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...
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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...
CPRC in the News: Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Sean Hannity, Cato Institute and many others
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...
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...