Illinois Governor Pritzker has an executive order that will take effect on May 1st. “Wearing a face covering in public places or when working. Any individual who is over age two and able to medically tolerate a face-covering (a mask or cloth face- covering) shall be...
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CPRC in the News: Washington Examiner, Ballotpedia, Inside Sources, and other news stories
Washington Examiner, April 4, 2020 Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., a gun rights advocate who founded the Crime Prevention Research Center, said concerns that the police could handle a possible uptick in crime are warranted and are prompting some to take self-defense into their...
A cost of releasing prisoners: “Florida inmate freed amid coronavirus concerns murdered man one day after release,” second degree murder with a firearm and resisting an officer.
From CBS Channel 17 in Tampa, Florida: An inmate who was released from a Florida jail in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus is back behind bars and accused of committing second-degree murder the day after he got out, deputies say.The Hillsborough County...
Defensive Gun Uses By Those Legally Carrying Guns: Dramatic cases from the middle of August to the middle of September 2019
Loudoun county, VA, August 10, 2019 (Fox Channel 5, Washington DC) An elderly man is credited with helping to stop a couple from getting robbed in Northern Virginia.According to Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman, the man sprung into action and fired warning shots...
On America This Week: States closing guns stores, claiming people have a right to own guns, but not the right to buy one
Dr. John Lott talked to Eric Bolling about the move by states and local governments to close gun stores on Sinclair Broadcasting's America This Week with Eric Bolling. They discussed the claims by gun control advocates that people have the right to own guns, but not...
Progressive Groups Demand that Joe Biden Cut the Prison Population in Half and institute federal gun licensing program to cut gun deaths
Eight progressive groups have sent a letter to presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden demanding that he make policy changes before they will agree to vote for him this year (Alliance for Youth Action, Justice Democrats, IfNotNow Movement, March for Our...
Previously convicted murderer, who was released from Rikers Island Jail over Coronavirus fears, busted for bank robbery
On March 28th, James Little, 40, was released from jail because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Little, who had previously served twenty years in prison for murder, was arrested earlier in March for strangulation. Just ten days after his release, he was arrested again...
On The Vicki McKenna Show To Discuss the Closing of Gun Stores during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Dr. John Lott joined Vicki on the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss whether gun stores are "essential businesses." The Vicki McKenna Show that covers most of Wisconsin on WISN, WIBA, WMEQ Radio. (Thursday, March 26, 2020)
Maryland State Legislators Sign Letter Demanding Gun Stores in the State be Closed
Fifty-eight state legislators in Maryland have signed a letter to the Governor Larry Hogan demanding that the state close gun stores in the state. The ability of gun stores to remain open during this pandemic is worrisome for many Marylanders. Less than two weeks ago,...
Massive gun sales in March 2020
The number of NICS checks involving gun sales was 2.3 million in March. There is no month that comes even close to these sales, even when sales were booming during the Obama presidency. Compare it to March 2019 where the sales were 1.2 million or March 2018 where the...
PragerU on “Gun control does NOT equal less gun violence” references Crime Prevention Research Center
PragerU has a video on gun control that references the CPRC research on mass public shootings in gun-free zones and the impact of Australia's 1996-97 gun buyback on crime rates. The number we have on mass public shootings in gun-free zones since 1950 is 94%. If we had...
US Department of Homeland Security declares that firearms related workers are “essential”
The US Department of Homeland Security declares: "Workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges" are essential. This decision will have an impact on various court cases across...












