For those who wonder about President Trump's commitments to the right to self defense, you can listen to his comments immediately after the Florida State University shooting. Here is our recent research on active shootings being stopped by concealed handgun permit...
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After Almost Two Years, Report on Nashville Covenant School Shooting is Finally Released. No Mention that the Shooter was Trans.
The CPRC has pointed out many times that these mass murderers are suicidal, but they want to commit suicide in a way that will get them attention. That is what the new police report on Nashville Covenant school murderer concludes was her motive. The murder "expressed...
Another Transgender Accused of Planning a Mass Public School Shooting
This attack was planned for a high school in Indiana. . A high school student in Indiana is accused of planning to kill masses of students at his school on Valentine’s Day. Authorities said 18-year-old Trinity Shockley is facing conspiracy to commit murder and...
10 Murdered in Swedish School Shooting
Sweden has 10.6 million people, just 1/32.6th the population of the US. Since 2000, the US has had five mass public shootings in universities. Sweden on a per capita rate would have had 32.6 -- 6.52 times the rate in the US. Finland had the Kauhajoki Vocational...
Updated Detailed Information on Mass Public Shootings from 1998 to 2024
Many graphs using the data are shown at the end of the post. When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our...
UPDATED: Cases where armed citizens have stopped active shooter incidents
The list of active shooting cases that were averted by people legally carrying guns, and were missed in the FBI Active Shooting reports. The FBI's definition of active shootings is narrow: it involves cases where a gun is fired in public and not part of some other...
At least 20 People Murdered and 45 Injured in Mass Shootings at Churches and a Synagogue in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan
The picture above shows the murderers attacking people. Another mass murder by Muslims in Russia (a list of mass public shootings in the US by Muslims from 1998 to 2023 is available here). Some other recent mass public shootings in Russia are available here (where 145...
At Real Clear Politics: Biden’s Completely Dishonest and Outrageous Gun Control Ad
https://videopress.com/v/mv9khMWt?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcrimeresearch.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2Fbfp-massacred-30-en_mov_dvd.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Dr. John Lott has a...
Trans Covenant School Diary Released, FBI Strongly Argued Against Releasing It, Said It Would “Potentially [be] Inflaming the Public.” Why was the FBI Only Against Releasing this One Diary?
Given the lack of media coverage, you could understandably miss it, but “nearly four dozen pages” of the Nashville Covenant School murderer’s diary were just released. The Tennessee Star’s parent company had successfully filed two...
An Ex-Marine, who planned a racist mass shooting to kill white people, targeted a gun-free zone
Strangely, it was very difficult to find a picture of Joshua Cobb, the ex-Marine who made this threat, in any news story outside of the local media market. "As of today I have officially began planning my attack. It is going to take place in 2023 in the state of New...
Gunmen fire on crowds at a Moscow Concert Hall: At least 139 murdered
At least 139 murdered The death total in Moscow exceeds the 130 people murdered at the Paris concert shooting in November 2015. It is more than twice as many as the 59 people who were murdered in Las Vegas. The US has experienced a number of Islamic-based mass...
On the Vince Coglianese Show: Discussing the Lakewood Church attack and Mass Public Shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to Vince Coglianese on Washington, D.C.'s WMAL about the Lakewood Church attack in Texas on Sunday, February 11th. The attacker, a transgender "woman" who had a criminal history (including assaulting a police officer and forgery) and mental...