Dr. John Lott also gave a talk at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. No, former President Trump wasn't there. There is no record of the talk, as it was a private event.
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9th Circuit Three Judge Panel Allows California Extensive Ban on Concealed Carry to Go into Effect on January 1st
California's new concealed handgun law bans carrying guns in 26 places; most public places, including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks, and zoos, go into effect today. Going into any business that doesn't have a posted sign saying that you can carry,...
Political Bias at Harvard
While this is not directly on topic for what we normally post, it does show one of the problems with academic research. The problem is that this likely underestimates the problem because when everyone around you is a leftist, even some leftists will think that they...
Gun Control Group caught breaking New Mexico’s Universal Background Check Law so they Attack John Lott, Seriously
The CPRC's Director of Education, Kerry Slone, has an op-ed at Townhall titled: "Do Gun Laws Apply to Gun Control Organizations in New Mexico?" The New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence claimed that her piece proved that the CPRC was hypocritical on gun control and...
A new book by CPRC Fellow Amanda Collins Johnson: Beyond Survival
Amanda Collins Johnson, a fellow with the CPRC, survived a violent rape in a gun-free zone. While she had regularly carried a concealed handgun, she was denied the ability to defend herself because the University of Nevada did not allow permitted concealed weapon...
Murderers Overwhelmingly Murder People who are Just Like Themselves
"When Alvin Bragg was a candidate for Manhattan district attorney, he spoke often about gun possession cases that did not merit harsh prosecution or imprisonment, saying that not every person charged with such a crime was linked to violence." Jonah E. Bromwich, "After...
CPRC making presentations at Northwest Safety First Conference in Boise, Idaho
Dr. John Lott and Kerry Slone represented the CPRC for presentations on October 15th and 16th in Idaho.
On “Unfragmented” to discuss John Lott Freedomnomics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmCNgrorkbU Dr. John Lott talked to the people at Unfradmented about his book Freedomnomics.
Nikki Goeser meets with the Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
The Crime Prevention Research Center's Nikki Goeser meets with Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and gives him some light reading material! The future governor of Tennessee?
CPRC in the News: Media Research Center, American Thinker, Bearing Arms (3), and much more
The Crime Prevention Research Center (“CPRC”) has done a deep dive into the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2022 and discovered that the reports grossly underestimate the number of times armed civilians have stopped active shootings. The FBI says...
On the Steve Malzberg Show: The Hunter Biden Plea Agreement, Biden’s and Democrats’ Bizarrely False Claims about Guns, Media Survey Bias on Guns, and Guns are NOT the Leading Cause of Children’s Deaths
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Malzberg on his TNT Radio Show. They discussed the Hunter Biden plea bargain and pieces that Lott had the Federalist and Townhall. At The Federalist: Biden’s Latest Anti-Gun Claims Aren’t Just False — They Don’t Even Make Sense At...
Kerry Slone joins the Crime Prevention Research Center as Director for Education
We are very pleased to announce that Kerry Stone is our new Executive Director for Education. Her job is for outreach to to social media and media generally. She will also be giving public speeches and writing op-eds on the importance of self-defense, particular for...