President Biden received hundreds of thousands of “excess” votes in Democratic-controlled areas in the 2020 election, according to an academic study on voter fraud that suggests the push to relax voting standards created new opportunities for electoral mischief.John...
On the other hand, a 2022 study by Carlisle Moody of the College of William and Mary and Crime Prevention Research Center and John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center found that murder rates in permitless carry states have dropped. . . .Lott painted...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has previously touted the Portuguese translation of Dr. John Lott's book "The War on Guns." Today the Brazilian president again called out Lott in a Tweet. https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1504556205422874629
Unlike our testimony on Constitutional Carry in states such as Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, and Indiana state legislatures, the CPRC is often helping to educate people with research in other debates. One state that we have provided our research is Ohio. I hope you know...
Dr. John Lott talked to Newsweek about what will motivate gun ownership in the United States. Many others on both sides of the gun control debate are quoted as saying that this will impact the US gun debate, but Lott took a different tack. But John Lott, president of...
https://rumble.com/embed/vta5dt/?pub=vzmga John Lott pointed out that while the news media across the country reports on about 2,000 defensive gun uses each year, surveys show that there are about 2 million defensive gun uses. More detailed information is available in...
Here is testimony by the Buckeye Firearm Association where they relied on our research in testimony before the Ohio state House on February 9th, 2022.
Dr. John Lott was interviewed extensively for this news report at Fox News. Americans across the country have used legal guns to defend themselves and thwart crimes, but the reports often fly under the radar and most people are unaware how often guns are...
Longtime readers of this column know we like data, from Rasmussen surveys to the annual FBI Uniform Crime Report. The gun prohibition lobby may argue with a homely old news hack, but they’re far less likely to reject numbers from the feds or a well-established polling...
In 1997, researchers John R. Lott Jr. and David Mustard published an influential study finding that states saw reductions in violent crime after the adoption of “shall issue” laws and that up to 1,500 homicides a year could be prevented by adopting such measures. The...
It is nice to see the Encyclopedia Britannica relying on the CPRC's research. . . . On Nov. 21, 2020, the Crime Prevention Research Center stated, “There were 2.7 million concealed handgun permit holders in 1999, 4.6 million in 2007, 8 million in 2011, 11.1 million in...
Rep. Thomas Massie posted a Christmas photo to Twitter showing his family with guns, setting off a frenzy of liberals condemning the Republican lawmaker. "Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo," Massie posted on Twitter Saturday, accompanied by a photo of his...