John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: When lives are on the line, what saves lives -- not politics – should guide policy. Gun control advocates used to warn about blood in the streets if we didn’t tighten gun laws, but as concealed handgun permits in...
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Some notes on John Roman’s “Race, Justifiable Homicide, and Stand Your Ground Laws: Analysis of FBI Supplementary Homicide Report Data,” Urban Institute
A copy of Roman's report is available here. Apparently, the report was referenced extensively in last week's Senate testimony on Stand Your Ground laws. 1) If you were to do this study right, you would look at the change in justifiable homicides in each state...
Evaluating: “Racism, gun ownership and gun control: Biased attitudes in US whites may influence policy decisions”
Greg Gutfeld made use of the discussion below in his appearance on Fox News' "The Five" on Friday (transcript here). Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comJohn Lott's op-ed at Fox News summarizing part of the post below is available here. Original Post: Four...
Crime Prevention Research Center in the News regarding Senate hearing on Stand Your Ground laws
From the Jackson County Floridian: Witnesses, from left, Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin; Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School; David LaBahn, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys...
Chicago Tribune opinion piece for Tuesday’s Senate hearing: “In defense of stand your ground laws”
John Lott's piece at the Chicago Tribune coincides with the Senate hearing on Stand Your Ground laws tomorrow. The article starts this way: As Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-Ill.) Judiciary subcommittee hears testimony on "stand your ground" laws Tuesday, charges of racial...
Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Stand Your Ground Laws
Tomorrow at 10 AM the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights will hold a hearing on Stand Your Ground laws. A copy of my testimony is available here. From the Chicago Sun-Times: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will chair a hearing...
Debate on CNN with the head of the Brady Campaign about gun sales online
"CNN asks two gun sales experts about social media site Instagram permitting firearm sales online."
Debate on CNN with the head of the Brady Campaign about gun sales online
"CNN asks two gun sales experts about social media site Instagram permitting firearm sales online."
Debate on Gun Control at UC Berkeley
The Daily Californian has this discussion (though their discussion isn't completely accurate): The Berkeley Forum hosted a panel of gun policy experts Friday night to discuss the future of firearms and public safety in America. The panel, titled “Guns, Crime and...
Presentation at Judicial Watch
Fox News Live: Is the push for gun control over?
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com CPRC president, FoxNews.com contributor, and author John R. Lott Jr. on the changing gun control debate.