mass public shootings
Concealed Carry Permit Holder may have stopped North Las Vegas shooting that left three people dead
Picture of Joseph Wilcox and his family. UPDATE: The Las Vegas Review Journal has this: After the shooting, the couple headed toward a nearby Wal-Mart, where Jerad Miller was confronted by Joseph Robert Wilcox, 31, of Las Vegas. Wilcox was legally carrying a concealed...
The Moncton, New Brunswick Shooter: Another killer who clearly understood the advantage to him of gun-free zones
Here are two of the photos that this killer, Justin Bourque, had on his Facebook page. While CNN mentions his "anti-government, pro-gun" leanings on his Facebook page, this Canadian killer clearly understood the advantage that gun-free zones offered him. Note that...
CPRC on Canada’s Sun News Network: Reacting to the Moncton, N.B. Shootings
This segment was broadcast on Thursday, June 5th, 2014, 6 to 7 PM. Some background on the Moncton shootings is available here. The timeline of the Moncton events is available here. Some background on the Ian Thompson case is available here. An excellent commentary at...
CPRC at Fox News: Memo to gun-control advocates: Even Elliot Rodger believed guns would have deterred him
The newest Fox News piece starts this way: How can we prevent mass murderers? Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who killed six innocent people this past Friday in California, is causing everyone to ask that question, yet again. Rodger spent over a year and a half...
CPRC in the News over Santa Barbara Tragedy
Radio interviews on May 27th Larry Elder Show, KABC, May 27, 7:14 to 7:21 PM Lars Larson Show, May 27, 7:35 to 8:00 PM The Real Side with Joe Messina, May 27, 6:08 to 6:30 PM The Marc Bernier Show, May 27, 5:20 to 5:30 PM. Dr. Gina Loundon Show, May 27, 4:20 to 4:30...
Do mentally ill, multiple victim killers purposefully pick targets where victims are most vulnerable?: The case of Elliot Rodger
With all the discussions about mental illness, one has to understand how much care and planning these killers engage in. Here is something from Elliot Rodger's manifesto that no one seems to understand the importance of: "The first thing I had to consider was the...
6 killed, seven wounded in Mass Public Shooting in Santa Barbara, a giant gun-free zone
UPDATE: As usual, the media news stories got fundamental facts wrong here. Of particular interest, half the people killed here were stabbed to death. Also, you won't hear this in the news, the magazines that the killer used were also apparently limited to holding no...
CPRC making a difference in the debate over the Fort Hood Mass Public Shooting
John Lott's op-ed on the shooting at Fox News starts this way: The Obama administration hasn’t learned anything from the massacres at Fort Hood in 2009 or the Washington Navy Yard last year. For all my research on how to stop or prevent mass public shootings and all...
A personal note about the Ft Hood shooting today: When family are near the attack
Personal note from John Lott: With all the people who I have talked to who have been present at mass public shootings over the 16 years since I first wrote about gun-free zones in the Wall Street Journal, this attack at Fort Hood was different: my second oldest son,...
CPRC’s new op-ed piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: “No more sitting ducks — we must arm our soldiers on their bases”
John Lott's newest piece was the featured commentary in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review's Sunday opinion section and it starts this way: Can mass shootings be stopped or prevented? The Obama administration's political views prevent it from even considering certain...
Department of Defense report on Washington Navy Yard Shooting completely ignores problems with gun-free zones
The Department of Defense report on the September 16th, 2013 Navy Yard shooting focuses on Aaron Alexis' mental health issues not being discovered before the attack: At various points during Alexis’ military service and subsequent employment as a cleared contractor —...