Transcript of those two clips by Tucker Carlson. Tucker Carlson: I see millions of Americans being destroyed and none of it is at the hands of radical Islam. Is radical Islam more dangerous than only fans? It's not even close. Tucker: Sharia law is bad, Seth. I don't...
A widely cited February 2024 report by Politifact claimed: "No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism." A follow up report by Politifact in September 2025 examined both the FBI's definition of active shooting attacks and the notion of mass...
Many graphs using the data are shown at the end of the post. Each time a public shooting draws national attention, particularly at places such as schools or churches, politicians and the media often respond by citing figures that claim the United States suffers...
Students, reporters, and researchers already rely heavily on AI chatbot programs to write term papers, media reports, and research papers, and social media influencers frequently cite them as well. Thirteen AI chatbots are currently available for public use, as...
Dr. John Lott and CPRC senior fellow Kesten Green, who is also a researcher at the Adelaide University, College of Business and Law, compared the violent crime rates in Australia and the United States. Australian are clearly at much greater risk of violent crime than...
We have updated our earlier research to examine the FBI's active shooting data over the eleven years from 2014 to 2024. The new research is available here. . The FBI tracks active shooting cases—where individuals attempt to kill people in public places, excluding...
The behavior of major retailers, who own large swaths of private property open to the public, aligns with these preferences. Some of the country’s biggest chains—including Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Walgreens, CVS, and Target—generally prohibit their customers from...
Wall Street Journal reporter Mark Maremont continues his attacks on people carrying concealed handguns (this titled "The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings"). Previously we tried writing letters to the WSJ pointing out legal...
A copy of our newest report is available here (please download). Copies of our annual reports from 2014 through 2024 are available here. . After peaking in 2022, the number of Concealed Carry Permit holders across the United States has declined for the third year in a...
At the end of this we have added Fact-checks from ChatGPT 5.1 and Grok Expert In April 2025, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) held 32,469 incarcerated individuals. By November 2025, New York’s jails held another 18,334...
The Crime Prevention Research Center has worked with the Peace Officers Research Association of California and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen on an Amicus brief for the U.S. Supreme Court looking at the Ninth Circuit holding “that a national tradition...
The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) shows a dramatic drop in arrest rates for homicides over the last 60 years -- a 43 percent, 39 percentage point, drop. The Excel file with the data is available here. fbi_murder_rate_1965_2004Download