The Daily Signal's Robert Bluey interviewed Dr. John Lott on Maryland Assault Weapon Ban, how gun control advocates want to make costly for poor to buy guns, the problems with the current background checks, gun-free zones, and voter fraud. (Friday, February 24, 2017)
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CPRC in the Daily Caller: “Court Upholds ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban With Incorrect Facts”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Daily Caller on the new 4th Circuit Court opinion on Maryland's assault weapon ban: Should “military-style rifles” be banned? On Tuesday, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia – in a virtual party line...
CPRC in Newsweek on the Assault Weapon ban
Ted Nugent has an op-ed in Newsweek on the 4th Circuit's decision on Maryland's Assault Weapon ban where he discusses CPRC's research. The statistics from every crime study known to man, including the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program and Dr. John Lott’s exhaustive...
Six Defensive Gun Uses by people legally carrying guns over 6 days, permit holder protected law enforcement officer
Case involving law enforcement officer being protected: Rising Sun, February 20, 2017, CBS Channel 4 in Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana State Police say a Moores Hill man was killed by a person who witnessed the man fighting with an officer. The incident occurred around...
CPRC interview in America’s 1st Freedom: “Anti-Gun Lies About Mass Shootings”
This is from part of Dr. John Lott's interview with America's 1st Freedom: It’s likely nobody anywhere has done more research on, or knows more about, mass shootings than researcher John Lott. Author of the recent book The War On Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun...
CPRC on Coast-to-Coast AM to talk about Chicago’s Self-inflicted Problems with Crime
Dr. John Lott talked to George Noory about Chicago's soaring murder and violent crime rates. He explains how Chicago's problems have been self-inflicted as a result of re-engineering the police department. (Wednesday, February 22, 2017, from 1:08 to 1:10 AM) Coast to...
CPRC on the Larry Elder Show to discuss Public Health research on Police Deaths and Gun Ownership Rates
Dr. John Lott appeared on the Larry Elder Show to discuss Public Health research on Police Deaths and Gun Ownership Rates. Lott's book, The War on Guns, shows that when this data accounts for national changes in crime rates the higher gun ownership rates in a state...
UPDATED: France had more casualties from mass public shootings in 2015 than the US suffered during Obama’s entire presidency (532 to 527)
“With respect to Planned Parenthood, obviously, my heart goes out to the families of those impacted. … I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings: This just doesn’t happen in other countries.” –Obama, news conference at COP21 climate conference in...
Copy of Kolbe v. Hogan en banc opinion from federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond
A copy of the opinion is available here. More will be posted later. The case was decided on almost a perfect party line vote. There were 10 Democrats and 4 Republicans hearing the case. The vote was 9 Democrats and 1 Republican in favor of the ban on...
CPRC on the Steve Gruber Show: On Wyoming’s Push for Campus Carry to Evidence on Felons Voting for Democrats
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the push for campus carry as well as evidence on felons voting for Democrats and political correctness at universities. (Tue. Feb 14, 2017 from 6:45 to 6:53 AM) (Tue. Feb 21, 2017 from 6:45...
CPRC on the Jim Bohannon Show: Discussing Supreme Court Nomination, Bans on Off-duty Police Carrying Guns, and more
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon about Donald Trump's statement about Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court, restrictions on police carrying guns into stadiums, and Republicans working to overturn Obama's regulations on Social Security recipients...
CPRC in the News: Charleston Gazette-Mail (West Virginia), PoliZette, Western Journalism, Southern, and others
Charleston Gazette-Mail (West Virginia), Saturday, February 11, 2017 . . . According to a 2015 study by the Crime Prevention Research Center, the number of women who applied for concealed-carry permits rose 270 percent between 2007 and 2015. Men’s applications...











