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,...
Deseret News, October 16, 2019 John Lott, founder and president of the Virginia-based Crime Prevention Research Center, told the committee red flag laws are not useful in preventing gun violence, including suicide. Only one of the 17 states that have such a law...
US News & World Report, September 17, 2019 Banning all guns, including concealed weapons, would affect a significantly higher number of people, says Dave Workman, communications director for the Second Amendment Foundation and a senior editor for the group's...
Fox News has a news story about our latest report on the number of concealed handgun permits continuing to grow: Even as the topic of gun control continues to remain a focus in the Democratic 2020 presidential primary, more Americans than ever are believed to have...
Apparently even great baseball players follow what we do here at the Crime Prevention Research Center. At the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Phoenix, Baseball Great Curt Schilling referenced Crime Prevention Research Center study in talk. (Saturday, September 21, 2019)