CPRC's John Lott and Michael R. Gordinier, a senior lecture at the Washington University Business School, had a piece in Sunday's Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri) in response to Would you post a sign announcing that your home is a gun-free zone? Would you feel safer?...
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Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Stop Four Violent Crimes in Five Days
Macon, Georgia, December 26, 2015: A Warner Robins man told police that he shot and killed a man who tried to rob him. According to police, it happened around 8:10 p.m. on Christmas night on the 100 block of Oakridge Drive. . . . Antonio Bagley, 29, told...
CPRC’s work on expanded background checks discussed in the Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Colin McNickle has this piece in the Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: In its latest installment in a crusade to rid America of firearms, The New York Times “reports” on a “study” that purports to show how, in the first six years after Missouri “repealed the...
CPRC’s John Lott continued debate with Gary Kleck over his attacks on “More Guns, Less Crime”
In mid-November John Lott got into an exchange with Gary Kleck about "More Guns, Less Crime." This took place after other Kleck statements to the media about me. In the new discussion, Gary continues to go out of his way to engage in personal attacks on Lott: "he...
Battle over where permit holders can carry their guns at the University of Texas at Austin
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued an opinion on Texas' new law that allows carrying concealed handguns on college campuses. Some public universities, in particular the University of Texas at Austin, have already made initial recommendations. The most...
CPRC on the Michael Dukes Show: Explaining the so-called “explosion” of firearms at airports
John Lott talked to Michael Dukes about the claimed "explosion of firearms at airports" and Obama's push for expanded background checks on Friday, December 18, 2015 from 10:35 to 10:45 AM.
CPRC on Slate’s The Gist to discuss whether concealed carry has helped armed civilians defend themselves against mass public shootings
John Lott talked to Mike Pesca about whether conceal-and-carry has helped armed civilians defend themselves against mass public shootings (Monday, December 21, 2015, podcast). Mike Pesca is the host of the Slate daily podcast The Gist. He also contributes reports and...
Four Concealed Handgun Permit Holders use their guns to stop violent crimes in the last week
Calumet City, Illinois, December 17, 2015 A Calumet City resident prevented a gunmen from robbing him by pulling out his gun and firing it at the would-be robber, Midlothian police reported. The 68-year-old man, who has a concealed-carry gun permit, told police that a...
More Americans view letting more people carrying concealed handguns as a better solution to terrorism than stricter gun control
There has been a sharp rise in concern over terrorism, with few Americans believing that the government can stop lone-wolf attacks (22-77 percent) and not many more can stop a large scale attack (43-56 percent). A new Gallup poll shows that terrorism has become the...
Most Americans Oppose Re-instituting a National Assault Weapon Ban
New surveys by ABC News/Washington Post and CBS News/New York Times show that the drop in support for a nationwide ban in so-called "assault weapons" mirrors the general decline in support for gun control that has been observed in the last couple of decades...
President Obama and Michael Bloomberg meet in White House to discuss the Executive Actions Obama is Planning
President Obama's meeting with other gun control advocates indicates that executive action on gun control is likely imminent. From The Hill newspaper: . . . Obama huddled with Bloomberg "as part of the administration's continuing push to address gun violence in...
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