John R. Lott Jr., who has studied mass shootings and who credits law-abiding gun owners with making a difference in numerous such situations, said legislation banning concealed-carry of firearms in certain locations such as schools and churches is an open invitation...
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The Washington Times’ Extensive Discussion of Our Research on Mass Public Shooters.
Stephen Dinan has a new article that extensively discusses our recent research on Mass Public Shooters. While we greatly appreciate the piece, there are a couple points that could be clearer. . -- Our definition of mass public shootings is not arbitrary. As we note in...
At Fox News: Constitutional carry: 2023 saw new milestone for gun rights
The CPRC's annual report on concealed handgun permits has gotten more coverage at Fox News. . . . . Fox News Digital reported earlier this year that as constitutional carry laws expanded to more states across the country, the number of Americans with concealed carry...
CPRC in the News: The Washington Examiner, The Blaze, Breitbart, American Thinker, and much more
And so, the usual cycle plays out: armed civilian stops active shooter, media steps in (if it even reports it at all) to remind us that the "good guy with a gun" is a myth. Is it, though? CNN cites ALERRT, which provides the FBI with its data. According to these...
Expert Blows Up Left’s Favorite Narrative on Guns After Tense U.S. Senate Exchange
Fox News interviewed Dr. John Lott extensively regarding an exchange between Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) and Yale School of Public Health Dean Megan Ranney. . Democrats have long claimed red states are more dangerous than blue states . A Republican senator and Yale...
At the Washington Times: More people carrying concealed weapons even as permits drop, John Lott study finds geographical, social shifts for guns as ‘constitutional carry’ spreads
Our latest annual report on concealed handgun permits got prominent coverage in the Washington Times. More than half of the states now allow residents to carry concealed guns without a permit, leading to a sea change in gun habits, according to a study by the leading...
At Fox News: Decline in new gun permits doesn’t tell whole story about how many Americans carry: expert
Fox News has a news story about our latest annual concealed carry permit report. FIRST ON FOX: The number of concealed carry permit holders in the U.S. dropped slightly this year, but the number of Americans carrying a concealed firearm has likely increased overall...
The CPRC ranked as the Third Best Crime Blog
We need to figure out a way to get to number 1!
CPRC in the News: The New York Sun, Red State, Bearing Arms, American Liberty, and more
The president of the Crime Research Prevention Center, a Montana-based pro Second Amendment think tank, John Lott, tells the Sun that Ms. Luhan Grisham’s rationale for her order centers on a handful of recent road rage incidents in the state. There is, however, no...
Fox & Friends Discusses the CPRC Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30s81QMbh2s The CPRC's research got attention on Fox News' Fox & Friends. They were referencing work we had at Real Clear Investigations titled: "There Are Far More Defensive Gun Uses Than Murders in America. Here’s Why You Rarely...
CPRC’s Research on Errors in the FBI’s Active Shooting Reports Get Coverage: Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, and more
Former senior advisor for research and statistics for the U.S. Department of Justice, John R Lott Jr., claims the FBI has misreported how many armed citizens have stopped active shooters. Lott had the task of evaluating the FBI’s active shooting reports. He found the...
On Nashville’s WKRN-TV about Expanding Tennessee’s Lifetime Order of Protection, warning the TV station misleading uses Nikki Goeser’s answer to one question to answer another one
News media bias shows up in many ways. One way biases arise is by reporters using answers from one question for another. That happened in this case for our Nikki Goeser. Nikki was largely responsible for the idea behind the Lifetime Order of Protection. The interview...