Real Clear Policy, December 28, 2015 Kleck suggested that concealed-carry laws don't even increase the carrying of guns; instead, they just legalize what people were doing anyway. In response, Lott pointed out that the rising number of concealed-carry permits has...
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CPRC in the Washington Post: “As Obama tries to bridge divide on guns, it seems as wide as ever”
David Nakamura and Juliet Eilperin have this article in the Washington Post: John R. Lott Jr., a conservative gun rights activist who heads the Crime Prevention Research Center, said administration officials tend to gloss over the fact that people who have been...
CPRC interviewed by Fox News: “California school district doubles down on conceal carry policy, despite new state law”
Fox News has this article on a school district in California that is fighting to allow concealed handgun permit holders to continue carrying in their school. From Fox News: Weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill barring concealed weapons on K-12 school grounds,...
CPRC’s work on expanded background checks discussed in the Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Colin McNickle has this piece in the Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: In its latest installment in a crusade to rid America of firearms, The New York Times “reports” on a “study” that purports to show how, in the first six years after Missouri “repealed the...
CPRC in the news: A couple mentions in the Washington Post, Washington Times, CNBC, the UK Daily Mail, and many others
This list here is only a tiny fraction of the news coverage that we have received over the last week. We have seen the CPRC covered in hundreds of media outlets as a result of a story in the Associated Press. Other outlets such as NBC News and Newsweek have also...
CPRC on NBC News: Discussing the change in gun laws since Sandy Hook Attack
NBC News, December 14, 2015. This is a very unbalanced article. No notion that gun control may make it more likely that people will be victims of violent crime. John Lott, a longtime gun researcher and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said that the...
Associated Press uses CPRC numbers on the number of Concealed Handgun Permits
Many hundreds of newspapers and media around the US and others around the world saw the Associated Press reference the CPRC research on the number of concealed handgun permits. These numbers help give people some perspective on anything that happens with concealed...
CPRC in Newsweek, putting the firearms accidentally carried at airport gun-free zones in perspective
At an annual rate, the US is on track to have 2,624 firearms found in carry-on bags at airport checkpoints, an 18.6 percent increase over the previous year. Fairly close to the 15 percent increase in the number of concealed handgun permits, and that this doesn't...
Fox News Sunday uses CPRC data on Mass Public Shootings
One correction on what Chris Wallace said. Our data only looked at mass public shootings for the US and Europe, not the entire world. Our research can be found here. Regarding Juan Williams comparison across countries this discussion might be helpful. Transcript...
CPRC talks to Reporting Texas about Gunshot Detection Equipment
From Reporting Texas: Though detection systems are present in more than 90 U.S. cities, including San Francisco and New York, not everyone is convinced of their worth. John Lott, president of the Crime Research Prevention Center, which researches gun use and crime,...
CPRC in the recent news from around the country: Yahoo Finance, Washington Times, NewsMax, and many other places
Washington Times, December 7, 2015 Many blame gun violence and terrorist acts on the availability of guns. It seems logical — no guns, no gun violence. The number of guns in the United States has been growing rapidly. Various estimates put the number of guns to well...
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) reads John Lott’s recent National Review article on background checks on C-SPAN
The piece that Congressman Gohmert is reading is available here.