Fox News has a news story on our recent research showing that concealed handgun permit holders are less reckless drivers than others. Gun owners with concealed carry permits are less likely to drive recklessly than other drivers, according to an analysis released...
Much of this media coverage over the last week has been critical and distorted what Dr. Lott actually said during his testimony before President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (a video of the testimony is available here and a discussion of some of the...
Over the last few days, there have been a lot of attacks on Dr. Lott research after his testimony to the President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. One of the common lines of attack has been that he testified in an area where he is not an expert. The...
Creators, August 22, 2017; Townhall.com, August 22, 2017; Arkansas Online, August 24, 2017; Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 26, 2017; Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, August 25, 2017; Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise (Oklahoma), August 28, 2017; NRA-ILA,...
The Washington Times has a long article on our annual report on concealed handgun permit report: More than 16.3 million American residents now hold concealed weapons permits, according to a new report that says even as gun purchases are leveling off, the rate of folks...
West Wing Reads, July 31, 2017 Regarding historic Democratic obstruction, at Fox News, former U.S. Sentencing Commission economist John R. Lott writes that “Democrats have done everything they can to slow down all of President Trump’s nominees,”highlighting the case...
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has an editorial that spends a significant amount of space discussing our recent writings. The entire piece is worth reading, but here is part of it: Democrats like to say that they work for the little guy. How is it, then, that they seem...
Fred Kunkle at the Washington Post has a follow-up story on the seizure of guns at US airports and on our work on concealed handgun permits. A researcher has run the numbers on the record-setting number of guns found in carry-on luggage at airport checkpoints and...
The CPRC has done multiple radio interviews on our new report (e.g., here, here, here, and here), and we continue to get other media coverage. Fox News, August 2, 2017 There are more than 16 million concealed-carry permittees in the U.S., a figure that soared 256...
On Monday, August 7th at 9:09 PM, Greg Gutfeld discussed Dr. John Lott's new op-ed in the Chicago Tribune that discussed how gun control laws are disarming the very people, poor blacks, who need protection the most. GUTFELD: The reason why we're doing this segment is...
Fred Kunkle at the Washington Post has a story about the record number of seizures of guns at airports and is calling for stiffer penalties. . . . The increase in gun seizures is no doubt a reflection of record numbers of air travelers and the rising number of...
Jedediah Bila on ABC's The View: I'm not a gun owner. I spend a lot of time with gun owners and spent a lot of time in Texas. When you study these shootings, what you find out is a lot of the lunatics, these maniacs target gun-free zones. The Aurora shooter, who went...