DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier on 60 Minutes about active shooters -- "If you're in a position to try to take the gunman out, it's the best option for saving lives before police can get there." Yet, according to Emily Miller, the chief investigative reporter for Fox...
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Mass public shooting in Saudi Arabia leaves five dead, 9 injured at a Shia meeting hall
A mass public shooting in Saudi Arabia left 5 dead and 9 injured. From the Guardian newspaper: A gunman shot and killed five people in an Islamic State-claimed attack on a Shia meeting hall in Saudi Arabia before being shot dead by police, said Saudi-owned Al Arabiya...
Congressional Research Service claims that Mass Public Shootings have been increasing, but it fails to provide evidence that this increase is statistically significant
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has just released a new report titled: CRS Mass Murder with Firearms Incidents and Victims 1999-2013. USA Today's headline provides a typical reaction: "Report: Mass public shootings on rise." While the report points to...
Washington Post’s misleading article on “mass shootings” — falsely claiming “204 mass shootings” when virtually none of these cases qualify for the normal definition of “mass,” UPDATED: Response from Washington Post
Click on screenshots to enlarge. Christopher Ingraham at the Washington Post has another article on guns. Unfortunately, Ingraham explicitly ignores the FBI's definition on mass shootings. The cases he ends up with involve very few murders and are heavily biased to...
UPDATED: Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGgI2E5JUw 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...
Yet more evidence that these killers are deterred by people with guns: Charleston, South Carolina Church Shooter
We have previously pointed out how mass public shooting after mass public shooting keep occurring where guns are banned. Here is yet another case of these killers avoiding places where people with guns might be able to stop their killing spree. From the Associated...
CPRC on Washington DC’s WMAL to Discuss Errors in FBI study on Public Shootings
John Lott joined Larry O'Connor on Thursday, June 11th to discuss the errors in the FBI study on public shootings that came shortly before last November's election (5:07 to 5:14 PM).
Georgia County Sheriff: “in my opinion [concealed handgun permit holder] saved other lives in that store”
Conyers, Georgia, Sunday, May 31, 2015, The Rockdale Citizen Often it is claimed that citizens who stop mass public shootings don't get news coverage because they stop anyone from being killed. But in this case two people were killed before the permit holder was able...
Notes on the James Holmes Batman Movie Theater Shooting case: Maximize killing and Deterrence matters for these mass killers
This past week we finally got a look at the diary of the Batman movie theater killer, James Holmes, and it was clear that he was considering both attacking an airport and a movie theater. But he turned down the airport option because he was concerned about their...
Two concealed handgun permit holders, both volunteer firemen, stop mass public shooting
New Holland, South Carolina, May 5th, 2015, Fox Carolina: FOX Carolina 21 Firefighters said they may have stopped a massacre after a gunman surprised them at their station Tuesday. The Aiken County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to the New Holland Fire...
CPRC on DC’s WMAL to discuss the Virginia Tech Shooting 8th Anniversary
John Lott was on Washington DC's WMAL with Larry O'Connor to discuss the Virginia Tech Shooting 8th Anniversary (Audio, Thursday, April 16th, 2015 from 5:35 to 5:50 PM0.
Kenya gun laws leave victims defenseless
Remember what happened after the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya in late 2013? From a piece that the CPRC had in the Chicago Tribune: Right after the Kenya attack, Ronald Noble, the secretary-general of Interpol, which is a world version of the FBI and...