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...
Remember all the calls by Democrats to ban people on the terror watch list from being able to buy guns? Well, it turns out that if those proposals had become law, nearly 2 million Americans would be banned from owning guns. Obama is calling for another measure: a ban...
In a House Judiciary Committee hearing on discriminatory false positives from Facial Recognition Technology, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) raises similar concerns with the NICS background check system. Massie directly references Dr. John Lott's work on this issue....
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) asks FBI director Chris Wray about the NICS background checks discriminating against law-abiding black and Hispanic males. Massie relies on work by Dr. John Lott at the Crime Prevention Research Center and when he was at the .
The George W. Bush administration promised to get tough on prosecuting prohibited people who tried to buy guns. “This incredibly high rate of false positives imposes a real burden on the most vulnerable people,” said Reagan Dunn, the first national coordinator for...
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, uses CPRC research in Congressional hearing on background checks. The great thing was that he got positive responses from Democrats on the committee about how the background check system is...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by NTD about the bill to close the "Charleston Loophole" and the costs of Universal Background Checks. Other relevant information is available here.
On Thursday, March 11th, 2021, the House of Representatives passed two background check bills: Universal Background Checks (HR 8) and Closing the "Charleston Loophole" (HR 1446). Despite Democrats claims to the contrary, HR 1446 wouldn't have stopped the Charleston...
CPRC Executive Director Nikki Goeser is featured in this article from the Daily Torch. December 3, 2020 Nikki and Ben had been married for one year, four months, and two days when he was shot in front of her. Now, she is a fierce gun rights advocate with an important...
California's background checks on ammunition went into effect on July 1, 2019, and they have had a dramatic impact on ammunition purchases by law-abiding citizens and thus presumably on citizens' ability to use guns in self-defense. the district court also noted the...
Dr. John Lott's latest piece at National Review is available here. California’s attempts to discourage gun ownership hit a bump Thursday. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez granted a preliminary injunction that stopped the state from enforcing its background checks on...
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), the chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, uses research from the Crime Prevention Research Center in questioning Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz.(Wednesday, September 18, 2019)