Dr. John Lott talked to Cliff Kelley on Chicago's black talk radio station, WVON, about our op-ed in the Chicago Tribune about mass public shootings. (Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 5:37- 6:00 PM)
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On the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss how the rate of mass public shootings is much higher outside the US
Dr. John Lott was on the Vicki McKenna Show that covers most of Wisconsin (WISN, WIBA, WMEQ) to discuss how the rate of mass public shootings is much higher outside the US. (Monday, November 26, 2018, from 4:20 to 4:46 PM) Will Replace
Oklahoma and South Dakota look likely to adopt Constitutional Carry this coming year
Fourteen states allow people to carry a permitted concealed handgun in all or virtually all of their state. This last year legislatures in both Oklahoma and South Dakota passed Constitutional Carry bills only to have the legislation killed by the Republican governors....
Associated Press cites our research on states that allow teachers to carry guns at school
The Associated Press' article on Florida's debate over expanding its program to let teachers carry concealed handguns by providing some perspective on how much of the country already allows it. The title of the article is: "Sheriff leading commission investigating...
Talking to Jim Bohannon on America in the Morning about what new gun control laws that Democrats will push after the beginning of the year
Dr. John Lott was on the national Jim Bohannon show to discuss what new gun control laws will be pushed for after the beginning of the year when new legislators take their seats. With Democrats picking up the House of Representatives and 6 new state legislatures, one...
Announcing our new Research Director: Carl Moody
John Whitley recently stopped being our research director to take over as chief financial officer of the US Army in the Trump Administration. It was quite a loss for us, as John had been with us since the CPRC was founded. Fortunately, Carl Moody has joined us as our...
ABC’s The Rookie making the false claim you can get a felony record for simple possession of a small amount of Marijuana
Do you think that you can spend more than a year in jail for just simple marijuana possession of a small amount of the drug? Well, ABC's new show The Rookie wants you to believe that is the case (Tuesday, November 20, 2018, Season 1, Episode 5). But it couldn't be...
Prison Sentence Lengths for Arizona
Earlier this year we completed a detailed evaluation of 38 years of prison data for Arizona. Abstract In this edition of Prisoners in Arizona we provide an update to the findings of the previous report published in June of 2014. That report covered a wide range of...
New CPRC Research: Mass Public Shootings are much higher in the rest of the world and increasing much more quickly
Executive Summary The U.S. is well below the world average in terms of the number of mass public shootings, and the global increase over time has been much bigger than for the United States. Over the 18 years from 1998 to 2015, our list contains 2,354 attacks and at...
In the Chicago Tribune: On comparing mass public shooting rates across countries and the danger of gun-free zones
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Chicago Tribune on our new updated research on comparing mass public shooting rates across countries. The research that this op-ed is based on is available here (please download it). The piece in the Tribune starts this way: “This...
On the One America News Network: Study: Mass Shootings Less Frequent in the US
Dr. John Lott talked to One America News' John Hines about our research on mass public shootings around the world. (Monday, October 22, 2018)
Bloomberg’s Everytown former Research Director hired by New York Times to cover gun control issues
Bloomberg's Everytown former Research Director, Ted Alcorn, is now covering public health & safety reporting, obviously including gun control issues, for the New York Times. Does the New York Times think that hiring an activist like this helps with people's...