Dr. John Lott joined Brian Lilley on Ottawa's giant 50,000-watt CFRA radio station to discuss the push to ban handguns in Canada. Lott pointed out how every single time all guns or all handguns have been banned, there has been an increase in murder/homicide. There...
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CPRC in the News: Breitbart, Washington Post, Daily Signal, Powerline, World Net Daily, and many others
Odessa American, August 11, 2018; The Spectrum (St. George, Utah), August 5, 2018; Sun Journal (New Bern, North Carolina), August 4, 2018; The Dispatch (Columbus and Starkville, Mississippi), August 2, 2018; Salem News (Salem, Ohio), August 11, 2018; Standard-Examiner...
On Cincinnati’s Giant WLW to talk whether media emphasis on possible future violence against themselves will encourage attacks against them
Dr. John Lott was on the 50,000-watt WLW to talk whether the media's constant emphasis on possible future violence against themselves will encourage attacks against them. The interview started off talking about how the media and politicians unfairly single out...
On Chicago’s WIND Morning Show to discuss Chicago’s continuing high gang crime problem
Dr. John Lott joined Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago's WIND to talk about Chicago's continuing crime problem. After murder clearance rates had declined from 67% in 1991 to 20% in 2016, they continued to decline to just 17.5% in 2017. It isn't very difficult to...
At Townhall.com: The Media Is Encouraging Violence Against Themselves
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com that the media has to realize that giving a huge amount of attention about possible violence against themselves makes that violence more likely. Mass public shooters do their attacks to get media attention, and the media...
The Associated Press cites our research on number of states that allow teachers and school staff to carry guns
The CPRC has compiled a list of states that allow teachers or staff to carry guns at school. After the Parkland school shooting in February, Florida passed a law mandating that all schools in the state hire police to guard their schools. Thirteen of the school...
Laura Ingraham cites on Dr. John Lott’s research on Crime by Illegal Aliens during her show on Fox News
Laura Ingraham cites on Dr. John Lott's research on Crime by Illegal Aliens during her show on Fox News. A copy of the research is available here. (Tuesday, August 7, 2018)
On the Michigan Talk Network to discuss New York State threatening financial institution and insurance companies with ruin if they work with NRA
Dr. John Lott talked to Michigan Talk Network about New York State threatening financial institution and insurance companies with ruin if they work with NRA. (Tuesday, August 7, 2018, from 6:45 to 6:54 AM)
At Fox News: A good guy with a gun has saved many lives in Florida – something the media rarely report
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News that starts this way: Thankfully, a heroic citizen with a permit to legally carry a concealed handgun was able to save countless lives in Florida Saturday when he shot a gunman who opened fire on a back-to-school event...
“Does race play a role in ‘stand your ground’ defenses?”
St. Petersburg, FL's Channel 9 interviews Dr. John Roman, Dr. John Lott, and Justin Murphy. As usual, the media identifies Lott as pro-gun and doesn't have similar anti-self-defense labels for the other two people. The surveillance video from the store shows that on...
Concealed handgun permit holder stops gunman who was firing his gun at Titusville, Florida back to school event
Update: From Fox 32 WOFL in Orlando, Florida. Titusville Police still have not released the name of the man who stopped the shooter at a park on Saturday, but they are calling him a hero. The gunshots still echo across social media, after the emcee at Titusville’s...
Dean Weingarten: “CDC Finally Corrects Major Gun Data Error Uncovered by John Lott”
From an article by Dean Weingarten at The Truth About Guns: In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made an error in the number of fatal firearms accidents they reported that occurred in 2014. It was so large that it was obvious. The number of fatal firearm...












