UPDATES BELOW CNN makes the completely false claim that the US has "one of the world's highest rates of death by firearms." Note most countries don't report their firearm homicide rates, and there are many other problems that make the US's rate look worse compared to...
International Comparisons
Updated: Murder and homicide rates before and after gun bans
Original post: Every place that has banned guns (either all guns or all handguns) has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to one place where murder rates have fallen, whether it's Chicago or D.C. or even island nations such as England, Jamaica, or Ireland. For...
International Crime Comparisons: US relatively safe in terms of violent crime
One of the big problems with comparing crime rates across countries is that there are big differences in what constitutes a crime and even whether people report crimes to police. If people don't think that the police in a country will be able to solve the crime, it...
UPDATED: Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe
Update Post: For our latest work comparing mass public shootings across countries, please click here and here. For those interested, Snopes.com has given this research below a "mixed" rating. For a discussion of Snopes.com's claims and our response see here. Updated...
UPDATE: CPRC testimony on gun control before the Australian Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee (Audio of testimony included)
UPDATE: The audio of John Lott's testimony is available here. The graphs presented to the committee are available in the link below providing the CPRC testimony. It was an honor for the CPRC to be invited to address the Australian Senate on this important topic....
A note on mass victim knife attacks around the world: a single, very small 16 year old was able to wound at least 24 people with a knife in just 5 minutes
John Lott had a discussion about the Pennsylvania attack on Coast to Coast AM (April 10, 2014 from 1:08 to 1:11 AM). Franklin Regional High School near Pittsburgh was the horrific scene on Wednesday with "at least 24" injured, including 5 critically wounded. The...
Comparing murder rates and gun ownership across countries
Charles Blow in the New York Times last year made the very common argument: “America has the highest gun homicide rate, the highest number of guns per capita . . . .” In another story, the New York Times quotes researcher David Hemenway as claiming: “Generally, if...