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...
Media Discussion on CPRC
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...
More Details on Michael Bloomberg’s demand that John Lott be excluded from Katie Couric’s movie “Under the Gun”
From America's 1st Freedom on September 5th: Shouldn’t journalists who want to tackle the issues related to illegal use of guns in America, and thereby help us find real solutions to violent crime in places like Chicago’s South Side, start by being honest? John Lott...
CPRC in the News: The National Interest, New China, The Daily Signal and others
New China, August 30, 2016 In an interview with Xinhua, John R. Lott, Jr., Crime Prevention Research Center founder and president, suggested that gun restriction is not the way to stop gun violence. Considered one of the nation's top opponents to restrictions on...
Breitbart: “Claim: Michael Bloomberg Demanded John Lott Interview Cut from Couric Gun Control Film”
This how the article at Breitbart starts: Radio host John Cardillo claims that interview segments with noted gun scholar John Lott were included in the earliest version of Katie Couric’s gun control movie Under the Gun, but were taken out at Michael Bloomberg’s...
CPRC report on permitted concealed handguns makes the Pittsburgh Tribune Reviews’ front page, other papers as well
The Pittsburgh Tribune Review front page headline: "Demand high in Pa. to carry concealed guns." Demand for gun ownership in America continues to climb. The nation's 14 million concealed-carry permit holders marks an all-time high, with women snapping up concealed...
CPRC in the News: New York Post, KCET, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Townhall, PJ Media, and many others
New York Post, August 10, 2016 Criminologist: Why Hillary Refuses Police Union Backing “Democrats have drifted so far left, they now stand at odds with the country’s largest police union,” writes John Lott at National Review. He takes note of the little-reported story...
The Oklahoman Editorial Board extensively discusses the new CPRC report on Concealed Handgun Permits, other media also covering our report
The Oklahoman Editorial Board, Sunday, August 14, 2016 DUE in part to recent mass shootings, Democrats have begun to embrace gun control again. The Hill, a newspaper covering Congress, noted that this amounts to Democrats “betting that a shift in voter sentiment has...
News coverage about CPRC report on Record Number and Record Growth of Concealed Handgun Permits
There has been some new media coverage of our new CPRC report on there being over 14.5 million concealed handgun permit holders in the US. Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, August 10, 2016 Americans now holding permits to pack a concealed weapon in public has...
CPRC in the News: Newsweek, Florida Politics, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, The Blaze, Arizona Republic, and others
Newsweek, July 13, 2016 Obama has rightly been criticized on this front by the ever-alert John Lott for ignoring the underlying rate of violations, especially in connection with arrest rates for homicide, which are twice as high for blacks even though they are six...
CPRC in the Washington Post and Politifact on Obama’s claims about the ease of teenagers getting guns
"We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book." — Barack Obama on Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 in a speech at a memorial service in Dallas Both Washington Post and...