From the New York Daily News: John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, pointed to the fact that none of the security guards at the college were armed, hinting the attack could have been stopped in its tracks if they had weapons. He made a...
Media Discussion on CPRC
CPRC’s research cited in lawsuit to allow permitted concealed handguns on University of Missouri property
The Columbian Missourian has this story on the lawsuit: A law professor has filed suit against the . . . MU policy that prohibits concealed weapons on campus infringes on his constitutional rights. . . . Bukowsky's petition sites statistics from John R. Lott’s book,...
CRPC on the front page of the El Paso Times
The piece on the front page of the El Paso Times discusses John Lott's talk in El Paso this coming Saturday morning. . . . Lott, an author, professor, commentator and Fox News columnist, is founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, an organization that focuses...
CPRC in newspapers and other media around the country over the last few weeks
Here are some other pieces that mention our research. Charlotte Observer, NC (September 2, 2015): . . . As Crime Prevention Research Center director John Lott notes, with only two exceptions, all of the mass shootings in the U.S. since 1958 have occurred in the...
Orange County Register explaining evidence on “More guns, less crime”
From Adam Summers, a columnist for the Orange County Register (September 16): . . . One of the primary ways gun laws in much of the country have been loosened is through the easing of restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon. A number of states no longer require a...
CPRC in the Washington Times: Talking about the presidential candidates views on guns
The article from the Washington Times contains this (September 15, 2015): . . . The 2016 GOP field is among the most staunchly pro-gun of any in recent political history, but there are still divisions among the hopefuls, analysts and gun rights advocates say. The...
CPRC in newspapers and other media around the country over the last month
We don't usually keep track of the local media coverage the CPRC receives or even all the national coverage, but here are some examples of the type of media coverage that the CPRC has received over the past month. Of course, John Stossel's recent column on the CPRC...
CPRC in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania newspaper: Special Report on Concealed Carry
LNP (the newspaper for Lancaster, Pennsylvania) has a large news special on concealed handguns in the state. This is from part of the article (an online poll is available here): . . . John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, is the author...
John Stossel extensively discusses the CPRC in his weekly oped column
John Stossel's weekly column goes through some lies put forward by gun control advocates, and he relies very heavily on the CPRC. His piece is titled: "America and guns: Why do so many stoke paranoia about firearms?" You can read a copy of the column available...
CPRC in the New York Daily News: “Chattanooga shooting renews debate over military gun-free zones”
John Lott was interviewed for a news story in the New York Daily News: . . . Even if soldiers couldn't have ended Muhammed Youssef Abdulazeez's attack as he ambushed them from a car, the sight of weapons could have deterred him, John R. Lott Jr., president of the...
CPRC Research in the News: Fox News, Washington Times, Hot Air, and others
A Fox News article titled "Concealed-carry handgun permits soar as murder rate drops, study claims" has this report on our new study: A report from a prominent economist finds that the number of permits to carry concealed handguns has skyrocketed by 178 percent in the...
Sean Hannity reads CPRC op-ed on “The Myth of American Gun Violence” on his National Radio Show
John Lott's op-ed titled "The Myth of American Gun Violence" at the New York Daily News was read by Sean Hannity on his national radio show (audience 12.5 million).