Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the push to erase US history and the federal law that can be used to protect some of the statues. (Wednesday, June 24, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:44 AM)
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Publishes Bogus Science from RAND on gun control
In a paper titled, “Changes in firearm mortality following the implementation of state laws regulating firearm access and use,” RAND Corporation staffers have published a paper examining child access prevention (CAP), right-to-carry (RTC), and stand your ground (SYG)...
CPRC in the News: Fox News, Townhall, American Thinker, and other places
Deviation from the orthodoxy. John R. Lott, RealClear Politics, Tuesday:New York Times opinion editor James Bennet resigned after daring to publish a column by Republican senator Tom Cotton, who argued for using the military to help quell the riots that arose from...
Just released: Audio version of Nikki Goeser’s “Stalked and Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband in Front of Me”
If you haven't read Nikki Goeser's book, this is a must! The link to her book is available here.
On the Michigan Talk Network: Liberal Politicians Who Order Police To Stand Down and Defund Police Are The Same People Who Want To Ban Guns
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Lott's opinion piece in the Washington Times. (Wednesday, June 17, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:44 AM).
Police Officers facing threats of tampered food
Being a police officer has gotten more dangerous. I have heard of stories where police are changing out of their uniforms before picking up their children at school, that they have moved well out of their cities, to avoid people upset with them being police. Reports...
Nine Defensive Gun Uses where people legally carrying concealed guns have stopped crime, cases from late August to mid September 2019
We normally don't include cases where a business owner or employee stops an attack, as those are quite numerous, unless the case explicitly notes the person had a concealed handgun permit. Philadelphia, PA, August 26, 2019 Police say an armed man in his 30s...
At The Federalist: Let’s Look at the Actual Facts About Alleged Racism of Police
Dr. John Lott has a piece on the claims about systematic racism by police at the Federalist. Police officer Derek Chauvin’s killing of a black man, George Floyd, this past week launched protests and riots across the country. Despite there being no evidence yet that...
On Lock N Load Radio: From Gun Cases before the Supreme Court to the Coronavirus
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Frady about a range of issues dealing with the Coronavirus. They talked about gun cases that are being considered by the Supreme Court, including the case they recently considered involving New York City. They also discussed a range of...
Tennessee House makes moves to Constitutional Carry and allow students to carry on college campuses
The state House has previously been the hardest part of passing these bills so this is big news in Tennessee. The vote in the House occurred on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Prior to this the National Conference of State Legislatures had stated that by 2019 there were...
Cases awaiting Cert from the Supreme Court focus heavily on the right to carry a concealed handgun outside the home
For weeks now, people have been waiting to find out which of ten gun cases before the Supreme Court will be granted Cert. Some of these cases have actually been on hold for a year. Six cases involved concealed carry. The Heller and McDonald decisions dealt only with...
YouTube Censorship: Claims a brief example that we posted of Television show bias violates their Community Guidelines
Blue Bloods, CBS, Season 10, Episode 12, January 10, 2020 In January, we posted a brief eleven second video from the CBS show Blue Bloods. The show made the false claim that police commit suicides at high rates because they have "easy access to guns," and we provided...