Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have a new op-ed at Newsweek on important new research from the CPRC. A frequent talking point in the gun control debate is that Americans overwhelmingly support "common sense" gun control measures, such as universal...
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What do the attacks in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay in California have in common?: Very strict gun control and virtually no one has a concealed handgun permit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IncBq5eKM California has a strict assault weapon ban, and handguns were used in both attacks, but Biden seems to think that solution to these attacks is to have a ban across the whole country. The handgun used in Monterey Park may...
Canada moves to a “Mandatory” Semi-Auto Rifle Buyback Program
Under the label of "assault-style" weapon, the Canadian government plans to ban a broad range of semi-automatic rifles. They have already prohibited the sale or transfer of these guns, but now comes the mandatory confiscation. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair claims...
Bruen Gun Case Already Impacting other Gun Cases that had been appealed to the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to vacate lower court rulings in several gun rights cases and remand them back to lower courts for review “in light of” last week’s landmark 6-3 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen. Among these cases...
Comments on the latest Donohue paper: “More Guns, More Unintended Consequences”
Professor Carl Moody and Dr. John Lott have written up some comments on the latest Donohue et al. paper on concealed carry. For some perspective, you can see the academic literature on the issue here and the Amicus brief that we filed with a literature survey here....
The Betting Odds for whether new gun control bill will pass the US Senate: As of the morning of June 15th, 57% probability it won’t pass
Predictit.org has betting on whether the Senate will pass a gun control bill by June 30th. As of Wednesday, June 15th, the odds were somewhat against it passing.
California moves towards banning handguns
You would think that the Heller and MacDonald U.S. Supreme Court decisions would prevent states from banning all handguns in a state, but California's microstamping regulation will soon move to ban all handguns. The irony is that if the Supreme Court strikes down the...
Remember all the experts who said that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s relaxing gun control would lead to more murder?
Brazil DataDownload When Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro promised to ease gun regulations and let more people own guns the media and the “experts” they talked to thought it would lead to more homicides/murders. Well, it didn’t turn out that way. Things are still...
Saule Omarova, Biden’s nominee to head, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, called for the “debanking” of what she called “socially sub-optimal industries”
While some focus on Biden's nominee to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova, education in the former Soviet Union and claims that she is a Marxist, she is in favor of using the “debanking” of what she called “socially sub-optimal...
Taliban in Afghan start confiscating weapons from civilians
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...
On America’s Voice Live To Discuss the 2 million people now on the Terror Watch List
Dr. John Lott joined Steve Gruber to discuss the 2 million people who are now on the Terror Watch List and Democrats' desire to ban people on the list from buying guns. America's Voice Live Wed August 25 2021 from 1216 to 1212 PM
Biden administration increasing the cost of ammunition, one of the many ways Biden seeks to reduce gun ownership by making it more costly
The president has the power to ban the importation of guns and ammunition, and he is exercising it for ammunition. This new rule will make already costly and difficult to obtain ammunition even more difficult to find. This is part of Biden's policy to reduce gun...