February 12, 2021
Gun Free Zones
Nikki Goeser “Stalked and Defenseless” Joins IFC Panel Discussion on Gun-Free Zones
February 1, 2021 CPRC's Nikki Goeser, author of “Stalked and Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband in Front of Me” speaks with a panel of Legislators and IFC about the tragedy she experienced as her husband, Ben, was gunned down in front of...
All 50 states now allow you to carry a concealed handgun in restaurants that serve alcohol
With Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signing HB 102 into law on Thursday, February 18th, 2021, 2021, Montana now allows to open carry, carry concealed without a permit, or carry concealed with a CWP, in a bank, a restaurant with a liquor license, or a bar. Thirty-four...
In the Missoulian and Montana Standard: Bill will allow guns in Montana’s Capitol
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Missoulian and Montana Standard newspapers. Montana looks set to become the 24th state that allows citizens to carry guns in the state Capitol. The bill passed the House and is now before the Senate, eliminates more gun-free zones...
At Newsweek: Don’t Let Anti-Gun Activists Weaponize the Capitol Hill Riot
Dr. John Lott has returned to the CPRC and he had this piece today at Newsweek. After the riot at the U.S. Capitol, gun control organizations warn that armed rioters at state capitols across the country on Inauguration Day pose a threat to our democracy. They claim...
Fox News: Behind Nikki Goeser’s ongoing harassment from her husband’s jailed killer
The power of prisoner rights groups is on full display right now in an ongoing battle with the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC). Our Nikki Goeser is fighting with TDOC to get them to remove the good time early release credits granted to the man who murdered...
UPDATED: 23 State Capitols Officially Allow Some Form Of Legal Firearm Carry. Soon that will be 25 states. At Least 4 Others Currently Allow In Practice.
CPRC has found that 23 State Capitols officially allow visitors, legislators, employees, or all of the above to carry guns legally. The New Hampshire state House is the most recent place to allow carrying permitted concealed handguns into legislative buildings. By a...
Montana moves to eliminate gun-free zones on college campuses and other places
With a Republican governor for the first time in 16 years, Montana looks set to finally eliminate gun-free zones. This follows the adoption of initiative LR-130 in November that prevents local governments from creating gun-free zones for people with concealed handgun...
UPDATE: 83 Congressmen want to keep the ability to carry concealed handguns in the Capitol
UPDATE: It appears as if Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was able to keep the Democrats from changing the rules on letting members of Congress carry guns on Capitol grounds. Note also that in the video above, Boebert is pretty clearly using information that we put together...
At The Daily Torch: Young widow describes life as a victim of gun control laws
CPRC Executive Director Nikki Goeser is featured in this article from the Daily Torch. December 3, 2020 Nikki and Ben had been married for one year, four months, and two days when he was shot in front of her. Now, she is a fierce gun rights advocate with an important...
Contrasting Trump and Biden on Gun-Free Zones
The Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) was introduced in Congress in 1990 by then Senator Joe Biden (D-DE). By contrast, President Trump has continually spoken out on the dangers of gun-free zones. Our research on school shootings from 2000 through 2018 shows that...
Another shooting in a gun-free zone: Two murdered, at least 11 hospitalized, in shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida
Another shooting at a military base where military personnel are banned from carrying a gun. See info here: The rules explicitly note that concealed carry permits aren't honored on the military bases. "First, state issued 'concealed weapons permits' are not recognized...