Dr. John Lott and our research director Professor Carl Moody have piece on what we believe has been one of the bigger academic frauds. The paper on an international comparison of mass public shootings can be downloaded here. Abstract In 2016 Adam Lankford published a...
Dr. John Lott talk with Dana Loesch about the false belief that banning Assault Weapons will somehow reduce homicides. Also discussed is the fact that gun-control advocates are trying to use poorly done studies to convince the public that concealed handguns are a huge...
CBS's Bull continues its consistent bias against gun ownership (previous shows during Season 3 are here and here). In Season 3, episode 18, the episode fits gun control advocates claims about the dangers of guns in the home, particularly their assertions about...
Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA references the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on crime by illegal aliens in Arizona. This is part of a much longer statement that Kirk made, but his first point is to cite CPRC research. More information on our research...
Dr. Lott spoke with host Steve Gruber about how costly it is for states to go and register guns as well as the fact that virtually no crimes are ever solved because of registration. (Tuesday, March 2, 2019 6:45-6:54am)
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at the Washington Times discusses some of the problems with the Red Flag laws. Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams in Colorado made news Monday over his willingness to go to jail over his refusal to enforce what will soon be the state’s new...
Dr. John Lott's newest op-ed discusses the new media's grossly exaggerated costs from closing the U.S.-Mexico border. He also goes through some of our research regarding the costs of illegal aliens. (Not surprisingly, Everytown's paid PR secretary Adam Sege keeps...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmr1tZgyYkE Television entertainment shows keep pushing a myth by gun control advocates that a gun registry is an effective way to solve crime. Their reasoning is straightforward: If a gun has been left at a crime scene, the registry...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah), March 22, 2019 John Lott, an economist and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of the 1998 book "More Guns, Less Crime," said that the best way to ensure the safety of the American people is not...
The Young Turk's Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur spent a recent show attacking Ben Shapiro for referencing the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on Mass Public Shootings around the world (156,000 views as of March 21, 2019). Following an earlier attack by...
Dr. John Lott speaks with Lars Larson about whether so-called Red Flag Laws actually on net endanger people's safety. (Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:20pm-7:30pm) Lars Larson’s show is listened to by over 1.25 million people.
Are innocent people convicted of murder? Yes, though it is extremely rare. Have innocent people been executed? Not in modern times. But CBS's Ransom continues the false claim innocent people are being executed in recent years in the US. Eric Beaumont (played by Luke...