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...
Media Discussion on CPRC
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.
Bret Baier’s Special Report discusses the CPRC’s research on Mass Public Shootings
More detailed information on the numbers used by Bret Baier on Fox News are available here, here, and here. Peter Docey did make one mistake in discussing our research. We were not subtracting off terrorist attacks from the totals.
John Stossel’s column takes on the claims that John Lott’s research has been “discredited”
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, New Hampshire Union Leader, St. George (UT) Spectrum, Townhall.com, Reason.com, Elko (Ca) Daily Free Press, Human Events, and many others. This week, my TV show is on gun control. I interviewed activist Leah Barrett, who wants...
CPRC in the Washington Post on Mass Shooting Tracker’s misleading methodology and claim of 355 mass shootings this year
John Lott's past concerns about Mass Shooting Tracker's methodology were aired by Christopher Ingraham in the Washington Post" Some observers, such as independent researcher and gun-rights proponent John Lott, object to the tracker's methodology, because it counts “a...
CPRC in the Washington Post on ” Fact Checker Obama’s inconsistent claim on the ‘frequency’ of mass shootings in the U.S. compared to other countries”
John Lott's work was quoted extensively in this article in the Washington Post by Michelle Lee. On Obama's claims about mass public shootings being unique to the US, the Post only gave him two Pinocchios. John R. Lott Jr., gun rights analyst who has tracked mass...
CPRC at Fox News discussing “Police union wants NFL to allow concealed carry at stadiums”
John Lott was interviewed by Fox News about whether the NFL should ban off-duty police from carrying their service weapons at games. “Off-duty police had been carrying their guns with them at NFL games from the time the NFL started until about a year-and-a-half ago,...
CPRC on Washington DC’s big WMAL to discuss DC Police Chief’s advice on civilians should actively take out mass public shooters
John Lott talked to Brian Wilson and Larry O'Connor about the DC Police Chief's advice on civilians should actively take out mass public shooters. Here is also an interesting interview that Brian Wilson and Larry O'Connor had with the head of the DC Police Officer...
Rush Limbaugh uses CPRC research on mass public shootings occurring in gun-free zones
On October 5, 2015 Rush Limbaugh mentioned some research that the CPRC had put together, though the source that he used doesn't acknowledge the research as coming from us. The source of Limbaugh's number is available in our report here where we go through each and...
CPRC research showing the claim that police are disproportionately shooting blacks was false was mentioned in CSPAN
This segment was shown on C-SPAN on November 15, 2015 at about 12:30 PM.