Five News Stories across Tennessee WZTV Fox 17 Nashville News, February 9, 2016 Nashville, Tenn --- Author and national gun law commentator Dr. John Lott spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday in favor of a series of bills that expand where you can carry...
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Some Media Coverage of CPRC’s Survey of Economists and Criminologists on Guns
News Articles The Blaze, Friday, February 12, 2016 Academia is generally viewed as a liberal bastion, but one survey finds that despite their broad political leanings, college professors who have studied the impact of guns on society believe ownership of firearms...
New CPRC Study: Comparing the views of Economists and Criminologists on gun control
Gary A. Mauser, Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Beedie School of Business, and John Lott have a new survey of academic criminologists and economists who have done empirical research on guns that has some very interesting results. A copy of the survey is available...
CPRC at Investors Business Daily: “Even Liberal Academics Are Turning Pro-Gun Ownership”
John Lott's latest piece at Investors' Business Daily: From the left and right, people are bombarded with diametrically opposing claims on guns. But most of this bombardment isn’t coming from the National Rifle Association. Michael Bloomberg is spending far more...
CPRC’s Testimony before the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee on four bills dealing with eliminating gun-free zones
On Tuesday, February 9th, CPRC President John Lott testified on four bills seeking to limit gun-free zones (SB 1559 (Senator Mike Bell), SB 1736 (Senator Delores Gresham), SB 1991 (Judiciary Committee Chairman Kelsey), and SB 2376 (Senator Mike Bell)). The video of...
Concealed handgun permit holder in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania saves police officer from mob attack
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania police are grateful to a concealed handgun permit holder who stepped in and kept an officer from harm by a mob of 40 to 50 high school students. The first officer suffered "significant hand injuries" and a second officer who came to rescue...
CPRC on the Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Maryland’s ban on certain semi-automatic rifles and large capacity magazines
John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Maryland's ban on certain semi-automatic rifles and large capacity magazines (Tuesday, February 9, 2016 from 7:45 to 7:51 AM).
UPDATED: Man with concealed handgun permit saves life of woman who was being stabbed
Valet attendant Didarul Sarder's quick action to pull out his permitted concealed handgun saved a woman's life. From the CBS WWJ in Detroit about a case in Warren, Michigan: . . . The situation unfolded around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the GM campus in Warren, which...
CPRC on The Dana Show: “Supreme Court likely to hear new ‘assault weapons’ ban case”
John Lott talked to Dana Loesch about the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines banned by Maryland's Firearm Safety Act (Monday, February 8, 2016 from 6:40 to 6:48 PM EST). The case seems destined to...
Yet more evidence that terrorists pick gun-free zones to attack
Could this statement be any clearer? From ClickonDetroit: Abu-Rayyan posted. “It’s one of the biggest ones in Detroit. I had it planned out. I bought a bunch of bullets. I practiced reloading and unloading.” . . . “It's easy, and a lot of people go there. Plus people...
4th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Strikes down semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines banned by Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act, seems destined to reach the Supreme Court
A new ruling in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals conflicts the rulings in other Circuit Courts and seems likely to force the Supreme Court to address this issue. . . . In a 2-1 decision applauded by gun rights advocates, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...
CPRC on the Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber: On Obama’s push to make military firearms less lethal
John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about President Obama's order to the military firearms less lethal (Tuesday, February 2, 2016 from 6:45 to 6:52 AM).