John Lott was interviewed for a news story in the New York Daily News: . . . Even if soldiers couldn't have ended Muhammed Youssef Abdulazeez's attack as he ambushed them from a car, the sight of weapons could have deterred him, John R. Lott Jr., president of the...
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CPRC Research in the News: Fox News, Washington Times, Hot Air, and others
A Fox News article titled "Concealed-carry handgun permits soar as murder rate drops, study claims" has this report on our new study: A report from a prominent economist finds that the number of permits to carry concealed handguns has skyrocketed by 178 percent in the...
Sean Hannity reads CPRC op-ed on “The Myth of American Gun Violence” on his National Radio Show
John Lott's op-ed titled "The Myth of American Gun Violence" at the New York Daily News was read by Sean Hannity on his national radio show (audience 12.5 million).
CPRC in the Wall Street Journal: Authors of FBI Report on Public Shootings admit “our data is imperfect”
For months John Lott had tried getting a response from the Department of Justice and the authors of a FBI report on "active shooters" regarding errors that the CPRC had found. Lott then published our research in the March 2015 issue of the Academy of Criminal Justice...
Al Jazeera using CPRC data to point out Heather MacDonald’s false claim about increasing murder rates in 2015
Al Jazeera using Crime Prevention Research Center's work to point out Heather MacDonald’s false claim about increasing murder rates during the beginning of 2015 (June 3, 2015)
Greg Gutfeld & Eric Boiling Use CPRC Research to Discuss the “Media’s uninformed backlash against Vince Vaughn”
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Here is also a transcript of Gutfeld's remarks. One will note that Greg Gutfeld's points parallel the evidence that we had put together on Vince Vaughn's comments. John Lott also has a new op-ed at Fox News on the Vince...
CPRC at Fox News: “Designer of 3-D-printed gun challenges feds to Constitutional duel”
John Lott was interviewed by Fox News about the Obama administration's latest attempts to ban computer files that allow 3D printers to print guns. This isn't just plastic printers. The metal 3D printers can produce a gun that is identical in many ways to a gun that...
News coverage on Bloomberg’s research director’s refusal to debate with John Lott
John Lott's and Everytown's research director separate presentations on C-SPAN on Saturday highlighted Bloomberg's groups continued unwillingness to debate. There have been about a dozen instances over the last seven or eight years where producers will call John Lott...
CPRC in Politifact on which states have the most concealed handgun permits
From Politifact Florida: We interviewed John R. Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center which compiles data on gun permits in states. Lott, an academic and Fox News columnist, published the book More Guns, Less Crime through the University of Chicago...
CPRC at Fox News on the impact of police seizing people’s guns and not returning them
Malia Zimmerman's piece contained this discussion: . . . . These tactics are a way for police departments or the government to make it more costly to own guns, said John Lott, an economist, leading expert on guns, and author at the Crime Prevention Research Center....
CPRC in the Washington Times on the big surge in gun production since 1999
A news article in the Washington Times: . . . The biggest change in production has come under President Obama. From 2001 to 2007, gun production held steady at between 3 million and 4 million units a year. It topped 4 million in 2008 but shot to 5.6 million in 2009,...
CPRC Survey of economists gets front page mention in the Washington Times
The Washington Times covered our survey of economists that was conducted by Professor Gary Mauser. Stephen Dinan's article that compared our survey to one done at the same time by David Hemenway: . . . Take Mr. Mauser’s question about self-defense and crimes: While...