Our recent research titled "Do Armed Civilians Stop Active Shooters More Effectively Than Uniformed Police?" has gotten some more coverage. Active shooter events have been tracked by the FBI for over two decades. There are interesting results when those statistics are...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLfTDTxL2X8 Colion Noir has a discussion from our newest research. Another video by Gun Owners Radio is shown below. Are armed civilians actually better at stopping active shooters than police? A new study by John Lott and Carlisle...
The Washington Post Fact Checker takes issue with President Trump's social media post on sanctuary cities and crime by illegal aliens. The White House sent the Washington Post more than one article to defend its position (including our research from Real Clear...
If passed by the House and Senate, it would impact nearly 22 million Americans who hold concealed-carry permits, according to cosponsor Kansas GOP Rep. Tracey Mann's office, citing data from the Crime Prevention Research Center. . . . Misty Severi, "House...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItEw0we6-Eg Here is an interesting discussion of Dr. John Lott's book "More Guns, Less Crime."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8cQ7HFf9pM Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) uses the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on school shootings. There were many other cases during this hearing where it looked like people were using our research, but this is...
A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that civilians actually stop more active shooters than police. According to the CPRC, concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police....
The Crime Prevention Research Center found that more than 86% of police chiefs and sheriffs support “national reciprocity.” What that means is that a concealed carry permit holder from Arizona could cross into California and continue to carry. That would be...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hpGmJK_hI This is harder on police than we think is justified. Uniformed police simply have a very difficult job. The media loves to push the narrative that "good guys with guns don’t stop bad guys." But a new study from John Lott’s...
Breitbart covers our new research, though not directly from our website. Data compiled by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows that armed civilians stop more mass shootings than police do. American Thinker pointed to the CPRC data last week, noting not...
Glenn Reynolds, "FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER: A Deep Dive into Cases Where Civilians Stopped Active Shooters. Did they accidentally shoot bystanders, get in the way of police, get their gun taken away, or create other problems? How does it compare to...
The CPRC was actively involved in helping the law to abolish gun-free zones in Wyoming enacted. Besides writing an op-ed in Wyoming's largest newspaper with state Senator Cheri Steinmetz, who managed the bill through the state Senate, Dr....