Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics about comments made last week by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams. It was also published in other places such as the Journal Courier (Jacksonville, Illinois). . In...
The fees to get a concealed handgun permit in New York City will still be extremely high. We went on their website on Wednesday, August 24th, after they had issued their new concealed handgun regulations, and the fee for handgun licenses is still $340 for the initial...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Federalist on New York defying the Supreme Court decision in Bruen. The Supreme Court has ruled against arbitrary and unfair permitting processes, but New York officials seem intent on dragging their heels. .New York’s new...
New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their ‘character and conduct’ under a bill being considered Friday by the state Legislature. The provision was part of a proposed...
After the 2020 presidential election, President Trump found that all the best lawyers were forced to not take the cases because their firms gave them the ultimatum: withdraw from representing Trump or withdraw from the firm. Apparently, because they represented...
"Because the State of New York issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need for self-defense, we conclude that the State's licensing regime violates the Constitution."From the SCOTUS opinion, June 23, 2022. The Supreme Court has...
The CPRC has some new research published in Academia Letters. The research finds statistically significant reductions in murder from the adoption of Constitutional Carry laws (see Table 3). ConclusionLate adopting states issue fewer permits than early adopting states,...
70,789 people represent about 5.73% of the 1.236 million adults in Philadelphia. This is a notable increase in applications for Pennsylvania, which already ranks 5th in the percentage of adults with permits (1.486 million, August 2, 2021). From 2017 through 2020, the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysZ4bGg-nNw With the US Supreme Court considering New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, this type of corruption is relevant. Obviously, people want to get permits. This also shows the arbitrariness of how permits are...
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2020 are available here. AbstractDuring the Coronavirus pandemic, the number of concealed handgun permits has soared to over 21.52 million – a 48% increase...
The State of New York has put in its response in the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen case that will be heard by the Supreme Court on November 3rd. The New York state response brief starts off making this point: “In 1897, this Court said that it...
Texas provides unique information on the race of permit holders as well having large changes in both the permit fees and training requirements. On September 1, 2013, Texas reduced the training requirement to obtain a permit from ten hours to four hours and eliminated...