John Lott talked to Michael Hausam about the problems with the NICS background check system (Monday, January 25th, 2016, 10:35 to 11:00 AM).
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CPRC at Fox News on the Air Force telling commanders they can OK guns on base
(Picture from the Chattanooga shooting in 2015) Fox News had this article on the evaluation that the Air Force did on arming Air Force personnel. Perry Chiaramonte has this article: A review of active shooter cases by the Air Force has confirmed what gun rights...
Five Concealed Carry Permit Holders from Alaska to South Carolina Stop Dangerous Armed Robbers
Columbia, South Carolina, January 23, 2016, From The Herald (the video is from the CCTV at the barber shop): . . . Bookman and one of his customers drew their weapons as the robbers were taking money from customers and employees. They fired shots that left one of the...
CPRC in the New York Post: “What Bernie Sanders misses about the rise in campaign cash” and why that is related to the gun control debate
With Michael Bloomberg spending hundreds of millions of dollars pushing gun control, the debate over campaign finance laws and gun control have become closely linked. Just this past November, Bloomberg spent 1/13th as much money on two state Senate races in Virginia...
CPRC at National Review: “A Semi-Automatic Handgun Ban Wouldn’t Stop Mass Shooters”
John Lott's newest piece at National Review starts this way: President Obama’s timing is off. Just as he tries to assure us that there’s no conspiracy to take away our guns, Democrats across the country are calling for banning most firearms. From Georgia to...
CPRC in USA Today on the delays in getting permits in Riverside, California
John Lott was interviewed by Brett Kelman about the 18-month delay to get a concealed handgun permit in Riverside, California. From USA Today: In the seven weeks since terrorists killed 14 people in San Bernardino, requests for concealed firearms permits...
CPRC at LifeZette: “No, 90% Don’t Want More Background Checks”
John Lott has an op-ed at LifeZette on whether there is the claimed support for background checks on private gun transfers. Gun control advocates like President Obama keep claiming that 80 to 90 percent of Americans are in favor of expanded background check...
CPRC on Turkish Television discussing Obama’s executive actions on Guns: What passes for “debate” by some gun control advocates
John Lott "debated" Leah Barrett, the executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, about President Obama's new executive orders on guns. The debate starts at 5:38 into the video and let's people again see what is sometimes like to debate gun control...
Police Chiefs and Sheriffs around the Country tell citizens to “Take advantage of your legal right to carry a firearm”
Sheriff David Clarke is a member of CPRC's Board of Directors. From Fox News: One California police chief is backing teachers in his district packing heat. Detroit Police Chief James Craig has been a leader in urging his community to arm itself. A Maryland sheriff is...
Police officer lucky to have had body camera, camera shows accusations of abuse by officer clearly false
From Fox 5 in Atlanta: STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - In this day and age, police officers are under intense scrutiny. Any complaint of bad conduct could trigger an internal investigation and possible disciplinary action. So our FOX 5 I-Team was intrigued when a DeKalb Fire...
Will gun control advocates next want to ban revolvers after they ban semi-autos?: Bans on Semi-autos proposed in California, Georgia, and Washington
Picture shows someone loading his revolver with a speed loader. Back in 1998 Barack Obama supported a “ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.” But Obama's past views are now all the rage among Democrats. Yet, at the CNN Townhall on guns on...
CPRC in the News around the nation and the world over the last few weeks: Fox News, Real Clear Policy, Washington Post, Hot Air, Daily Caller, Huffington Post, and many other places
Real Clear Policy, December 28, 2015 Kleck suggested that concealed-carry laws don't even increase the carrying of guns; instead, they just legalize what people were doing anyway. In response, Lott pointed out that the rising number of concealed-carry permits has...