On the Red Elephant YouTube page, Dr. John Lott talked to Vincent James about why it is so difficult to stop criminals from obtaining guns. We have some real concerns about the racial beliefs of the host, which we clearly spelled out in another segment. But this was a...
Dr. John Lott talked to Judge Andrew Napolitano on Fox Business about Bill Clinton's and Democrats' calls for stricter gun control. Napolitano and Lott discussed the dangers of gun-free zones, media bias, and the victims of gun control laws. Judge Andrew Napolitano...
We have noted many times how Democrats want to prevent poor minorities from owning guns. Democrats are now making gun ownership even more expensive. The New York Times reports: "Having a gun in New Jersey could soon cost 20 times as much: Gov. Philip Murphy’s proposed...
On the Red Elephant YouTube page, Dr. John Lott talked to Vincent James about how "Registering Firearms Does More Harm Than Good." The information contained in the video is available here. We have some real concerns about the racial beliefs of the host, and we clearly...
“The citizen deserves to have the means to defend himself, respecting the referendum of 2005, when he chose, at the polls, the right to self-defense.” From President Bolsonaro’s inaugural address, Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro just...
During negotiations with a formidable sociopath who is targeting diabetics with tainted insulin, CBS’s Ransom Eric Beaumont, the shows main character played by Luke Roberts, explains to the killer why he stopped working for the FBI. Beaumont, the good guy, says that...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com on Dallas' move to institute a stronger police review board. The piece starts this way: Community trust is crucial to effective policing, so it’s imperative that officers not think that they can get away with...
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on both his national and Northwest radio shows about what have we learned about stopping mass public shootings in 20 years after Columbine. (Northwest Show, Friday, April 19th, 2019, from 4:05 to 4:14 PM) Appears on 21 radio...
We missed this reference to our work when it went up in October 2018. Nicholas Kristof, in the New York Times, discussed what caused the rise in concealed handgun permits. Remember when President Obama tried to change the Second Amendment and ban handguns? No, neither...
In a debate over a Constitutional Carry bill, Alabama’s Democratic state Senator Vivian Davis Figures had this to say about State Sen. Gerald Allen’s (R-Tuscaloosa) and the bill that he supported (SB 4). “You even want to repeal a part of the law that’s in place now...
Dr. Lott talks with Steve Gruber about the lack of media coverage when a lawful citizen uses a gun to stop a mass public shooting. The CPRC regularly shares these justifiable self-defense cases on our website. More information on this is available here and here....
Dr. John Lott talks with host Jim Polito about school shootings and how to best prevent them. The answer is not armed guards or armed teachers. (Tuesday, April 16, 2019)