Portland's GoLocalPDX has a lead news story on the growth of concealed carry permits in the Portland area. Not enough information is presented in the article to determine the permit growth rate for all three counties, but Multnomah and Washington counties had a 41...
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Dramatic video of a passerby with a concealed handgun permit saving a woman who was being attacked in her car
From CBS-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth about a case in Southlake, Texas: A North Texas man is being heralded a hero after police said he held a man at gunpoint who was assaulting a woman. The tense standoff broke out on Friday near the intersection of Carroll Avenue and...
Tragedy of Idaho permit holder illustrates lopsidedness of news coverage on guns, CPRC gets extensive news coverage over number of concealed handgun permits in Idaho
The horrible tragic death of Veronica J. Rutledge in Idaho obtained massive national news coverage. The 29-year-old mother was accidentally shot to death when her two-year-old reached into her handbag and fired her handgun. The news coverage generally provided little...
Two cases within a couple days where concealed handgun permit holders stopped robberies
One customer was killed here, but without the permit holder in this case, multiple customers might have been killed. St. Louis (occurred on Tuesday night, December 2, 2014): . . . Police said three gunmen entered the bar about 10:55 p.m. Tuesday — one of them...
CPRC in the Washington Post: “‘New’ research on gun laws and crime was flawed”
The CPRC has a letter to the editor today at the Washington Post that discusses a recent working paper that was discussed in the Post on November 14th. Dear Letters Editor: Christopher Ingraham’s “More Guns, More Crime” ignored research critical of a slightly updated,...
CPRC on Cam & Co to talk about gun laws and crime rates
In an attempt to control high murder rates, Russia is starting to allow concealed carry
From the International Business Times: Russia, which according to official figures has the fifth highest murder rate in the world, has relaxed its gun ownership laws. Previously, Russians were only allowed to own firearms for hunting or target practice, but under the...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “America Should Make It Easier To Carry Guns”
John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily discusses what Americans can learn from Israel about stopping terrorism. The piece starts this way: Terrorism is forcing Israel to let civilians carry guns in even the most sensitive religious areas in the wake of...
How Israel is responding to terrorist attacks: recognizing that armed police/military can’t protect everywhere
The horrible death today at Har Nof Shul left five people dead and others wounded. Israel's Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, who has been pushing for ever tighter gun control laws, has announced some easing of controls, letting some people carry with...
Problems with the Washington Post’s and Huffington Post’s “more guns, more crime” claims
The media over the last couple of days has been pointing to a revised paper by Abhay Aneja, John J. Donohue III, and Alexandria Zhang that has been floating around in various forms since at least 2009. Their earlier paper claimed that right-to-carry laws and no...
Mother uses permitted concealed handgun to protect her 13-year-old son after armed gang members shoot him in the leg and foot
Our research shows how it is poor blacks who live in high crime urban areas who benefit the most from having a gun to protect themselves. This story from ABC TV News in Columbus, Ohio provides a dramatic example of this point: A mother and her 13-year-old son were...
9th Circuit Appeals Court decision means ends of attempt to over turn decision that struck down California’s concealed carry law
From Fox News: the same three-judge panel that struck down restrictions on the permits earlier this year ruled Wednesday that it is too late for new opponents to join the fight against the ruling. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would bar other...