The law is clear that someone admitted under a student visa is banned under any circumstances that would apply to the student who murdered his professor at the University of North Carolina on Monday. North Carolina also bans guns on college campuses. BATF: "Generally,...
The original text in Portuguese of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's first executive order is available here. The order represents a dramatic change in the regulations dealing with guns and ammunition. An English translation of the order is available...
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have a new op-ed at Newsweek on important new research from the CPRC. A frequent talking point in the gun control debate is that Americans overwhelmingly support "common sense" gun control measures, such as universal...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IncBq5eKM California has a strict assault weapon ban, and handguns were used in both attacks, but Biden seems to think that solution to these attacks is to have a ban across the whole country. The handgun used in Monterey Park may...
Dr. John Lott spoke to the Wall Builders legislators' conference. What About Gun Control? – with John Lott at the ProFamily Legislators Conference: What is the status of the Left’s relentless efforts to ban guns nationwide? The media and Hollywood specifically, skew...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp07tQDqqbI Immediately before the election, Democrats wanted to disown the notion of defunding the police. Well, it is back again. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) raises the issue of enforcing the types of gun control laws that he...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed with Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY). . Democrats aim to create a comprehensive national list of gun owners. In a major victory for gun control advocates, American Express, Mastercard, and Visa agreed to help the government track firearm...
Professor Carl Moody and Dr. John Lott have written up some comments on the latest Donohue et al. paper on concealed carry. For some perspective, you can see the academic literature on the issue here and the Amicus brief that we filed with a literature survey here....
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist on the new Senate gun control bill. Senators are billing the new Senate gun control legislation as a bipartisan breakthrough that will make us much safer. “Our legislation will save lives and will not infringe on any...
Predictit.org has betting on whether the Senate will pass a gun control bill by June 30th. As of Wednesday, June 15th, the odds were somewhat against it passing.
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) authored a bill that mandates an audit of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This is not the first time that Massie has pushed this idea. Amazingly, the bill passed by a 380 to 47 vote. For years, Dr. John...
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at Newsweek. Democrats are pushing legislation that will dramatically change gun ownership in the United States. Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D-NY) "Protecting Our Kids Act," which the House Judiciary...