The CPRC is first and foremost an academic organization, as can be seen from our academic board of directors. It is with that in mind that we made the decision to recognize quality academic research that deals with issues of crime. Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds at...
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North Dakota moves to eliminate many gun-free zones, including parked cars on college campuses
The list of states that allow concealed permitted handguns on college campuses continues to grow. From KX News in North Dakota: Legislation is headed to Gov. Jack Dalrymple's desk that expands the places where a concealed-carry permit holder can have a gun. The bill...
A fun time at the Nashville Armory
CPRC's board members Brad Thor and Ted Nugent along with staff John Lott and John Whitley were joined by Nikki Goeser and Dana Loesch on Saturday morning at the Nashville Armory.
CPRC at Fox News on the impact of police seizing people’s guns and not returning them
Malia Zimmerman's piece contained this discussion: . . . . These tactics are a way for police departments or the government to make it more costly to own guns, said John Lott, an economist, leading expert on guns, and author at the Crime Prevention Research Center....
CPRC in the Washington Times on the big surge in gun production since 1999
A news article in the Washington Times: . . . The biggest change in production has come under President Obama. From 2001 to 2007, gun production held steady at between 3 million and 4 million units a year. It topped 4 million in 2008 but shot to 5.6 million in 2009,...
CPRC Survey of economists gets front page mention in the Washington Times
The Washington Times covered our survey of economists that was conducted by Professor Gary Mauser. Stephen Dinan's article that compared our survey to one done at the same time by David Hemenway: . . . Take Mr. Mauser’s question about self-defense and crimes: While...
Larry Elder talks to John Lott about academics’ views on guns
John Lott's interview with Larry Elder from 6:30 PM on Tuesday, April 7th is available here. They discussed the views of academics about guns.
CPRC on the Phil Valentine Show to discuss the inaccurate FBI stats on public shootings
John Lott was on the Phil Valentine Show to discuss the inaccurate FBI stats on public shootings as well as the April 10th event in Nashville. (Audio, 2:35 to 3:00 PM, Monday, March 30, 2015) John Lott was also on Jan Mickelson's show on WHO 1040 in Des Moines, Iowa....
CPRC becomes a regular contributor to the Michigan Talk Network:
Steve Gruber has started having John Lott as a regular weekly guest on the Michigan Talk Network. Obama administration attempts to ban certain types of bullets, Campus Carry (Audio from 6:35 to 6:50 AM, Tuesday, March 17, 2015) The much more difficult job that Police...
CPRC in the Nashville Tennessean: Poor people suffer at anti-gun bill elitism
This letter appeared in the April 7th edition of the Nashville Tennessean Poor people suffer at anti-gun bill elitism Re: “Shame of Senate: Guns for all but no time for people,” by Keel Hunt, April 5. Keel Hunt claims that the Republican legislature in Nashville only...
Concealed Handgun Permit Holder in Georgia may have saved a woman’s life in Car Jacking
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com From MyFoxAtlanta: Police say a car theft goes awry when the owner of the car spots the thief take off, and jumps on the hood of the car. The owner of Fast Trac car wash showed us surveillance of the ordeal. The video shows...
Kenya gun laws leave victims defenseless
Remember what happened after the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya in late 2013? From a piece that the CPRC had in the Chicago Tribune: Right after the Kenya attack, Ronald Noble, the secretary-general of Interpol, which is a world version of the FBI and...