This is from Patrik Jonsson's article that originally appeared in the Christian Science Monitor and Yahoo News: Others, however, including John Lott, author of “More Guns, Less Crime,” have found the opposite – that the addition of 6 million concealed-carry permits...
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CPRC interviewed on the Lars Larson Show to discuss the latest Violence Policy Center’s false claims about shootings by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders
The Violence Policy Center claims that there have been 722 people killed by permit holders over almost 8 years from May 2007 to February 2015. Appearing on Lars Larson's radio show on Thursday, February 12th from 6:21 to 6:30 PM, John Lott explained the reason that...
CPRC at Fox News: “What is more likely to kill you — a gun or a car?”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Which is more likely to kill you: a car or a gun? Various publications, from The Economist to Forbes, and many others have been reporting that gun deaths are set to overtake road deaths before the year is up. But...
CPRC in the Austin (Texas) Statesman: “Open Carry versus Campus Carry: what should be the priority”
John Lott's piece in the Austin (Texas) Statesman's is as follows: With well over 700,000 concealed handgun permit holders in Texas, there is a good chance that someone next you in a grocery store or restaurant is carrying a concealed handgun. But some are only...
Bloomberg’s false racist claims about who commits crime
At 41:10 into this Q&A session in Aspen, Colorado last week, Michael Bloomberg made this claim about who the criminals are First thing is . . . 95% of your murderers and murder victims fit one MO. You can just take the description, xerox it, and pass it out to all...
Three presentations coming this week: Miami, Florida; Kennesaw, Georgia; and Springfield, Missouri
Pictures are from a debate between John Lott and Paul Helmke last year (click on pictures to enlarge). 1) St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, Florida): Gun Control Laws in America: Do They Work? Speakers: John R. Lott Jr. and TBD Date: Tuesday, February 10,...
Yet another mall shooting where guns were banned: Monroeville Mall near Pittsburgh
Time after time at the mall shootings keep occurring at places that ban guns: the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake; Westroads Mall in Omaha; Nebraska, the Clackamas Town Center Mall in Portland, the Mall in Columbia, Maryland; Oregon; or Melbourne Square Mall in...
Emily Miller gives our research a shout out on Fox & Friends
In a spirited debate on Fox & Friends Weekend between Emily Miller and Mark Glaze, Miller was able to make good use of information produced by the CPRC. She starts off by mentioning that school shootings have actually been falling over time and that permit...
Pennsylvania town posts signs: “This is not a gun free zone”
Conoy Township has only a little over 3,000 people, but they may be getting some unusual attention. From Lancaster, Pennsylvania's LNP: Conoy Township has a message for criminals who might be thinking about preying on its residents: This is not a gun-free zone. And...
CPRC in the news over the first court case testing Pennsylvania’s new firearms preemption law
Here is a statement by plaintiff Justin McShane on the Harrisburg court case There was a trial court hearing in Harrisburg this morning on whether a preliminary injunction should be granted in a suit to force Harrisburg to follow state firearm laws. The hearing went...
67-year-old concealed handgun permit holder fatally shoots one of the two men who tried to rob him
An attempted robbery of a 67-year-old black man by two other men occurred in Cobbs Creek Park, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, February 4th (click on the above picture to enlarge). The park is a little west of the Philadelphia Zoo. The police chief says in...
Survivor of the Columbine High School massacre, now a Colorado state legislator, introduces bill to end gun-free school zones
Newly elected state Rep. Patrick Neville is making a bit of a splash. From the Denver Post (picture also from Post): A student who survived the Columbine High School massacre has introduced a bill that would allow anyone with a concealed weapons permit the right to...