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...
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United States Post Office Tells Employees to Treat Customers Carrying Handguns the Same as All Other Customers
A September decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the law banning concealed "is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment with respect to Plaintiffs’ (and their members) possession and carrying of firearms inside of an...
Another Shooting in a Gun-free Zone: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, at least three murdered, eight wounded
News reports indicate that so far four people have been identified as killed, though one of those was the attacker. This clearly appears to be yet another mass shooting in a place where civilians were banned from having guns. Michigan state law bans people carrying...
At the Wall Street Journal: Another Mass Shooting in a ‘Gun-Free Zone’
Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie have a new op-ed at the Wall Street Journal about the media bias in covering mass shootings. . Once again a mass shooter has struck and the media is refusing to acknowledge why he chose his target. Like other killers, he...
UPDATED: How mass killers pick out venues where their victims are sitting ducks
Updated August 27, 2025: You would think the empirical evidence would be overwhelming at some point. When the Aurora, Colorado Batman movie theater shooter attacked, seven movie theaters were showing "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20th within 20 minutes of the...
The Catholic School Shooter in Minneapolis Claims that He Would Prefer to Target a “Gun-Free Zone” Because the Victims are Defenseless. “That’s why I and many others like schools so much.”
It turns out that it wasn't an accident that attack in Minneapolis occurred at a gun-free zone. The murderer's manifesto makes it clear that he purposely picked a gun-free zone. The murderer wrote his manifesto in Russian, but here is the relevant translation. "I...
UPDATED: Shooting in Gun-free Zone at a Minneapolis Catholic School Leaves 2 Dead and 17 Injured, Apparently the attack involved a Transgender Person.
The suspected gunman in a horrific church and school shooting in Minnesota took his own life after a rampage cops say killed at least two people and wounded as many as 20 others, with victims including kids and adults. Police said the unidentified shooter -- who was...
The Centers for Disease Control and Emory University are Gun-free Zones: Active Shooting Attack
A gunman opened fire at the CDC, targeting a location where victims were banned from carrying firearms. Like other federal facilities, the CDC prohibits people from bringing guns onto its grounds. The attack took place next to Emory University. Police believe the...
At the Federalist: Gun-Free Zones Like Fort Stewart Invite Mass Shootings
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist on attack at the Fort Stewart military base in Georgia. On Wednesday, another mass shooting unfolded — this time at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia. A male Army sergeant, who illegally carried a gun on the base,...
At Just the News: Just weeks before FSU shooting, Florida lawmakers blocked campus carry
This is an article by Ben Whedon at Just the News. Our new research on the benefits from people with concealed handguns stopping active shooting attacks like what occurred in Florida is available here. . Just weeks before a mass shooting at Florida State University...
Gun Controllers Push More Gun Control After Florida State Shootings, Completely Ignore that the Attack Occurred in a Gun-Free Zone
Bloomberg's Shannon R Watts pushed more gun control immediately after the shooting at Florida State University, but she ignores the obvious that even ChatGPT understands: "Concealed carry of firearms is prohibited on FSU property, including classrooms, dorms, and...
Wyoming Enacts House Bill 172 (HB 172), the “Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act”
The CPRC was actively involved in helping the law to abolish gun-free zones in Wyoming enacted. Besides writing an op-ed in Wyoming's largest newspaper with state Senator Cheri Steinmetz, who managed the bill through the state Senate, Dr....












