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."...
The Crime Report, January 24, 2020 The number of Americans with concealed-carry permits has reached almost 18.7 million in 2019, up from 12.8 million in 2015, says the Crime Prevention Research Center, a gun-rights group. That growth was fueled by states like Oklahoma...
The Wall Street Journal mentions our research though they don't quite things correct. The error is in the second sentence. The growth in permits came despite states legalizing carrying without a permit, not because of more states allowing it. The number of Americans...
Here is the mention that the Wall Street Journal recently made of our work on which Capitols allow people to carry guns. . . . At least 21 states allow Capitol visitors, legislators or employees to carry guns under some circumstances, says the Crime Prevention...
From James Freeman in the Wall Street Journal referenced our paper at the Social Science Research Network. What Would We Do Without Gun Control Experts? “Regarding proposals that can reduce mass public shootings, while public health researchers give a score of at...
Newsday, December 12, 2019 John R. Lott Jr., an economist and author of the book “More Guns, Less Crime,” said in an interview that Northwell’s lineup “is pretty one-sided.” Lott pointed to a just-published article he co-authored in the libertarian Cato...
From the Wall Street Journal (click here for the article): A streaming video of the Sunday church service in Texas at which a parishioner gunned down a shooter is rallying those who support making it easier for private citizens to bear arms. Gun-rights...
Nikki Goeser was interviewed by Valerie Richardson for the Washington Times. Here is part of the piece: “I’m trying to educate people about the dangers of red-flag laws,” Ms. Goeser told The Washington Times. “A lot of people seem to be for them, but there’s a lot...
Nikki Goeser's new book, "Stalked and Defenseless," generated two different news stories at Fox News. Widow says gun laws prevented her from protecting her husband from her stalker Nikki Goeser, whose husband was shot and killed by her stalker at a restaurant,...