concealed carry
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...
Murder rate continues to fall as concealed handgun permits soar
With the new crime data just released by the FBI yesterday, the big increase in concealed handgun permits after 2007 continues to be associated with a decline in murder rates (for the number of concealed handgun permits in 2013 see our report available here).
CPRC at Fox News: “‘Lone Wolf’ terror attacks: We’re sitting ducks and Americans with guns are last line of defense”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: The recent spate of “lone wolf” terrorist attacks both here and in Canada seem to have come out of nowhere. And it’s clear that they have left Americans and Canadians as sitting ducks. Simply by using the Internet,...
CPRC on the Glenn Beck Show on The Blaze TV, discussing women stalking victims and guns used for self protection
On August 26th, John Lott and Frank Miniter were on The Glenn Beck Show to discuss some cases where women have been stalking victims (particularly, Taylor Woolrich's case). Dana Loesch was substituting for Glenn. The audio of the TV show is available here (Tuesday,...
CPRC in the Washington Times on concealed handgun laws: “Carrying and Law-abiding”
Here is a copy of an op-ed that John Lott had in the Washington Times on August 27, 2014. Please click on text to make it larger.
CPRC in the Washington Times: More evidence that the high costs of concealed handgun permits disarms poor blacks
This valuable data shows the gross disparity in concealed handgun permits by race and income in Chicago. Besides the $650 to get a permit (fees and training costs), one can't take the handguns with them on public transportation and there are no shooting ranges to...