https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8HviyBw18 On Tuesday, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared: “Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents” and that it is “public health crisis.” This has been a favorite talking point from the...
From a Twitter Post on June 17, 2023 Kamala Harris: "The number one cause of death of the children in America is gun violence." As we have previously discussed, a common claim is that firearms are the leading cause of death for "children or adolescents." On June 2nd,...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. The Anti-Defamation League and much of the corporate media are intent on construing any racist as a conservative right-winger — but it’s not true. Relying on a new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), news...
The Anti-Defamation League has a new report titled: "Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2022." They claim that all the murderers of the 25 people murdered by extremists in 2022 were "right-wingers," which they describe as white supremacists, anti-government...
When will all those gun control advocates and reporters who rely on criminologist Adam Lankford's research begin asking him to answer questions about his research? Despite getting massive international news coverage and then President Obama frequently basing his...
We have frequently been asked about this false internet meme and we have referred them many times to the research that we have done on this issue. Anyone who follows our website would know is completely false. The claim is that the US has the 3rd highest murder rate,...
"On crime, the murder rate has experienced its largest increase in 45 years," Trump told the crowd. "We are going to support the incredible men and women of law enforcement, and we are going to bring this terrible crime wave to an end. Highest in 45 years, the murder...
Al Jazeera using Crime Prevention Research Center's work to point out Heather MacDonald’s false claim about increasing murder rates during the beginning of 2015 (June 3, 2015)
Heather Mac Donald's piece in this weekend's WSJ tries to scare American's nationwide with the claim: "Gun violence in particular is spiraling upward in cities across America." Her piece starts this way: The nation’s two-decades-long crime decline may be over. Gun...
In today's Washington Post, Glenn Kessler has a devastating fact check of comments that President Obama made to Benedict College in South Carolina last Friday. Kessler gave Obama three out of four possible Pinocchios. “What we also have to recognize is, is that...
The figure is from opencarry.org. Playing the typical hypothetical possibility angle, the New York Times story quotes one worried restaurant owner saying: “On some nights you have college kids wall to wall in here drinking,” he said. “You don’t want a gun in here.” No...