Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal. These are just a few of the nutty things in the new EU rules on gun ownership that were approved Wednesday by a Parliamentary committee. The full Parliament still has to vote on the bill. Below are the rules...
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A lot of news coverage for the CPRC
Besides the extensive coverage that we received in the Associated Press, here are some of the media attention that we received. National Review, January 25, 2017 Over at the Crime Research Prevention Center, John Lott Jr. notes that the number of “constitutional...
CPRC at Fox News: If you want to see academics making fools of themselves, look at Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearings
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Fox News on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday regarding Senator Jeff Sessions. Unfortunately, Senator Dianne Feinstein delayed the vote on Sessions citing concerns about his views on women. The piece below...
CPRC in the Santa Fe New Mexican: Background check bill — right for New Mexico?
With the debate heating up in New Mexico over Michael Bloomberg's push for Universal Background checks, Dr. John Lott has an op-ed in the newspaper for the state's capitol. Let’s say a stalker threatens a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: BuzzFeed’s Founder Spreads False Information. I Was One Of His Victims
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the Daily Caller that discussed Jonah Peretti's past of impersonating At the moment, media outlets want nothing to do with BuzzFeed, the “news” website that published unverified, “fake” allegations against Donald Trump. The...
The New York Times’ false claims about what the public and their selective experts think about gun control
On January 10, 2017, the New York Times had an article claiming that both the public and their selective experts favored more gun control. From their article: The academics in our panel — many of the country’s best empirical researchers on gun policy — were far more...
CPRC Response to Washington Post article on guns in statehouse buildings
As we have previously discussed, the Associated Press used our research on state capitols that allow people to carry firearms. Here is the letter that we sent into the Washington Post: Dear Letters Editor: Your article grossly exaggerates the risks of concealed...
CPRC on several weeks of Steve Gruber’s Show discussing everything from how Politifact covers gun issues to the Ft Lauderdale attack to Constitutional Carry
Constitutional Carry on the rise in many states. What does Lott hope with a Trump presidency. (Tues. Jan 17, 2017 from 6:45 to 6:53 AM) "Ft Lauderdale Airport killer once again extensive interaction with mental health professionals failed to identify someone as a...
The New York Times yet again as a Fake News Site: Citing false information from the Violence Policy Center
Once again the New York Times is citing bogus data from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) (January 12, 2017). The grim truth is that concealed-carry permit holders are rarely involved in stopping crime. But people with permits have been responsible for more than 900...
CPRC in the Associated Press: “packing guns on statehouse grounds”
Despite us emphasizing the Associated Press reporter with how incredibly rare any problems were with carrying guns at legislatures and noting that not one had been harmed in those cases, the reporter focused the very rare, minor problems that have occurred. The AP...
After this year, there will likely be 16 or 17 States that allow people to carry concealed handguns without a permit: Constitutional Carry
With Missouri, West Virginia, and Idaho enacting Constitutional Carry laws last year, twelve states allow people to carry without a permit in all or virtually all their states. This includes Montana that allows people to carry without a permit in about 99.4% of the...
CPRC on the Michael Dukes Show in Anchorage on the errors in a new Violence Policy Center report on firearm death rates and the Ft Lauderdale Airport Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Michael Dukes on Anchorage's 50,000 Watt KBYR about the Ft Lauderdale shooting as well as a new Violence Policy Center report claiming that Alaska ranks number one in the nation in terms of the rate of firearm deaths. (Friday, January 13, 2017...










