The CPRC has a letter to the editor today at the Washington Post that discusses a recent working paper that was discussed in the Post on November 14th. Dear Letters Editor: Christopher Ingraham’s “More Guns, More Crime” ignored research critical of a slightly updated,...
From the International Business Times: Russia, which according to official figures has the fifth highest murder rate in the world, has relaxed its gun ownership laws. Previously, Russians were only allowed to own firearms for hunting or target practice, but under the...
John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily discusses what Americans can learn from Israel about stopping terrorism. The piece starts this way: Terrorism is forcing Israel to let civilians carry guns in even the most sensitive religious areas in the wake of...
Here is a radio interview that John Lott had on the Jason Rantz radio show on November 19, 2014 on KIRO AM (710 in Seattle).
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com With gun sales in Ferguson soaring by between 525 and 700 percent according to one discussion in the Washington Post and police apparently warning civilians to get a gun before the verdict is announced, it is useful to look...
The horrible death today at Har Nof Shul left five people dead and others wounded. Israel's Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, who has been pushing for ever tighter gun control laws, has announced some easing of controls, letting some people carry with...
The media over the last couple of days has been pointing to a revised paper by Abhay Aneja, John J. Donohue III, and Alexandria Zhang that has been floating around in various forms since at least 2009. Their earlier paper claimed that right-to-carry laws and no...
Our research shows how it is poor blacks who live in high crime urban areas who benefit the most from having a gun to protect themselves. This story from ABC TV News in Columbus, Ohio provides a dramatic example of this point: A mother and her 13-year-old son were...
The Waco Tribune announced the talk here.
From Fox News: the same three-judge panel that struck down restrictions on the permits earlier this year ruled Wednesday that it is too late for new opponents to join the fight against the ruling. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would bar other...
With the new crime data just released by the FBI yesterday, the big increase in concealed handgun permits after 2007 continues to be associated with a decline in murder rates (for the number of concealed handgun permits in 2013 see our report available here).