https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hpGmJK_hI This is harder on police than we think is justified. Uniformed police simply have a very difficult job. The media loves to push the narrative that "good guys with guns don’t stop bad guys." But a new study from John Lott’s...
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Breitbart Covers Our New Research: Study: Concealed Carriers Stop More Active Shooters Than Police Do
Breitbart covers our new research, though not directly from our website. Data compiled by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows that armed civilians stop more mass shootings than police do. American Thinker pointed to the CPRC data last week, noting not...
CPRC in the News: Instapundit, American Thinker, Cowboy State Daily, Liberty Park Press, Ammoland (3), and More
Glenn Reynolds, "FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER: A Deep Dive into Cases Where Civilians Stopped Active Shooters. Did they accidentally shoot bystanders, get in the way of police, get their gun taken away, or create other problems? How does it compare to...
Wyoming Enacts House Bill 172 (HB 172), the “Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act”
The CPRC was actively involved in helping the law to abolish gun-free zones in Wyoming enacted. Besides writing an op-ed in Wyoming's largest newspaper with state Senator Cheri Steinmetz, who managed the bill through the state Senate, Dr....
CPRC in the News: Students for Liberty, Independent Sentinel, Bearing Arms, KTRH Radio, WOAI Radio, and More
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs . . . Elected as a member of the Republican Party, Mayor Jacobs has a long libertarian streak running through him, especially when it comes to civil rights and economic freedom. “I was taught, growing up, that there are two ends of the...
The Former Director of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation Wrote a Letter Referencing Our Work. A Letter from a Retired Law Enforcement Officer also References Our Work.
The former director of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation references our work. . Dear editor: . I read with interest and some dismay the dueling letters between Dr. John Lott and lawyer Linda Burtabout the issue of gun free zones. ...
CPRC in the News: The Baltimore Sun, National Interest, Daily Wire, Wyoming News, and Much More
After suffering alarming spikes in violent crime, some cities are now reporting better news. But the past four years have been filled with debate over the national trends. Some say the government has been manipulating numbers. I spoke with a data expert about the how...
Full Measure Interviews Dr. John Lott about Problems with FBI’s Crime Stats
Full Measure's Sharyl Attkisson does a deep dive with Dr. John Lott on problems with the FBI’s crime data. This interview was related to Dr. Lott’s investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations titled “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats.”...
NJ Assemblyman Greg Myhre on More Guns, Less Violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsD7o4SHW38 NJ Assemblyman Greg Myhre (R) has a video on how violent crime fell after the Supreme Court's Bruen decision, dramatically increasing the number of concealed handgun permits in the state. As has been seen in all the other...
Trump Continues to Reference Our Research on Crime increasing During the Biden Administration
Trump's numbers and the timing of when the data was released might not be exactly right, but the general point is definitely correct (see here and here). Other times where Trump has relied on our research are here and here.
CPRC in the News: Fox News, The Blaze, American Thinker, Red State, Independent Sentinel, and Much More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSbeNHT99PM FBI actualización de los datos sobre delincuencia para reflejar el aumento de la violencia en 2022, según el experto John Lott Greg Wehner, "Persecución de un ayudante de los US Marshal asesinado a tiros en Houston," Fox...
Sharyl Attkisson asked the FBI about our findings that the FBI had Changed Their 2022 Violent Crime Rate from a Drop to an Increase
Sharyl Attkinson is a reporter who hosts the Sinclair Broadcast Group TV show Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. She is a five-time Emmy Award winner and a Radio Television Digital News Association (RTNDA) Edward R. Murrow Award recipient. She previously worked for...












