Here is a copy of an op-ed that John Lott had in the Washington Times on August 27, 2014. Please click on text to make it larger.
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CPRC on The Blaze TV with Dana Loesch to discuss mistakes by police and civilians using guns
John Lott was on Dana Loesch's TV show for 10 minutes last night to discuss both mistakes with guns by both police and civilians (audio available here, Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 6:09 to 6:19 PM EDT). Links for the news stories that we discussed. -- U.S. will review...
CPRC on Coast-to-Coast AM: From concealed carry to media coverage of guns to judicial confirmations
CPRC President John Lott was on Coast-to-Coast AM for two hours last night (audio available here: hour 1 (starting at 10:22 into the audio) and hour 2, Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 1:15 to 3 AM).
For Coast-to-Coast AM listeners: information on “Dumbing Down the Courts”
Reviews and debates on my book Dumbing Down the Courts is available here.
CPRC in the Washington Times: More evidence that the high costs of concealed handgun permits disarms poor blacks
This valuable data shows the gross disparity in concealed handgun permits by race and income in Chicago. Besides the $650 to get a permit (fees and training costs), one can't take the handguns with them on public transportation and there are no shooting ranges to...
CPRC on Charles Butler’s national radio show, talking about Illinois’ new concealed handgun law
John Lott appeared on Charles Butler's national radio show on Monday to discuss gun control (available here). The discussion was on Monday, September 29, 2014 from 9:05 to 9:30 AM.
CPRC at the Gun RIghts Policy Conference
Here is an audio of John Lott's talk at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Chicago on September 27th. Lott's presentation focused on some of the misinformation being put out by Michael Bloomberg and the Obama administration.
Bloomberg Businessweek cites CPRC study on the number of concealed handgun permits
The piece by Joel Rosenblatt notes the comparison our recent study made between the explosion in concealed handgun permits and dropping murder rates: Gun control advocates say that math is dangerous, because without stringent permitting, the odds go up that guns will...
CPRC in the Brown University Daily Herald on the University of Rhode Island move to arm campus police
The article in the Brown Daily Herald discussed our recent study that college age permit holders are extremely law-abiding: But John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said he supports URI’s decision. “It’s hard for me to fathom why people...
CPRC discussed in new Forbes article: “How Bloomberg’s Million-Dollar Desire For Gun Control Is Backfiring”
The article today in Forbes starts this way and is highly recommended: With the midterms just over a month away New York City’s former mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending at least $50 million to make his gun-control agenda part of this election. His gun-control group...
CPRC at the State Policy Network conference in Denver
DC handgun regulations look likely to be most restrictive concealed carry law in country
A copy of DC's proposed concealed handgun law is available here: License to Carry a Pistol Temporary Amendment Act of 2014. The training requirement is at least as restrictive as Illinois, with "at least 16 hours of training," two hours of which are range time. The...