tax cuts.
At Fox News: Trump needs a chairman for his Council of Economic Advisers. When will Democrats let him be confirmed?
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the incredibly slow confirmation process for Trump's nominees. Because of the delays created by the Democrats, even if Trump had nominated people as quickly as past administrations, it wouldn't have made any difference in...
On the Joyce Kaufman show to discuss our new study on concealed handgun permits
Dr. John Lott talked to Joyce Kaufman on the giant 50,000 watt WFTL-AM radio station in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They discussed our new study on concealed handgun permits. (Friday, July 21, 2017, from 1:35 —1:50 PM)