A copy of our newest report is available here. Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2018 are available here. Summary The number of concealed handgun permits has increased for the third year in a row. The figure now stands at over 18.66 million– a 304%...
Ever wonder where Mexican drug cartels are getting all their weapons? After all, since 1972, the most power rifle that you can buy in the country is a .22 caliber weapon. Yet, Mexican drug cartels have grenades, grenade launchers, and fully automatic guns. We have...
Dr. John Lott debated Igor Volosky, the Executive Director of Guns Down America, on Dana Perino's The Daily Briefing. Fox News' Ed Henry was substituting for Perino. They talked about the Democrats' calls to ban guns, and Lott pointed out that we need to do something...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the extreme statements by Democrats and their witnesses at last week's House Judiciary Committee hearing on banning assault weapons. The piece starts this way: If you want to see how extreme the Democrats have gotten on...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network to discuss mandatory gun confiscation, universal background checks, and a national gun registry. (Tuesday, September 24, 2019, from 7:40 to 7:49 AM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHWXRr9oX0w Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), the chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, uses research from the Crime Prevention Research Center in questioning Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz.(Wednesday, September...
Alan Gottlieb gives Dr. John Lott the scholar of the year award. This is the fifth time that he has won the award. Gottlieb: "Let me start. One of the awards that we give out every year is the Scholar of the Year. And there are a number of people out there who work...
Apparently even great baseball players follow what we do here at the Crime Prevention Research Center. At the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Phoenix, Baseball Great Curt Schilling referenced Crime Prevention Research Center study in talk. (Saturday, September 21, 2019)
Dr. John Lott gave a talk on the dangers of Universal Background Checks, Red Flag Laws, and Gun-free Zones. For the first 35 second the video isn't work here. (Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 7:00 to 7:30 PM EDT)
Dt. John Lott and Andrew Pollack have an op-ed at Townhall.com that starts this way: When it comes to gun control, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: criminals and psychopaths shouldn’t be allowed to get guns. The real question is how to stop them. For...
CPRC's Executive Director Nikki Goeser talks on Bowling Green, Kentucky's ESPN about her book, her work for Congressman Thomas Massie, the DC project, and the dangers of Red Flag Laws. (Wednesday, September 18, 2019)
Dr. John Lott talked to John Cardillo on NewsMax TV about the latest debate on Universal Background Checks, what will be proposed by President Trump. (Thursday, September 19, 2019, from 2:16 to 2:25 PM)