The alleged shooter has been named as Ezequiel Lopez. He is not a legal citizen according to authorities. Jacksonville, FL — It's a story of bravery, coming out of a tragedy. After the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says an employee of B & L Landscape Company on...
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Hatchet swinging attacker shot and killed by 7-11 customer who had a handgun carry permit
King County Sheriff's investigators say the customer who shot the man appears to have done nothing wrong, and they are happy he was there to intervene. “Fortunately, because of this customer with his weapon, this could have been a lot worse," said King County...
CPRC interview with Melissa Kerr on Sunny 99.9fm El Paso, TX: Discussion on new laws to allow Campus Carry and Open Carry of Firearms in Texas
Dr. Lott speaks with show host Melissa Kerr of Sunny 99.9fm El Paso, Texas about a new laws in Texas that allow Campus Carry and the open carrying of legal firearms, which took effect this January. Texas became the 45th state which allows open carry. There were...
Share our new graphic: Do Background Checks on Private Firearm Transfers Help Stop Mass Public Shootings?
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CPRC at Fox News: “You know the case for background checks is weak if . . .”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News is on the extremely low quality of research by public health researchers starts this way: Academic advocates of gun control apparently need to manipulate the data in order to argue for background checks on private gun transfers. ...
CPRC ON STACY ON THE RIGHT SHOW FM NEWSTALK 97.1 ST. LOUIS MISSOURI: DISCUSSION ON SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATIONS AND PROBLEMS WITH FIREARM BACKGROUND CHECKS
President of The Crime Prevention Research Center, Dr. John Lott speaks with show host "Stacy" about the difficulty of Presidents getting their brightest judicial nominees confirmed during an election year. There is a discussion on the economy and labor force...
CPRC on Armed American Radio: Discussion on Obama’s outsized influence on the federal judiciary. Also discussion on new CPRC study of how Criminologists and Economists view gun ownership
CPRC President, Dr. John Lott explains how Obama has already had a huge influence on our federal courts and how he will have an outsized influence on the federal judiciary for decades to come. Also discussed is the recent CPRC study of how Criminologists and...
Escaped murder suspect killed by family he held hostage
Vicksburg, Mississippi (May 10, 2016) Report below by AWR Hawkins at Breitbart.com Jail escapee Rafael McCloud is dead after allegedly invading a Vicksburg, Mississippi home, taking hostages, then being shot by the homeowner. The incident occurred around 4:30...
CPRC on Adelaide, Australia’s big talk radio station 1395 AM on gun control in the US and the World
CPRC's John Lott talked to Leon Byner about gun control in the US and other countries (Thursday, March 10, 2016 from 6:35 to 6:43 PM EST, 11:05 to 11:13 AM local Adelaide, Australia time).
Four Defensive Gun Uses By Legal Concealed Handgun Carriers, Three in just Two Days (March 2016)
Here are four defensive gun use cases. The last one from March 2nd in Memphis, Tennessee is particularly dramatic as it involves a permit holder defending himself and a woman he was with against three attackers. The picture above is from the Kentucky case where a...
Debate with former Brady Campaign President at the Indiana University Law School, also picture of crowd from Lott’s talk in Elko, Nevada
Picture taken about 10 minutes before the debate started between former Fort Wayne mayor and Brady Center gun control advocate Paul Helmke and Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott. There were about 100 people in the audience. The debate took place on...
CPRC ON WIBC 93.1FM THE GREG GARRISON SHOW: DON’T EXPECT SUPREME OR APPEALS COURT CONFIRMATIONS IN 2016
CPRC's Dr. Lott speaks with show host Greg Garrison about Supreme an Appeals Court confirmations. Obama has had a larger impact on the courts than most people realize. You can't just look at the number of the people a President puts on the court, but rather the...