A copy of our new study is available here. The previous coverage that we got at Fox News is available here. PoliceOne.com, Friday, November 18, 2016 A new study authored by the Crime Prevention Research Center digs deep into the data during a period that ‘bookends’...
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CPRC at Fox News on what is ahead for gun sales
Fox News interviewed Dr. John Lott about the impact that Donald Trump's election will have on gun sales. “A lot of people were buying guns simply because they were worried Hillary Clinton’s regulations would make it more costly and more difficult to buy guns, and...
NEW CPRC Research gets attention in Fox News: “White police officers don’t unfairly target black suspects, study says”
John Lott at the CPRC and Carl Moody at the College of William & Mary and the CPRC have a new study on police shootings (a copy of the study is available here). Fox News had a top of the page news story about our study: The day after a Minnesota cop was charged...
CPRC mentioned on CSPAN: Mark Levin’s Book Recommendations
This appeared on C-SPAN on November 11, 2016, at 4:47 PM.
CPRC in the News: Chattanooga Times Free Press, Topeka Capital Journal, Valdosta Daily Times, America’s First Freedom, and others
Chattanooga Time Free Press, October 31, 2016 Since 2007, concealed carry permits for women have increased by 270 percent nationwide, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. But the fashion aspect of carrying is not just for the sake of fashion, it's also...
CPRC gets credit at Fox News for correcting a big error in CDC data: “Federal data used for control campaign miss the mark – big time”
Dr. John Lott's analysis caught a big error in CDC data on accidental gun deaths, that made the number of deaths look 21% larger than it actually was. From Fox News: Federal data showing annual accidental gun deaths in Tennessee soared to 105 from just 19 propelled a...
CPRC in the News: NBC News, Connecticut Post, WRCB TV, Guns.com, and others
NBC News, October , 2016; WRCB TV (Chattanooga, TN), October 26, 2016; Inland News Today (Riverside, CA), October 26, 2016 If anyone has a bone to pick with the Johns Hopkins report, it is John Lott. He is an economist and author of "The War on Guns: Arming Yourself...
CPRC in the New York Times: Commenting on “Report Highlights How Guns Flow Into New York From States With Weaker Laws”
The CPRC provided a little bit of balance in an article on the release of a new gun tracing report by the New York Attorney General. . . . But John R. Lott Jr., the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center in Pennsylvania, disagreed. “That’s like finding out...
Garland County, Arkansas uses CPRC research to let employees bring permitted concealed handguns to work
County employees in Garland County, Arkansas will now be able to carry permitted concealed handguns at work. From the Sentinel-Record: Justices of the peace defeated repeated motions Monday night to give the Garland County Employee Concealed Carry Plan more...
CPRC in the News: Washington Times (2), Breitbart (3), Sacramento Bee, New Hampshire Political Buzz, Outdoor Life, America’s 1st Freedom, and other places
Washington Times, Tuesday, October 3, 2016 During Mr. Obama’s presidency the number of people with concealed carry permits has increased from about 6 million to nearly 15 million. More than 6 percent of all adults in the U.S. now have a permit to carry a concealed...
CPRC in the News: Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Orlando Sentinel, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The New Republic, and Many more
New Republic, September 7, 2016 With every syllabus and core curriculum, faculty and administrators have to decide what material to include and what to leave out. Similarly, there is no objective, apolitical list of visiting speakers. To the extent that conservatives,...
CPRC in the News: Daily Caller, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, PoliZette, CNSNews.com, and others
Midland (Texas) Daily News, September 2, 2016 A study by the Crime Prevention Research Center noted that concealed-carry permits have boomed nationally, but particularly among women and minorities. “In eight states where we have data by gender, since 2012 the number...