https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arvewP0Ap3c Dr. John Lott talked to his friend Larry Elder about the Buffalo mass public shooting. They discussed how the media is bizarrely blaming conservatives for the attack and how the attacker targeted a place where victims were...
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Our Research at Real Clear Investigations: LA’s Crime Surge Migrates to Wealthy, Whiter Zip Codes of Boldface Names
We decided to measure exactly how the locations of crime have been changing in a city such as Los Angeles. It is surely something people have felt was happening, but it seemed useful to actually measure the size of the change. We teamed up with James Varney at Real...
As violent crime soared in Chicago in 2020 and 2021, Mayor Lori Lightfoot assigned around 85 police officers to provide security for her, her home, and her family
With Chicago's violent crime rate surging and Lightfoot cutting the police budget in 2020, she simultaneously set up an additional security force of police officers to provide her and her family protection. In 2020, Unit 544 for the police department was created....
On One America News: Biden wanting to ban semi-auto guns that can hold more than 10 bullets and instituting a gun registry
https://rumble.com/embed/vt2o2w/?pub=vzmga Dr. John Lott talked to John Hines on One America News about pieces that Lott had at Newsweek and Real Clear Politics. Biden continually keeps talking about all semi-auto that can hold large-capacity magazines. He has also...
This may be obvious to others: “Harry Potter’s real lesson is guns and libertarianism”
This is an unusual post for the CPRC, but we thought that people would appreciate it. The Salt Lake City Tribue has a very interesting op-ed by a guy named Henry Rymer. In the Wizarding World, everyone carries a weapon and nobody can trust the government. . . .Given...
UPDATE: Alabama, Ohio, Indiana, and Georgia moving to pass Constitutional Carry
Ohio looks likely to be the next state to pass Constitutional Carry, with Indiana close behind. If these states go as expected, there would be 25 states with Constitutional Carry. Positive developments are occurring in Alabama and Georiga. There is a possibility that...
38-Year-Old Man carrying a concealed handgun protects himself against four armed robbers
The police have clearly classified this as another legitimate defensive gun use. These armed robbers may have committed a string of these crimes. According to Nesky, a person was approached by four armed males while in the 14900 block of Health Center Drive in Bowie...
CPRC in the News: Fox Business/Fox News, Washington Examiner, The National Interest, Omaha World Herald, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, and much more
John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told FOX Business the judges ruled the counties didn’t even try to justify why they closed gun stores, violating the right of citizens to self-defense."The orders by Los Angeles and Ventura counties...
Smart Gun Fails During Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OFBU6l2Qeg Despite the video being ended quickly, after the first round he kept pulling the trigger but the gun wouldn't fire. If you listen carefully, you can even hear the trigger making a clicking sound when he continued pulling it...
On WIBC In Indianapolis:Discussion On Democrats Fighting To Make Mail-In Voting Permanent
Dr. John R. Lott talks with host Tony Katz about his recent opinion piece at Townhall titled With the For the People Act, Democrats, Not Republicans, Are the Real Threat to Democracy Thursday, January 6, 2022
On Connecticut’s WATR: Discussing Election Integrity
Dr. John Lott talked with host Steve Noxon about his recent opinion piece at Townhall titled "With the For the People Act, Democrats, Not Republicans, Are the Real Threat to Democracy." Thursday, January 6, 2022
Transcript of Supreme Court Oral Arguments for New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
The impact of this case has a chance to go much farther than just whether people need to provide a “good reason” for being able to protect themselves and their families.












