A report released Friday finds that the number of concealed carry gun permits in the country rose 10.5% in the last year, growing to more than 21 million people.The report, issued by the Crime Prevention Research Center, finds that the number of people...
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2020 are available here. AbstractDuring the Coronavirus pandemic, the number of concealed handgun permits has soared to over 21.52 million – a 48% increase...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Biden's pattern of falsely claiming that he visited with victims of Mass Public Shootings. (September 8, 2021, from 8:33 to 8:42 AM)
Job duties: Working exclusively in the field of researching the connection between crime, violence, and statutes and regulations concerning the private ownership of guns by conducting apposite research geared towards advancing the scientific understanding...
The Taliban are collecting weapons and ammunition from civilians in Kabul following their swift takeover of Afghanistan.A Taliban official told Reuters that people no longer needed weapons for personal protection because “they can now feel safe” since the...
From the New York Times: The gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety plans to spend $3 million to recruit and train its volunteers to run for office, with a goal of having 200 enter races in the next election cycle.The program is the latest step in a yearslong...
Dr. John Lott was on a panel on Gun Violence with Kate Dalley, Antonia Okafor Cover, James Harrigan, Matthew Larosiere, and Maj Toure. (Saturday, July 24, 2021) Part 1 Part 2
Dr. John Lott appeared on a panel with Larry Elder and Craig Huey and talked about the CPRC's work on voting regulations in other countries. John Fund was the moderator. (Thursday, July 22, 2021) Dr Lott's presentation The entire panel, excluding questions at the...
Dr. John Lott appeared Jeff Katz Show on the 50,000-watt WRVA to talk about the high school commencement hoax perpetrated by gun control activists. (Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 4:05 pm to 4:17 pm ET).
Today the CPRC's Nikki Goeser became the first person in Tennessee to receive a lifetime order of protection against the man who murdered her husband over a decade ago. While the murderer has been in prison, he has written nine letters to Nikki. In Christmas and...
Whether Louisiana will join the other 21 Constitutional Carry states will be determined next week. The bill originally passed by veto-proof margins, but the question is whether Democrats will vote the same way overturn a Democrat governor's veto. One Republican state...
There is a certain irony that Joe Biden Introduced the gun-free school zone act in the Senate as S.3266 on October 27, 1990. Biden also focused on school safety during his time in the Senate, when he was the key author of the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, which...