Breitbart, June 30, 2019 Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell claims his confiscatory “assault weapons” ban would have prevented the December 14, 2012, attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School. He made this claim in response to a tweet by John Lott,...
George Parry, a former federal and state prosecutor, had a piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 5th, where he relied heavily on our research. We have added notes below where the links that were provided were to the Crime Prevention Research Center, though even...
On June 5th, our research on mass public shootings got significant coverage by local news outlets throughout the United States. The news coverage starts this way: WASHINGTON (SBG) - Elected leaders on Capitol Hill were quick to respond with familiar calls for action...
Newsweek discusses the evidence put forward for eliminating gun-free zones at schools. . . . The "98 percent" statistic cited by Massie was pulled from a November 2018 Chicago Tribune op-ed by the conservative author of The War on Guns, John R. Lott Jr., who is also...
Daily Caller, May 15, 2019 Here’s a truth that every American should consider: There are at least 18 states that allow teachers to carry guns. And yet, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center, there has NEVER been a mass shooting attempted in any...
Dr. John Lott was interviewed by Sinclair Broadcast Group about the Crime Prevention Research Center's count of mass public shootings across countries. Sinclair references Snopes.com's criticism of our work because we looked at the per capita rate of attacks across...
Our recent research on school shootings has gotten an extensive editorial write-up in nine newspapers across Florida. Palm Beach Daily News, May 30, 2019; Florida Times-Union, May 30, 2019; Daily Commercial, May 30, 2019; St. Augustine Record, May 30, 2019;...
The New American, May 6, 2019 John Lott couldn't find a single instance of a shooting on a school campus where teachers and staff were permitted to carry concealed, going all the way back to 2000. John Lott’s latest study refutes claims by anti-gunners that the...
In article in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 about federal licenses held by firearm collectors, they had this discussion: The curio and relic license that Mr. Saenz possessed is issued by the federal government for antique firearm...
We missed this reference to our work when it went up in October 2018. Nicholas Kristof, in the New York Times, discussed what caused the rise in concealed handgun permits. Remember when President Obama tried to change the Second Amendment and ban handguns? No, neither...
Dr. John Lott was one of the people interviewed by the Denver Post about the 20th Anniversary of Columbine massacre. Here is the discussion that they had with him. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of “More Guns, Less Crime,” said...
The Associated Press has an article on Florida approaching 2 million concealed handgun permit holders. The attached national graph is from the Associated Press article. Florida had a total of 1,971,997 currently valid concealed weapon permits as of March 31, according...