John Lott's latest piece at Fox News starts this way: Thursday saw yet another tragic attack in a gun-free zone. Four Marines were murdered. Others were injured. Watching the coverage on television Thursday, it was hard to ignore the gun-free zone sign on the front...
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CPRC Research in the News: Fox News, Washington Times, Hot Air, and others
A Fox News article titled "Concealed-carry handgun permits soar as murder rate drops, study claims" has this report on our new study: A report from a prominent economist finds that the number of permits to carry concealed handguns has skyrocketed by 178 percent in the...
Chattanooga Shooting at Marine Recruiting Office at yet another attack at a Gun-free Zone
The gun-free zone sign is from the front of the recruiting station in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Army regulations are very clear saying that you cannot have firearms during one's official duties (see Para 2-6b). It should be the same across all branches. Here are...
New Study: Over 12.8 million concealed handgun permits, last year saw by far the largest increase ever in the number of permits
The new report is available here. Reports for other years including 2016 can be viewed here. Part of the executive summary is shown here: Since President Obama’s election the number of concealed handgun permits has soared, growing from 4.6 million in 2007 to over...
CPRC on KSRO AM/FM radio to discuss “Murder Rates Down, Concealed Gun Permits Up”
John Lott talked to the KSRO Morning News team (covering Sonoma County, California) to discuss the latest research on concealed handguns on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 from 11:32 to 11:40 AM EDT
With Maine, ten states no longer require concealed handgun permits in all or virtually all of the state
Last Wednesday, Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed into law a bill to eliminate the concealed gun permit requirement in Maine. Permit requirements also ended in Kansas and Mississippi on July 1st. That raises the total of states that don't require permits anywhere in the...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Why Background Checks Couldn’t Stop Dylan Roof”
John Lott's latest piece at the Daily Caller discusses the FBI's announcement that mistakes were made in the background check for his gun purchase. His piece starts this way: The FBI says that the federal background check system for guns should have stopped Dylann...
CPRC on WJR radio to discuss research on guns and crime
John Lott talked to Frank Beckman about new claims and here on guns and crime (Thursday, July 9, 2015, 10:45 to 10:54 AM).
Evaluating new research “Firearm Ownership and Violent Crime in the U.S.: An Ecological Study” By Monuteaux, Lee, Hemenway, Mannix, Fleegler
Live Science describes a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine this way: Monuteaux and his colleagues wanted to test whether increased gun ownership had any effect on gun homicides, overall homicides and violent gun crimes. They chose firearm...
Domestic Violence and Guns: Woman uses gun to defend herself against boyfriend
New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2015 A New Orleans man was shot by his girlfriend in self-defense after he strangled and beat her inside her Harvey apartment in the early morning hours of July 4, according to arrest records. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Charles...
Within just a few hours, concealed Handgun Permit Holders Defend Themselves in Nashville, TN; Birmingham, AL; and Richland, SC
Nashville, TN, July 6, 2015 . . . . 74-year-old Larry Dean Claybaker was getting into his car at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Fairfield Avenue when two teens tried to rob him around 10 p.m. The teens allegedly took his cellphone and told him to get out of...
CPRC at Fox News: “Lynne Russell, ex-CNN anchor, and her husband are alive thanks to a gun”
John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on Lynne Russell and her husband defending themselves with a gun. Lynne Russell and her husband, Chuck de Caro, believe they would be dead if she hadn’t been carrying a gun. Late Wednesday night, Russell was forced at gunpoint...