John Lott's and Everytown's research director separate presentations on C-SPAN on Saturday highlighted Bloomberg's groups continued unwillingness to debate. There have been about a dozen instances over the last seven or eight years where producers will call John Lott...
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Elderly man fortunate Bloomberg’s gun groups didn’t convince Kroger to ban guns
Last year, Michael Bloomberg's gun control organization launched a "six-figure ad campaign" pressuring Kroger to ban guns on its property. The extensive campaign had "print and digital ads in USA Today, the Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Detroit Free Press,...
CPRC on the Jones Show to discuss the debate over gun control
John Lott was on the Alex Jones Show Monday, April 27, 2015 from 12:06 to 12:30 PM.
CPRC on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on people’s changing views on guns, Bloomberg’s research director explains why he won’t debate
From C-SPAN: "John Lott talked about the new study put out by Pew Research Center which finds that support for gun rights have increased and, for the first time, protecting gun rights is more important than controlling ownership." Lott was originally supposed to be on...
Data on police officers killed by guns
The Washington Post has compiled a list of 511 police officers who have been killed by guns from 2000 to 2010. Information is available on shooting deaths at traffic stops (91), ambushes (43), arrests (29), domestic disturbances (75), serving papers (40), responding...
74-year-old grandma stops knife wielding robber: “You back off, or I’ll blow your head off”
A 74-year-old woman in Fort Worth, Texas stopped a robber who had a knife to her throat (a video from the local Fox affiliate is available here): Jewell Turner, 74, told NBC 5 she was waiting in her minivan outside of her doctor’s office, near the corner of West...
CPRC at Fox News: Gun control advocates taking a page out of global warming advocates’ handbook
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Gun control advocates this month took a page from the global warming activists playbook: the science is settled, so there is no need for debate. However, instead of actually reviewing the scientific literature on...
CPRC on Michigan Talk Network on polls showing more people oppose gun control than support it and concealed carry permit holders who have stopped mass shootings
John Lott was interviewed by Steve Gruber on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from 6:40 to 6:47 (audio available here).
CPRC on DC’s WMAL to discuss the Virginia Tech Shooting 8th Anniversary
John Lott was on Washington DC's WMAL with Larry O'Connor to discuss the Virginia Tech Shooting 8th Anniversary (Audio, Thursday, April 16th, 2015 from 5:35 to 5:50 PM0.
CPRC in Politifact on which states have the most concealed handgun permits
From Politifact Florida: We interviewed John R. Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center which compiles data on gun permits in states. Lott, an academic and Fox News columnist, published the book More Guns, Less Crime through the University of Chicago...
Highlights from the Crime Prevention Research Center’s first Annual Dinner: Brad Thor, Katie Pavlich, Glenn Reynolds, Dana Loesch, Ted Nugent, and John Lott
Recent Media Highlights Video Pictures and videos from our talks Brad Thor's Talk -- above picture shows Brad cutting up is Illinois Firearm Owner Identification card Katie Pavlich's Talk Glenn Reynolds -- Academic of the Year Award Winner Dana Loesch's Talk...
CPRC responds to New York Times editorial entitled “No Firing Pins, Please, as the N.R.A. Gathers”
The New York Times recently had this editorial: Seventy-thousand people are expected to attend the National Rifle Association’s convention opening on Friday in Tennessee, but they won’t be allowed to carry firearms in one of the main convention venues. This may run...