Here is another example of the problems created by progressive prosecutors. . A gunman who killed three and wounded five others at Michigan State University on Monday would have been barred from owning a firearm at the time of the shooting had he not had felony gun...
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California’s Mass Public Shooting rate is much higher than Texas’ or the rest of the United States
-- “Compared to citizens of other states, Californians are about 25% less likely to die in mass shootings. Between 2019 and 2021, the state’s annual mass shooting homicide rate of 1.4 per one million people was lower than the national average of 1.9.” A report by...
After Mass Public Shooting in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu announces that “Firearm licensing will be expedited and expanded in order to enable thousands of additional citizens to carry weapons”
Israel just had a mass public shooting where seven people were murdered. Compare Israel's response to that in California, where they have just had several mass public shootings. In California, few people have a concealed handgun permit. Half Moon Bay is in San Mateo...
What do the attacks in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay in California have in common?: Very strict gun control and virtually no one has a concealed handgun permit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IncBq5eKM California has a strict assault weapon ban, and handguns were used in both attacks, but Biden seems to think that solution to these attacks is to have a ban across the whole country. The handgun used in Monterey Park may...
“Good Samaritan” Armed Amazon employee stops shooter who opened fire at Arizona facility, police say “likely preventing further bloodshed”
This attack was stopped at the Amazon warehouse parking lot in Chandler, Arizona. More examples are available here. . An armed Arizona man is being credited as a "good Samaritan" by police after he shot an active shooter in an Amazon facility parking lot,...
At Real Clear Politics: The “Crazy, Right-Wing Shooter” Myth
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on media bias. The piece was carried on the Real Clear Wire and published in pieces such as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. . If you only read the New York Times editorials, you’d believe that political violence in...
A shooting at Walmart that left six dead occurred in yet another gun-free zone
"The shooting erupted without warning, during a late-night shift change as some workers were congregating in a break room, witnesses said Wednesday of the shooting at a Chesapeake, Virginia, Walmart that killed six people and injured at least four others."...
Fox News: FBI undercounts number of times armed citizens have thwarted active shooting incidents
Our research gets extensive coverage at Fox News. A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) argues that the FBI's data contains "massive errors" when tracking active shooting incidents, undercounting how often armed citizens have...
Another school shooting in Russia: At least 17 people dead, 24 more wounded after a 34-year-old gunman, a former student, opened fire at a school in Russia’s Izhevsk
Video of the aftermath of Izhevsk, Russia school shooting The most deadly school shooting was the Beslan School siege in Russia on September 1, 2004, which left 385 dead and another 783 wounded. At the end of this article below are a few recent attacks on...
At Real Clear Politics: California Billboards about Texas and Mass Public Shootings Don’t Tell the Real Story
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics. The piece also appeared in the Daily Signal, Zerohedge, and The Center Square. . A lot of people are moving out of California. Over the last two years, California has lost about 300,000 people. Major companies,...
A plurality of Americans believe that armed citizens are the best way to protect you and your family in the case of a mass shooting
A new Trafalgar Group survey of 1,078 likely general election voters from July 7th to 10th, 2022, shows they believe that armed citizens are much more effective in protecting people in a mass shooting than local police or federal agents. While Democrats are much less...
Shooting at Tulsa hospital is in yet another gun-free zone
"The gunman who killed two doctors and two others at an Oklahoma medical building Wednesday did so after he blamed one of the physicians for causing him pain from a recent back surgery, a police chief said Thursday." Jason Hanna and Amanda Watts, "Gunman who killed 4...