UPDATE: Buzzfeed and others mischaracterize what happened with Taylor Woolrich's op-ed. See discussion here. ORIGINAL: This is some of the news coverage that was obtained from the Students for Concealed Carry Convention that the Crime Prevention Research Center...
Media Discussion on CPRC
Fox News on Taylor Woolrich’s story, denied a chance to defend herself from stalker
Here is the first part of the story that was the lead up at Fox News: A 20-year-old Dartmouth student says she may have to give up her Ivy League dream and drop out of school because the prestigious college won't allow her to carry a gun -- to protect herself against...
CPRC Debating Former NJ Gov. James Florio in the pages of the NJ Star-Ledger over limits on magazine size
After John Lott's original piece in the NJ Star-Ledger defense of Governor Chris Christie's veto of a 10 bullet limit on gun magazine size, Former Governor James Florio wrote a response. An op-ed article that appeared Saturday, authored by John R. Lott Jr. and...
CPRC in the Weekly Standard on the Federal District Court decision on concealed carry
Whitney Blake's article in The Weekly Standard on Senior District Court Judge Fredrick Scullin Jr.'s decision on Saturday to let people carry concealed handguns in DC extensively quotes CPRC president John Lott. The immediate implications are significant, according to...
Fox News’ The Five: CPRC research on concealed carry continues to get news coverage
The CPRC study on concealed handgun permits from July 9th received extensive news coverage, but it continues to be discussed. Here it is being discussed on Fox News' The Five. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Regarding Bob Beckel's comments on the research...
Philly mother facing three years on gun charge, no intent to violated complicated gun laws
Fox News extensively quoted CPRC president John Lott about the tragic story of a young mother who ran afoul of New Jersey gun laws. On October 1st, Shaneen Allen, 27, was stopped by police in New Jersey’s Atlantic County after making an unsafe lane change. Allen then...
CPRC Concealed Carry Report on Concealed Handguns in the News
Fox News: Murder rate drops as concealed carry permits rise, study claims A dramatic spike in the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed weapons coincides with an equally stark drop in violent crime, according to a new study, which Second Amendment...
New Report from Crime Prevention Research Center shows 11.1 million Americans Hold Concealed Carry Permits
UPDATE: Newest numbers 14.5 million permit holders in 2016. The report below is for 2014. The later reports for 2015 and 2016 can be seen here. ORIGINAL POST: Concealed-Carry-Permit-Holders-Across-the-United-StatesThe Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) today...
MYTH: FIREARMS RESEARCH FELL AFTER THE NRA RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDING
The CPRC is proud to release a new study that is available here. Here is part of a news story on the report from Fox News: A forthcoming study is challenging claims, repeated over and over in the media, that federal restrictions effectively froze gun research over the...
An exchange in Scientific American over the academic literature on concealed carry and background checks
This is the second exchange in the letters section of Scientific American that John Lott has had with Michael Shermer in the last year. Of course, the single paper that Shermer cites was mentioned and discussed at length in the review of the literature that Lott...