Here is an interview that Dr. John Lott did with America's 1st Freedom: Discussion of so-called gun-free zones doesn’t make it onto the news much these days, so the truth can be hard to find. The reason why is simple: After high-profile shootings, the “mainstream”...
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In the New York Daily News: NPR and PBS should not get public subsidies
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the New York Daily News on why NPR and PBS should not get public subsidies. It talks a little about NPR's biases in covering the gun issue. The piece starts this way: Whatever original purpose public broadcasting had back in 1969,...
Arkansas mandates that Public Universities. some bars, and government buildings allow permitted concealed handguns
Arkansas has become at least the 11th state that mandates that permitted guns can be carried on campus (Michigan requires that they be carried openly) and the 19th state that to allow them in state Capitols. For campus carry, the National Conference of State...
On Steve Gruber’s Michigan Talk Network to talk about bill protecting the interstate transportation of firearms
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about a bill by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) that will prevent anyone with a gun, ammunition, or magazines from falling outside of the law simply by passing through a state. A copy of the...
Even after being caught, CDC still hasn’t corrected accidental gun death data in database, causes errors by others
In January 2016, Dr. John Lott contacted the CDC to alert them to a mistake in their numbers for 2014 on accidental gun deaths. The total was clearly a 100 larger than it actually was (the error arose because of mistakes in Tennessee's data, and the mistake...
Responding to Bloomberg Group’s attack in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
On March 10th, Rachael Joseph, the Director of Outreach for Protect Minnesota and who works with Bloomberg's Everytown, had a piece in the Minneapolis Star Tribune attacking Dr. John Lott. The piece was supposedly about Lott's op-ed on Stand Your...
Video of Black Florida Concealed Handgun Permit Holder Saving life of White Sheriff Deputy
This video was obtained from KHQ Channel 6 television. On March 15th, 2017, the Florida State Attorney's Office released a video of Ashad Russell, a Florida resident with a concealed handgun permit, fatally shooting another man, Edward Strother, who was attacking a...
On the Lars Larson Show to discuss the increase in gun purchases by women and blacks
Dr. John Lott was on the Lars Larson Show to talk about the continued high rate of gun sales after the election. (Thursday, March 16, 2017, 8:21 to 8:30 PM)
CPRC in the News: Yahoo! News, Legal Insurrection, PJ Media, Florida Weekly, Aviation Pros, Dayton Daily News, and many others
Aviation Pros, March 9, 2017 (Helping the media putting numbers in perspective by providing the total number of concealed handgun permit holders.) Gun discoveries at the nation's airports jumped 28 percent between 2015 and last year when 3,391 firearms made it to...
Bloomberg’s push for Background Checks on the Private Transfers of Guns Fails in another state: New Mexico
Michael Bloomberg's losing streak continues in his push for background checks on the private transfers of guns. During this last November, Bloomberg's initiatives in Maine and Nevada failed. With solid Democrat majorities in both the New Mexico state House and...
On the Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber: Weren’t gun sales supposed to plummet after the election?
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber about the change in gun sales after the November 2017 election. (Tuesday, March 14, 2017, from 6:45 to 6:53 AM)
At Fox News: “In 2017 women and minorities are buying guns. Here’s why”
Dr. John Lott has another op-ed at Fox News and Fox Nation on how gun purchases have remained strong after Trump's election in November. The piece starts this way: During the 8 years he was president, Barack Obama’s administration experienced an explosion in gun...











