Click on Screen shot to enlarge it. Just as the CPRC's research on crime has been having an impact and widely downloaded. Now our research is having an impact in another area ("Security and Safety"). As people download our research and they move up in rank, the more...
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International Crime Comparisons: US relatively safe in terms of violent crime
One of the big problems with comparing crime rates across countries is that there are big differences in what constitutes a crime and even whether people report crimes to police. If people don't think that the police in a country will be able to solve the crime, it...
Lafayette, Louisiana Movie Theater Shooting was yet another gun-free zone, other movie theaters in area didn’t have that policy
The movie theater shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana occurred in yet another place that banned permitted concealed handguns. The shooting occurred at the Grand Theater. It's "conduct policy" openly bans the carrying of guns, just like where the Aurora, Colorado movie...
CPRC in the Philadelphia Inquirer: “For more Americans, owning a gun = safety”
This piece by John Lott has been carried in some newspapers across the US: Newsday (Long Island and NYC, NY), Charlotte Observer (NC), Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN); Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI), Omaha World Herald (NE), Fresno Bee (CA), Providence Journal (RI),...
CPRC in other radio interviews on dangers of gun-free zones
John Lott talked to the Michigan Talk Network on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 from 6:45 to 6:52 AM. John Lott spoke to the Christian radio network "The World" on Wednesday, July 22.
CPRC at Fox News: “Older people need guns, too”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Have you ever thought of letting someone else manage your finances? If President Obama has his way, Social Security recipients who have trouble managing their finances will be banned from buying a gun. If Social...
CPRC discussing Gun-free zones for the military: Lars Larson Show, Larry Elder Show, and others
CPRC Fellow Jack McCauley debated Ari Freilich, a staff attorney with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, on Southern California's public radio station KPCC's Air Talk to discuss the ban on guns for military personnel. (Monday, July 20th, 2015 from 2:20 to 2:40...
CPRC on the Michigan Talk Radio Network
CPRC's John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on a variety of issues over the last several weeks Tuesday, June 30th: Discussing what implications the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage ruling might have for gun ownership Wednesday, July 8th: City of Chicago suit against gun...
Governors in six states quickly order National Guardsmen to be armed, but even these soldiers will be disarmed on federal property
Governors in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indiana moved quickly over the weekend to allow their national guard troops being able to protect themselves. Unfortunately, however, these national guard troops will still be disarmed on federal owned or...
CPRC interviewed by Sinclair Broadcasting: “Chattanooga shooting reopens debate over military personnel regulations”
Here is part of an article from the Sinclair Broadcast Group and WJLA in Washington, DC that quoted John Lott (both from his article at Fox News and the reporter interviewing him): . . . “Army regulations are very clear stating that personnel cannot have firearms...
CPRC in the New York Daily News: “Chattanooga shooting renews debate over military gun-free zones”
John Lott was interviewed for a news story in the New York Daily News: . . . Even if soldiers couldn't have ended Muhammed Youssef Abdulazeez's attack as he ambushed them from a car, the sight of weapons could have deterred him, John R. Lott Jr., president of the...
CPRC interviewed by Real Clear Policy: “The Rise of Concealed Carry” UPDATE: Drudge Report Covers our results!
Courtney Such, with Real Clear Policy, interviewed John Lott. Their discussion starts here: How many people are licensed to carry concealed guns in your state? The Crime Prevention Research Center has released a paper with the numbers, finding that the number of...