Media Discussion on CPRC

Dr. John Lott was interviewed by the editor of America's First Freedom, Frank Miniter, about the problems with the FBI crime data. Our previous research on this topic can be found here and here. Our op-eds on this are available here and here.

According to gun expert and founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) John Lott, who served as the senior advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Justice Programs and then the Office of Legal Policy in the U.S. Department of Justice...

Mainstream media argue that our cities are safer, yet overlooked data — and public perception — suggest the opposite, explains John R. Lott, Jr at The Wall Street Journal: “92% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats” think crime is rising, and “Americans...

The claim that firearms are the top killer of children in the United States is disputed by some. The Crime Prevention Research Center claims that for that to be true, one must count deaths of anyone younger than 20. This includes gang members and older teens who are...

Here is the letter that the WSJ published in response to Dr. John Lott's op-ed. . Our New Shoplifting Policy: Employees are being told not to confront store theft. . I agree with John Lott (“The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It,” op-ed, April 25) that...

"One false claim by @JoeBiden after another," Crime Prevention Research Center president John R Lott Jr. wrote. . . . Alexander Hall, "Biden takes heat over strange cannibal story: 'Like something out of a bad script'," Fox News, April 20, 2024. The Bureau of Justice...

. . . Writing in The Federalist, a conservative online magazine, Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott said the laws don’t give wrongly accused gun owners enough power to protect their interests. “Congress never authorized the U.S. Department of Justice...

Rep Anthony Harrison referenced the Crime Prevention Research Center's research on mass public shootings around the world in the debate over an Assault weapons ban.

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) talked to Bob Frantz on Cleveland WHK's Always Right Radio about the piece that Massie and Dr. John Lott had at The Federalist titled "Biden’s Federal ‘Red Flag’ Center Defies The Constitution In More Ways Than One." Thomas Massie:...

Concealed handgun permit holders are “extremely law-abiding” and make up an insignificant portion of violations, John Lott told The Fix via email. The Crime Prevention Research Center president said permit holders are convicted of firearms violations at...

John R. Lott Jr., who has studied mass shootings and who credits law-abiding gun owners with making a difference in numerous such situations, said legislation banning concealed-carry of firearms in certain locations such as schools and churches is an open invitation...