Wall Street Journal reporter Mark Maremont continues his attacks on people carrying concealed handguns (this titled "The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings"). Previously we tried writing letters to the WSJ pointing out legal...
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2024 are available here. . After peaking in 2022, the number of Concealed Carry Permit holders across the United States has declined for the third year in a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eOh49U7LM4 Here is one danger of carrying a gun openly. Please watch the video until the end. There are other problems similar to what uniformed police officers face. There is a bigger benefit to carrying concealed. The evidence on the...
This is reminiscent of the UK before its 1920 gun control law. Gun ownership was very common and if you ever look at old copies from the London Sunday Times, you would see ads for everything from walking stick guns to brief case or book guns....
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall on the national concealed carry reciprocity bill, which has passed the House Judiciary Committee and is headed to the House floor. . Picture a single woman driving across state lines at night, fearful that her car will break...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDcMGziws88 Paramount+'s Landman is continuing Taylor Sheridan putting guns in a relatively positive light. His Yellowstone had a couple of examples of defensive gun use (here, here). This episode of Landman (Season 1, Episode 10,...
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2022 are available here. Abstract After a spike in 2022, the number of Concealed Carry Permit holders across the United States fell for a second consecutive...
Our new research paper is available to read here. Abstract In 2021 we wrote a short paper noting that truncating the sample when estimating the effect of right to carry laws on crime could be biased by comparisons to states that already adopted the law, instead of...
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On March 7th, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed legislation making South Carolina the 29th state in the nation adopt Constitutional Carry. As of July 2024, there will be 29 Constitutional Carry states when Louisiana's law goes into effect, covering 46.8%...
As of July 2024, there will be 28 Constitutional Carry states, covering 45.2% of Americans (152 million) and 66.9% of the country (2.54 million square miles). Our work on Constitutional Carry is available here.
The Crime Prevention Research Association joined with the Peace Officers Research Association of California, the California State Sheriffs’ Association, and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen in an Amicus brief on California's new law designating almost...