Cleveland Channel 5 ABC, June 27, 2016 Rodecker pointed to the latest Crime Prevention Research Center report that shows that the number of permits issued in the U.S. has grown more than 15% in the past year. . . . Ammoland, June 27, 2016 Details are emerging about...
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CPRC Research in the Media about Gun-Free Zones
The Daily Caller, Monday, June 13, 2016 Another “new” lesson: Gun-free zones do not prevent attacks of this nature, and this past weekend in Florida proves it. According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, both the Pulse and the location where former Voice...
CPRC in the News: Science News, Orange County Register, Washington Times, Breitbart, and many others
Orange County Register, and The Press Enterprise (Riverside, California) Monday, May 23, 2016 • More gun control. Also pushed by Mr. Newsom, who is running for governor in 2018, this initiative, among other things, bans “possession of large-capacity magazines.” John...
CPRC quoted by the Associated Press: Commenting on lawsuits stemming from 2012 Batman Movie Theater Shooting
Associated Press, May 20, 2016 On Thursday, Cinemark Theaters won the lawsuit that had been filed against them by 27 plaintiffs -- survivors and families of people killed arising out of the 2012 Batman movie theater shooting. The jury quickly decided that "there was...
Katie Couric Spent almost 4 hours interviewing John Lott on film for her new Gun-Control Movie But Didn’t include Any of Lott’s Interview in the Movie
UPDATED: Post by John Lott: After over two hours of pre-interviews with Kristin Lazure, a Producer at Atlas Films, I was asked to travel to New York City to do an interview with Katie Couric for her new movie. As Kristin put it on July 14,...
CPRC on WMAL about Federal Judge’s decision to Strike Down DC’s concealed handgun law
CPRC's Dr. John Lott was interviewed for a brief news segment about a federal judge's decision to strike down DC's very restrictive concealed handgun law as too restrictive. A copy of the decision is available here. The first quote here was edited to leave out...
CPRC in the News: Washington Times, Hot Air, Townhall, New American, Dayton Daily News, and many others
Dayton Daily News, May 13, 2016 All 50 states now allow some form of concealed carry, and since Obama’s election, the number of citizens with concealed handgun permits nearly tripled to more than 12.8 million, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center. The...
CPRC in the News: Sacramento Bee, Townhall, Breitbart, and many other places around the US
Townhall, April 23, 2016 Wisconsin reached a major milestone this week: 300,000 of its residents are licensed to carry a concealed firearm. That’s eight percent of the state’s population. . . . The Crime Prevention Research Center also issued a report saying that more...
CPRC’s Lott noted in the Wall Street Journal editorial on “Harriet Tubman is an inspired choice to replace Andrew Jackson”
In an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, they mention a tweet that CPRC's John Lott had on Harriet Tubman and concerns that her choice may be a politically correct move. John Lott makes a pithy case for the contrary. An expert on the Second Amendment and sometime...
CPRC research is covered by Breitbart.com: “Guns Stolen from Licensed Dealers at Rate of .039%”
The CPRC's new study on gun thefts from Federally licensed gun dealers gets covered at Breitbart.com: A new Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) report shows that guns were stolen from licensed dealers at a rate of .039 percent in 2015. This revelation comes even...
Obama’s Meaningless Gun Order:President issues another fiat that seems designed mainly to harass firearms sellers
On March 30th, 2016, Edmund Kozak had a write up on our new report showing that Obama's claim that "many lost and stolen guns end up being used in crimes" is simply not true. A central component of President Obama’s recent executive actions on gun control was designed...
CPRC Mentions in the News: Orange County Register, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tennessean, Daily Caller, Baltimore Sun, HuffPost Politics, America’s 1st Freedom, and many others
ABC Channel 10 (Sacramento, California), February 25, 2016 The spike is so pronounced that it has angered gun advocates and gun critics alike. To those who see the proliferation of firearms as a problem, another rush for guns is just the latest chapter in a tragically...