https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-INcpcdWZAE Here are videos of Senator Ted Cruz twice referencing Crime Prevention Research Center work: May 27th at the NRA annual convention and May 29th on the podcast The Verdict. The research that he is referencing can be found...
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Mass Public Shooting averted: Woman fatally shoots a man armed with an AR-15 type gun who began shooting at a crowd of people in Charleston, West Virginia
Cases like this just don't get national news. Here a man with "an extensive criminal history" started firing an "AR-15 style firearm" into a crowd. Fortunately, a woman who was legally carrying a gun was there to stop the attack. Police said a woman who was lawfully...
UPDATED: Why we shouldn’t depend on mental health professionals to detect mass killers: Elliot Rodger’s slipping “under the radar” is hardly rare
Frequently in the solution to these mass shootings is to simply spend more money on mental health.
On Law of Self Defense: Expert DESTROYS Gun Control Narrative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiTIojp-Kuc Andrew Branca interviewed Dr. John Lott about gun control generally and the recent tragedy in Buffalo. Andrew Branca: "I have probably never said this before because it seems so implicit to me, but you are one of my personal...
John Lott talks to Larry Elder about the Buffalo Mass Public Shooting
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...
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...











