We also know that when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes attacks like these more deadly and more tragic. And in the days ahead, we’re going to have to consider those realities as well. -- President Obama July 8, 2016 Yet again, President...
Assault Weapons Ban
A machine gun that “it’s nearly impossible to prevent its production”
Gun control advocates don't seem to realize how gun control laws primarily prevent law-abiding citizens, not criminals from getting guns. It isn't just an issue of smuggling guns. It is also a question of being able to produce them, even machine guns. Israel can't...
4th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Strikes down semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines banned by Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act, seems destined to reach the Supreme Court
A new ruling in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals conflicts the rulings in other Circuit Courts and seems likely to force the Supreme Court to address this issue. . . . In a 2-1 decision applauded by gun rights advocates, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...
Most Americans Oppose Re-instituting a National Assault Weapon Ban
New surveys by ABC News/Washington Post and CBS News/New York Times show that the drop in support for a nationwide ban in so-called "assault weapons" mirrors the general decline in support for gun control that has been observed in the last couple of decades...
The long list of illegal weapons used by the terrorists in the Paris attack
In reaction to the terrorist attack in Paris, we have gotten these types of comments: “There’s too many [expletive] guns out there. Especially in America. I think the population is like, 320 million? There’s over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America. I think...
CPRC in the News: Explaining why limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets is dangerous
CPRC's op-ed in the Star-Ledger (the largest paper in New Jersey) starts this way: Gun control advocates just can’t let go of Gov. Chris Christie vetoing of a bill limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets. Christie’s warning that the bill wouldn’t save lives might not be...
Mass shooting yesterday at FedEx facility in Kennesaw Georgia took place in yet another “gun-free zone”
UPDATE: John Lott's newest Fox News piece is on this: Media bias on gun free zones. The piece goes through errors in discussions by the Wall Street Journal on this shooting. Picture from the Associated Press Picture from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution When are news...
Errors in Piers Morgan last speech on guns at the end of his show on CNN
Below is the relevant text of Piers Morgan's comments. Here a few comments. 1) Doesn't Piers recognize the irony that the Aurora movie theater and Newtown shootings both occurred where guns are banned? That the movie theater shooting occurred in the one movie theater...
CPRC on Chicago’s WIND AM talking to Big John Howell and Amy Jacobson
The discussion focused on everything from Illinois' new concealed carry law to background checks (audio of the 12 minute interview is available here)
Evaluating the Evidence in the Federal district court’s New York gun law decision
The CPRC presents an analysis of the federal district court's decision at National Review Online. The beginning of the analysis starts this way: New York’s new gun-control law, the so-called SAFE Act, largely survived its first federal-court challenge on this past...
Debate with Piers Morgan about the Navy Yard shooting
10 Defensive Gun Uses in December 2012 where victims had to fire a lot of shots in self defense
There are a lot of cases where victims face multiple attackers. Here are just some of the cases from December 2012. When I read through these cases it was clear to me that there were seven cases that involved a large number of defensive shots fired. While it's not...