We have previously pointed out how the shooting at the Virginia Beach municipal building was a gun-free zone. From The Virginian-Pilot (June 10, 2019) has this dramatic revelation: Kate Nixon considered taking a gun to work on May 31, the day a co-worker killed her...
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Crime Prevention Research Center in the News: Fox News, Daily Caller, National Review, Townhall, and many other places
Daily Caller, May 15, 2019 Here’s a truth that every American should consider: There are at least 18 states that allow teachers to carry guns. And yet, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center, there has NEVER been a mass shooting attempted in any...
On the Sandy Rios Show to discuss the Virginia Beach Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Sandy Rios on her national radio show about the mass public shooting at a Virginia Beach Municipal Building occurring at yet another place where the victims were banned from protecting themselves and what can be done to help prevent something...
On the Michigan Talk Network: Another mass public shooting, another place where the victims were banned from carrying guns, the attack at Virginia Beach
Dr. Lott talks about the tragedy in Virginia Beach when an employee murdered 12 co-workers and injured others. The #2 operations building was a gun-free zone for employees. Nobody inside the building was allowed to have a gun for self-defense, yet the murderer brought...
At Fox News: After Virginia Beach shooting, Dems seek ban on ‘silencers’ that don’t make guns silent
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the gun control push for suppressors. Despite what you might believe from watching television shows or movies, suppressors (commonly known as “silencers”) do not make guns “silent” — unless you consider an ambulance siren...
On the national Jim Bohannon Show to discuss the Virginia Beach Shooting
Dr. John Lott talked to Jim Bohannon on his national radio show about the mass public shooting at a Virginia Beach Municipal Building occurring at yet another place where the victims were banned from protecting themselves and what can be done to help prevent something...
On the Lars Larson Show to discuss whether we should make firearm suppressors illegal
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about whether we should make firearm suppressors illegal and about the Virginia Beach attack. (Wednesday, June 5, 2019, from 5:35 to 5:45 PM) Lars Larson’s National show is listened to by over 1.25 million...
CPRC on WMAL’s Mornings on the Mall to talk about the Virginia Beach mass public shooting
Dr. John Lott discusses the mass public shooting at a Virginia Beach Municipal Building occurring at yet another place where the victims were banned from protecting themselves and what can be done to help prevent something similar from happening in the future. Also...
Two book reviews in the Claremont Review of Books: Way of the Gun
Dr. John Lott had a book review at Claremont Review of Books on Patrick Charles' Armed in America and David Harsanyi's First Freedom. Although the new books on gun ownership by Patrick Charles and David Harsanyi both focus on a wide swath of English and U.S. history,...
Media Bias on Guns: Will Television Characters ever stop saying how much they dislike/hate guns?
A Shield agent, Melinda May (played by Ming-Na Wen), is asked by a villain whether she doesn't have a gun because she also doesn't like guns. May responds that she has never needed them in fighting bad guys. Examples from television where the characters say that they...
At Townhall.com: What Gun Control Advocates Fail to Grasp After Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com on the Virginia Beach shooting. The employee handbook info regarding employees being banned from having guns is available here. Another horrifying attack and immediately gun control politicians and organizations are...
Did the suppressor (“silencer”) used in Virginia Beach attack make a difference in the carnage?
“When someone gets shot by a gun with a silencer, it’s quiet. Witnesses might not hear. Police will be less likely to track down the shooter.” — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), in a tweet, March 14 Virginia Governor Northam and Senator Tim Kaine are calling for a...












