The number of permits to carry guns in public in Poland has been accelerating, though only 0.145% of adults have a permit. The number of licensed firearms also increased to 930,100, equal to 2.94 firearms per 100 people. Including the 85,000 other licenses, that...
From One America News: “The president of the Crime Prevention Research Center Dr. John Lott tells One America News that a new study presents overwhelming evidence that concealed carry gun permit holders are better at stopping active shooters than police and face lower...
Dr. John Lott talked to fill-in host Ryan Schuiling on Denver KOA’s The Ross Kaminsky Show about the assault weapon ban and his new op-ed at The Federalist on our latest research concerning armed civilians stopping active shooters. (Monday, March...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar5k6vxC3e8 Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has put forward H.R. 2267: "To require the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report that includes the demographic data of persons determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm...
https://youtu.be/nN344e1TPus Dr. John Lott appeared on Alaska’s Michael Dukes Show to discuss our latest study, which is a deep dive into cases where armed civilians stopped active shooters. They also talked about the problems with the crime reporting data and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZUdkWMn5U8 TV police shows consistently show female police officers running as fast or faster than male officers. But in the real world that is not close to being the case. For example, for the U.S. Marshals Service, the minimum...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on his national Sunday radio to discuss the crime statistics and what the Trump Administration will do. See also Dr. Lott’s op-ed piece at The Federalist titled “Trump’s FBI Reforms Need to Include Ending Data Distortions.”...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8cQ7HFf9pM Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) uses the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on school shootings. There were many other cases during this hearing where it looked like people were using our research, but this is...
A copy of the Supreme Court's decision in the VanDerStok case is available here. This case was a regulatory issue, not a Constitutional question. This was not a Second Amendment case. The decision contains some positive news as well as some negative news. On the...
Dr. John Lott talked to Bryan and Luan on the Byrna Bros Podcast about the misconception that less lethal weapons and guns cannot work together. (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)
Dr. John Lott appeared on Houston's Morning News on KTRH to discuss our latest research on cases where armed civilians stopped active shooting attacks compared to the police. See also Dr. Lott's new op-ed at The Federalist titled "Concealed...
A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that civilians actually stop more active shooters than police. According to the CPRC, concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police....