A Fox News article titled "Concealed-carry handgun permits soar as murder rate drops, study claims" has this report on our new study: A report from a prominent economist finds that the number of permits to carry concealed handguns has skyrocketed by 178 percent in the...
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New Study: Over 12.8 million concealed handgun permits, last year saw by far the largest increase ever in the number of permits
The new report is available here. Reports for other years including 2016 can be viewed here. Part of the executive summary is shown here: Since President Obama’s election the number of concealed handgun permits has soared, growing from 4.6 million in 2007 to over...
Texas joins 12 other states that allow permitted concealed handguns on college campuses, copy of final bill available here
By a 98-47 vote the Texas House and a 20-11 vote in the Senate, the Texas legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that allows concealed handgun permit holders to carry guns on college campuses. Nine states allow permitted concealed handguns on college campuses:...
Georgia Permit Holder Uses Gun to Stop Carjacking
The fact that the police shook the permit holder's hand says it all. Apparently this is the second time that the permit holder has used his gun in self defense. As the TV anchorwoman says, the permit holder certainly doesn't plan on becoming a victim any time soon....
Greg Gutfeld and the rest of The Five explain the benefits of concealed carry, especially for blacks
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com This discussion is excellent and there is little to critically comment on. Greg Gutfeld, Ainsley Earhardt, Jedediah Bila, and Eric Bolling clearly explain the issues. The one misleading concern wasn't directly addressed was...
Former Maryland state police Captain Jack McCauley, who was the commander of the Maryland State Licensing Division, testifies in favor of concealed handguns
Captain McCauley provides powerful testimony in favor of allowing civilians to carry permitted concealed handguns. Anyone who listens to Captain McCauley's testimony here will quickly see that part of it relies heavily on the CPRC's research here and here. ...
Original Research: Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age: College age permit holders do not pose a greater risk
Read the entire new report Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age from the Crime Prevention Research Center here. It is a common refrain that we can’t allow permitted concealed handguns on university property because we all know how irresponsible young people can be,...
CPRC in Fox News: Police are extremely Law-abiding, but concealed handgun permit holders are even more so
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: . . . Gun control advocates just can’t accept the fact that concealed handgun permit holders are incredibly law-abiding. The New York Times’ recent attack on permit holders is typical. It is filled with...
Updated: Comparing conviction rates between police and concealed carry permit holders
A recent study provides numbers on police convictions over a three-year period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2007. This data was put together by doing news searches on media sources throughout the US. There are two reasons that their method makes police...
CPRC at Fox News: “Let’s not be so quick to believe gun-control rhetoric”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News on the New York Times reporting the latest Violence Policy Center claims starts this way: People walking the streets with guns pose a danger to others, right? With 12 million Americans across all 50 states now having concealed...
67-year-old concealed handgun permit holder fatally shoots one of the two men who tried to rob him
An attempted robbery of a 67-year-old black man by two other men occurred in Cobbs Creek Park, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, February 4th (click on the above picture to enlarge). The park is a little west of the Philadelphia Zoo. The police chief says in...
New Hope City (MN) Council Member John Elder responds to attack on council by drawing gun
When shots rang out in the New Hope City Council (Minnesota), Council Member John Elder, a former police officer, drew his permitted concealed handgun to protect those who were at the meeting. An armed attacker shot at a group of uniformed police officers, wounding...