Dr. John Lott talked to Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on WIND-AM in Chicago about the calls for banning AR-15s and other "assault weapons" and what about banning semi-automatic. He also talked about the danger of gun-free zones. (Tuesday, February 20, 2018, from 9:05 to...
Should teachers and staff at schools be armed? John Stossel and producer Maxim Lott made a video analyzing that question, and used CPRC research to do so. More information on concealed handguns at schools is available here. There are a couple of nitpicking points to...
On Sunday, April 22, 2018, 4 people were killed by Travis Reinking at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee. As is far too common, the Waffle House was a gun-free zone (pictures shown below). Waffle House has continued to have a gun-free zone policy. Here is a...
WRAL, April 12, 2018 African-American woman are one of the fastest growing demographics of gun owners in the country and they currently make up more than half of the membership for the National African American Gun Association, according to data provided by the group....
Dr. John Lott and Grant Stinchfield talked about a few of the lies about guns in America put out by German Lopez at Vox.com. A more detailed discussion is available here.
.For a rally that brought in 200,000 people, this was a pretty expensive event. Easily $9 million that we know of was spent on the "March for Our Lives" event, but that is not counting in-kind help and much of the spending that didn't go through the main...
With gun control advocates pushing a small number of school walkouts on April 20th, Dr. John Lott appeared on TRT World to discuss what the movement means. (Friday, April 20th, 2018)
Back on February 22, 2018, Dr. John Lott talked to John Cardillo of TheRebel.media about the kneejerk anti-gun legislation being pushed forward in Congress. Unfortunately, Dr. Lott's prediction of the passage of the "Fix NICS" bill came true. For discussions on the...
The cases we collected here are only of defensive gun uses in public places by people who were legally carrying. News stories of homeowners or business owners using guns to defend themselves in their own buildings are very common, but they are not included here. The...
Tarek El Moussa and then-wife Christina separated following an incident in which she called the police to warn that her husband posed a risk with his gun. Tarek, a concealed handgun permit holder, had taken his gun with him when he went hiking. From the New York...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on Armed American Radio about the false claims about guns being made in the media. (Sunday, April 15, 2018, 9:05 to 10:00 PM)
The CPRC has the possibility of hiring another Ph.D. level economist. With John Whitley's departure to be the assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller, we have needed to hire someone new, and a generous donor is allowing us to hire a...