John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: If President Obama can’t have his way with banning guns, it looks like his next option is to ban the bullets used by those guns. Too often, Obama has shown little regard for the law. He does what he wants. If...
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CPRC in the New York Post: “Ferguson fake out: Justice Department’s bogus report”
John Lott's piece in the New York Post starts this way (for those interested in reading the original DOJ report on Ferguson it is available here): Addressing the nation from Selma, Ala., on Saturday, President Obama said that while racism may be “no longer endemic,”...
CPRC on Sunrise America to discuss how gun ownership can protect against terrorism
John Lott joined hosts Scott Ledger & Lexi Lapp to discuss the promised Somali terrorist threat against the Mall of America in Minnesota. Monday, March 2nd, 2015 from 8:22 to 8:30 AM.
CPRC at Fox News: “Justice Department reached only possible conclusion in Michael Brown case”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News started this way: Three-and-a-half months after a St. Louis Grand Jury decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for Michael Brown’s death, President Obama’s Department of Justice has finally followed suit –...
Original Research: Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age: College age permit holders do not pose a greater risk
Read the entire new report Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age from the Crime Prevention Research Center here. It is a common refrain that we can’t allow permitted concealed handguns on university property because we all know how irresponsible young people can be,...
CPRC in the Las Vegas Review Journal: “Gun-free zones put innocent in danger”
John Lott's op-ed in the Las Vegas Review Journal starts this way: Would you post a sign announcing that your home is a gun-free zone? Would you feel safer? Criminals don’t obey these signs. In fact, to criminals, gun-free zones look like easy targets. So why do we...
CPRC testimony before the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee on eliminating many Gun-Free Zones
A video of the first panel testifying on the bill to reduce the number of gun-free zones in Nevada is available below (Lott's testimony starts at 5:54 into the video below). Since the first panel went through a lot of the facts regarding guns and schools as well as...
Bloomberg’s Amazingly Inaccurate Ad to Keep Areas Gun-Free Zones
Bloomberg's argument here is that the bill to allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry on school property is really an attempt to let criminals carry guns around schools. The fact that people will need a permit that requires a criminal background check is never...
CPRC on Wyoming Public Television to discuss gun-free zones
While John Lott was visiting Cheyenne, Wyoming last week, he was interviewed by Craig Blumenshine about gun-free zones. The interview of Wyoming Public Television was broadcast on Friday, February 27th, 2015 at 8 PM. The content of this interview came out very well.
CPRC in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Minnesota Concealed handgun permits hit new high
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: The number of Minnesotans who are legally entitled to carry a handgun reached an all-time high in 2014, with 184,895 active permits by the end of the year, according to a new report from the state. The end-of-year total is more than...
CPRC in the Annals of Internal Medicine on the supposed lack of medical journal research on firearms
CPRC Senior Research Fellow Charles Jessee had a comment accepted in the Annals of Internal Medicine that put straight the false claim that federal funding restrictions prevented research on firearms.
CPRC on Coast to Coast AM to discuss Obama’s move to ban popular AR-15 ammunition
John Lott talked to George Noory during the news segment of the show about the new proposed rules. The interview was on Friday, February 27, 2015 from 1:07 to 1:09 AM.