. . . Firearms researcher John Lott reminds us, too, that rifles, per se, like the AR-15, are involved in only a fraction of these incidents. His analysis of such shooting incidents taking place between 1998 and 2024 finds that in only 17.3 percent of them did the...
Stephen Green, "CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: They’ve Learned Nothing: Dems Still Pushing the Same Failed, Unpopular Gun Control That Got Them Where They Are Today," Instapundit.com, May 22, 2025. This next piece reposts a link to our recent op-ed at Real Clear Politics....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCOjqSzn4y4 Texas House Bill 3053, introduced in the 2025-2026 legislative session, prohibits municipalities and counties running firearm "buyback" programs. The bill aims to prevent these programs from removing firearms...
. . . Dr. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and a former Justice Department official, told the John Solomon Reports podcast that looking at “non-criminal behavior” by federal law enforcement was concerning. “Well, back in June 2021,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG-WYRAwrMo There are a number of pieces of information on this issue that we provided Greg Gutfeld. 1) Last year, the Biden administration admitted that 9% of the so-called "non-detained" illegals who were released into the US had...
A 2022 study from the Crime Prevention Research Center looked at changes in crime and killings of police after adopting constitutional carry. Using data from 13 states, researchers found that the drop in murder is statistically significant, but the change in...
John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, has extensively studied the global phenomenon of mass violence. Lott’s research debunks the common misconception that America leads the world in mass shootings or school violence. “While the U.S. had about...
Our recent research titled "Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More Effectively Than Uniformed Police?" has gotten some more coverage. Active shooter events have been tracked by the FBI for over two decades. There are interesting results when those statistics are...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLfTDTxL2X8 Colion Noir has a discussion from our newest research. Another video by Gun Owners Radio is shown below. Are armed civilians actually better at stopping active shooters than police? A new study by John Lott and Carlisle...
The Washington Post Fact Checker takes issue with President Trump's social media post on sanctuary cities and crime by illegal aliens. The White House sent the Washington Post more than one article to defend its position (including our research from Real Clear...
If passed by the House and Senate, it would impact nearly 22 million Americans who hold concealed-carry permits, according to cosponsor Kansas GOP Rep. Tracey Mann's office, citing data from the Crime Prevention Research Center. . . . Misty Severi, "House...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItEw0we6-Eg Here is an interesting discussion of Dr. John Lott's book "More Guns, Less Crime."