John Lott Jr., President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, pointed out the partisan divide in the poll and said it is unlikely Democrats will rethink their position on guns. "While America has the most strongly gun control advocating president in our history,...
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduces an amendment to keep track of incomes of those affected by Red Flag Laws and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Massie also wanted to keep track of the race and gender of those who were falsely...
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Red Flag Laws, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) using op-ed Massie & Dr. John Lott wrote at Townhall. The piece is available here. (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)
During a hearing on Red Flag Laws, Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) cites CPRC research in a House judiciary committee hearing. A copy of the paper he cited is available here. During the hearing, Steube offered an amendment that resulted from conversations that Steube's...
In a hearing about the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) challenges Congressman Steve Cohen's (D-TN) claim that there are no Defensive Gun Uses. Congressman Massie responded by reading from a recent report that the...
A report released Friday finds that the number of concealed carry gun permits in the country rose 10.5% in the last year, growing to more than 21 million people.The report, issued by the Crime Prevention Research Center, finds that the number of people...
Fox News has a news story on our newest annual report on concealed handgun permits. The version at Yahoo! News is available here. A new study shows that the number of concealed handgun permits soared in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic and has increased...
"If Biden is allowed to impose regulations without a vote by Congress simply because he decides it helps ‘public safety,’ there is no limit to what he can do," gun advocate John R. Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told Fox News. "He could...
$2.5 billion in the Democrats' $3.5 trillion entitlement package would allow the US Department of Justice to incentivize states adopting Red Flag Laws. Congressman Thomas Massie proposed an amendment to protect people's Due Process rights, but Democrats said that was...
“Most developed countries ban absentee ballots unless the citizen is living abroad or require Photo-IDs to obtain those ballots,” noted an August 2020 study by John Lott with the Crime Prevention Center. “Even higher percentages of European Union or other...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed for a half hour by C-SPAN 2's Book TV about his newest book: "Gun Control Myths: How politicians, the media, and botched "studies" have twisted the facts on gun control."
There are a couple additional briefs in the upcoming Supreme Court Case Of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that cite the CPRC's research (we had already shows one from the states of Arizona and Missouri). All the briefs are available here. Our...