Dr. Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the push for Democrats to have a Red Flaw law in Virginia. (Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 8:35 to 8:44 AM).
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Defensive Gun Uses by those legally carrying guns: 22 cases over six weeks from late June to early August 2019
We haven't updated these cases for a while (we have been working on other projects, such as Nikki's new book), but will hopefully be returning to this soon. Here are cases of people legally carrying guns and stopping crimes outside of their homes. Cincinnati, OH, June...
Michael Bloomberg: “it’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot,” not the “average citizen”
After the West Freeway Church of Christ shooting near Fort Worth, where concealed handgun permit holders stopped a mass public shooting, Michael Bloomberg warned that the average citizen shouldn't be carrying guns. “It may be true that someone in the congregation had...
On Lars Larson’s Radio Show: What do academics say about gun control?
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about the CPRC's new research on the views of academics on gun control. (Monday, January 27, 2020, from 7:35 to 7:44 PM)
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: The Rookie, the continued obsession w/ criminals using machine guns
ABC's The Rookie is hardly unique in constantly showing criminals using machine guns, but it is a little amazing that the criminals seem to be using nothing but. These clips are from this season (Season 2, E7 November 10, 2019), but we just recently became aware of...
On Lock N Load Radio: Nikki Goeser on her new book “Stalked and Defenseless”
Nikki Goeser talked to Bill Frady on his national Lock N Load radio show about her new book “Stalked And Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband In Front Of Me.” (Friday, January 24, 2020)
Kibbe on Liberty: Women Have a Right to Defend Themselves, Nikki Goeser on her new book
Matt Kibbe sits down with Nikki Goeser of the Crime Prevention Research Center to discuss how gun laws have impacted her personally. After she had to watch her husband get gunned down in a supposedly gun-free zone, Nikki wrote a book about how gun laws...
On Lock N Load Radio: More on Virginia’s new gun laws having nothing to do with the stopping attacks such as the Virginia Beach shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Frady on his national Lock N Load radio show about the push for new gun laws in Virginia. While the push for new laws is motivated by the Virginia Beach shooting, Lott points out that the new laws would have done nothing to stop that...
Our Research On the Growth in Concealed Handgun Permits Mentioned In The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal mentions our research though they don't quite things correct. The error is in the second sentence. The growth in permits came despite states legalizing carrying without a permit, not because of more states allowing it. The number of Americans...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: Fox’s The Deputy Showing Criminals Often Using Machine Guns to out gun police
Fox’s new show, The Deputy, is hardly unique in showing criminals using machine guns. But this show gets off to a bad start, with more than its share of machine guns being used. On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the weapons of choice for bad guys when they...
At Townhall.com: Virginia’s Proposed Red Flag Law is Not the Best Way to Handle Mental Health Problems
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com about Virginia's proposed Red Flag Law. The piece starts this way: Everyone wants to stop dangerous people from getting guns. To some the obvious solution is Red Flag laws, which take away the guns of people deemed...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: On CBS’s “FBI: Most Wanted” School Principal indicates idea of arming teachers is nutty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQ7MSHkG68 On CBS's "FBI: Most Wanted," a school principal explains to FBI agents about a nutty conspiracy theorist who also supports arming teachers to stop mass public school shootings. The principal obviously indicates to the agents...