The Crime Prevention Research Center found that more than 86% of police chiefs and sheriffs support “national reciprocity.” What that means is that a concealed carry permit holder from Arizona could cross into California and continue to carry. That would be...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hpGmJK_hI This is harder on police than we think is justified. Uniformed police simply have a very difficult job. The media loves to push the narrative that "good guys with guns don’t stop bad guys." But a new study from John Lott’s...
Breitbart covers our new research, though not directly from our website. Data compiled by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows that armed civilians stop more mass shootings than police do. American Thinker pointed to the CPRC data last week, noting not...
Glenn Reynolds, "FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER: A Deep Dive into Cases Where Civilians Stopped Active Shooters. Did they accidentally shoot bystanders, get in the way of police, get their gun taken away, or create other problems? How does it compare to...
The CPRC was actively involved in helping the law to abolish gun-free zones in Wyoming enacted. Besides writing an op-ed in Wyoming's largest newspaper with state Senator Cheri Steinmetz, who managed the bill through the state Senate, Dr....
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs . . . Elected as a member of the Republican Party, Mayor Jacobs has a long libertarian streak running through him, especially when it comes to civil rights and economic freedom. “I was taught, growing up, that there are two ends of the...
The former director of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation references our work. . Dear editor: . I read with interest and some dismay the dueling letters between Dr. John Lott and lawyer Linda Burtabout the issue of gun free zones. ...
The bill had already passed the House by a veto proof 50-to-10 margin. Dr. Lott had written an op-ed with Wyoming state Senator Cheri Steinmetz in the state's largest newspaper. Multiple witnesses on both sides of the gun control referenced Lott's research. ....
After suffering alarming spikes in violent crime, some cities are now reporting better news. But the past four years have been filled with debate over the national trends. Some say the government has been manipulating numbers. I spoke with a data expert about the how...
Full Measure's Sharyl Attkisson does a deep dive with Dr. John Lott on problems with the FBI’s crime data. This interview was related to Dr. Lott’s investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations titled “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats.”...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsD7o4SHW38 NJ Assemblyman Greg Myhre (R) has a video on how violent crime fell after the Supreme Court's Bruen decision, dramatically increasing the number of concealed handgun permits in the state. As has been seen in all the other...
Trump's numbers and the timing of when the data was released might not be exactly right, but the general point is definitely correct (see here and here). Other times where Trump has relied on our research are here and here.