Dr. John Lott has an interview today with America's 1st Freedom about claims regarding gun ownership and domestic violence. When a violent husband barged into a California elementary school last week and killed his wife, a special needs student and himself, the media...
Blog
CPRC in the News: The Daily Caller, The Blaze, Al Jazeera, TV Insider, and many others
The Daily Caller, April 17, 2017; Daily Signal, April 18, 2017; News Max, April 18, 2017 “I expect murders to fall,” Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott told TheDCNF. “How they fall is a different question. The people who generally obeyed the ban...
On the Steve Gruber Show about Chicago’s Crime Problem: 29 People Shot in Under 18 hours
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about Chicago's continued crime problems. (Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
Dr. Lott receives Award from the National Association of Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs
Dr. John Lott has just received the George Washington Award from the National Association of Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs (NACOPS). Lott is the second person to receive this award. The first was Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, a member of the board of directors for...
Audio version of Nikki Goeser’s book available at an insanely amazing price
Original Post: The audio version of Nikki Goeser's book is temporarily available for just $1.99. You are making a big mistake if you all don't buy this book. If you care about the dangers of gun-free zones and how criminals prey on the law-abiding, this book is...
On the Steve Gruber Show to discuss Bloomberg’s latest gun control push: Stopping concealed carry reciprocity
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about Michael Bloomberg's latest push on gun control. The billionaire former New York City Mayor's "Everytown for Gun Safety" is hiring several new top staffers and primarily turning its attention to state legislatures, but that...
Defensive Gun Uses with Permitted Concealed Handguns
Some recent defensive gun uses with permitted concealed handguns Austin, Texas, April 6, 2017 . . . Monday night police were dispatched to a stabbing at 10 Marie Lane, where they found 47-year-old Darren Terry with three lacerations. He was taken to the hospital for...
On Columbia University’s Uptown Radio: “How will a national bill change the number of guns in NYC?”
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by Kamila Kudelska about the new reciprocity bill before congress. After about a 40-minute interview, about a minute of the discussion was used. The main point that Dr. Lott had made in the interview was that lots of states have...
Showing that the number of concealed handgun permits in Florida have continued to rise after the election
While many are focusing on the small drop in NICS background checks over the last couple of months, the number of concealed handgun permits have continued to go up. Here is part of a story that appeared on Tampa Bay's CBS TV (WTSP) on April 10, 2017. Florida's...
Swedish newspaper has a solution to terror attacks: “Car-free zones”
The headline in the fourth largest Swedish paper, Aftonbladet, had the headline "Rensa Stockholm - stoppa bilarna," which translated means "Clear Stockholm - stopping cars." Banning guns from areas is obviously not the same as banning cars. Putting up barricades to...
Mike Bloomberg vows $25 million in 2018 to fight “concealed carry”
Michael Bloomberg continues pouring tons money into pushing gun control. Last November he spent $28 million on his two initiatives in Nevada and Maine. From 2013 to 2016, Bloomberg donated a total of $48 million to candidates running for federal office. The NRA...
On the Lars Larson’s Radio Show to discuss the benefits to women who are being stalked carrying permitted concealed handguns
Dr. John Lott joined Lars Larson to discuss Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe veto of a bill that would temporarily allow domestic violence victims to temporarily carry a permitted concealed handgun for 45 days without a permit. This is the length of time it...











