John Lott of The Wall Street Journal, who mentions the study in his 2013 piece on crime, alludes to a 5.7 per 100,000 murder rate prior to the ban expiring — in conjunction with the fact that the murder rate fell to 4.7 per 100,000, in 2011.Gabe Kaminsky, "Biden's...
There is good reason to believe that a similar situation takes place when pollsters ask Americans about gun ownership. Economist John Lott contends that many Americans refuse to answer or do not answer truthfully when asked about whether they own a firearm. In a piece...
John Lott tweeted out the State Senator's issued statement: "The changing guidance she has delivered to counties not only directly contradicts the Election Code language she is sworn to uphold, but also conflicts her own litigation statements and decisions of...
A shortage of ammunition in the U.S. is set to continue following record firearms sales this year. Reasons suggested for the high arms sales figures include uncertainty amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming presidential election and civil unrest...
Fox News has a news story on our newest annual report on the number of concealed handgun permits. A new report reveals that despite some states getting tougher on gun control, the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed firearms has spiked in recent...
John Lott writes in a Newsweek op-ed:Thirty-seven states have changed their mail-in voting procedures this year in response to the coronavirus. They have followed the lead of Democrats and the media, who claim that concerns about voter fraud and vote buying...
Fox News has a news story on our new research. A new report highlights the restrictive laws most European countries and other developed areas throughout the world have in regards to mail-in voting, contrasting highly permissive U.S. regulations, as the...
The Politico belittles President Trump's attempts to protect people and federal property against the riots as "Theater." They describe the discussion as "Now President Donald Trump is indulging the dream more than any national leader in recent history, attempting to...
FIRE AWAY — “California’s Ammo Background Checks Misfire,” by John R. Lott Jr. in the National Review: “Between July 2019 and January 2020, 101,047 non-prohibited Californians were prevented from buying bullets. By contrast, just 188 prohibited people were...
Glenn Beck on his television show used our graphics showing the per capita death rates from the Coronavirus across countries. A detailed discussion of our work is available here. (Wednesday, April 15, 2020)
PragerU has a video on gun control that references the CPRC research on mass public shootings in gun-free zones and the impact of Australia's 1996-97 gun buyback on crime rates. The number we have on mass public shootings in gun-free zones since 1950 is 94%. If we had...
Sebastian Gorka read Dr. John Lott's op-ed on how the Trump administration is enforcing travel restrictions because of the Coronavirus. Gorka: "Dr. John Lott Jr, who is as far as I am concerned the most preeminent expert on guns and guns violence in America today."...