On Tuesday, February 9th, CPRC President John Lott testified on four bills seeking to limit gun-free zones (SB 1559 (Senator Mike Bell), SB 1736 (Senator Delores Gresham), SB 1991 (Judiciary Committee Chairman Kelsey), and SB 2376 (Senator Mike Bell)). The video of...
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Yet more evidence that terrorists pick gun-free zones to attack
Could this statement be any clearer? From ClickonDetroit: Abu-Rayyan posted. “It’s one of the biggest ones in Detroit. I had it planned out. I bought a bunch of bullets. I practiced reloading and unloading.” . . . “It's easy, and a lot of people go there. Plus people...
US becoming safer compared to Europe in both fatalities and frequency of Mass Public Shootings: US Now ranks 11th in fatalities and 12th in frequency
"But we are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence erupt with this kind of frequency. It doesn’t happen in other advanced countries. It’s not even close. And as I’ve said before, somehow we’ve become numb to it and we start thinking...
UPDATED: The Impact of Terrorist Attacks on Interest in Concealed Carry after Oregon, Paris, and San Bernardino mass public shootings, Obama’s executive orders have no effect
Click figure to enlarge. Here are a couple simple graphs using Google Trends to show web searches for the term "concealed carry." After each of these three terrorist attacks over the last 90 days, you can see a sudden increase in interest for concealed carry. With...
President Obama explains to Parisians that Mass Public Shootings occur only in the United States
“... obviously, my heart goes out to the families of those impacted. I mean, Nancy, I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings. This just doesn’t happen in other countries. You know, we are rightly determined to prevent terrorist attacks wherever they...
Even DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier says Civilians Should Shoot Mass Public Shooters “Before Police Can Get There”
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...
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).