On Tuesday, November 8th, U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby paused most of New York's new concealed carry law is unconstitutional. Among the parts of the law he paused: proof of "good moral character" and a list of social media accounts and family contacts. He also...
A young man was beaten twice and shot at because he had helped police solve a crime. He was forced to move and take other precautions to protect himself. But the police said he had not met the “imminent and compelling” emergency standard for carrying a concealed...
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...