Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduces an amendment to keep track of incomes of those affected by Red Flag Laws and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Massie also wanted to keep track of the race and gender of those who were falsely...
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During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Red Flag Laws, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) using op-ed Massie and Lott wrote
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Red Flag Laws, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) using op-ed Massie & Dr. John Lott wrote at Townhall. The piece is available here. (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)
Congressman Greg Steube cites CPRC research in a House judiciary committee hearing on Red Flag Laws
During a hearing on Red Flag Laws, Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) cites CPRC research in a House judiciary committee hearing. A copy of the paper he cited is available here. During the hearing, Steube offered an amendment that resulted from conversations that Steube's...
Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) confronts Rep Steve Cohen’s (D-TN) claim there are no Defensive Gun Uses by Using CPRC’s research
In a hearing about the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) challenges Congressman Steve Cohen's (D-TN) claim that there are no Defensive Gun Uses. Congressman Massie responded by reading from a recent report that the...
CPRC in the News: NewsMax, Yahoo! News, Breitbart, American Thinker, The Crime Report, CNS News, and much more
A report released Friday finds that the number of concealed carry gun permits in the country rose 10.5% in the last year, growing to more than 21 million people.The report, issued by the Crime Prevention Research Center, finds that the number of people...
Our Research discussed at Fox News and Yahoo! News: Study shows concealed handgun permits soared during coronavirus pandemic, hit record high year-over-year increase
Fox News has a news story on our newest annual report on concealed handgun permits. The version at Yahoo! News is available here. A new study shows that the number of concealed handgun permits soared in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic and has increased...
CPRC in the News: Fox News, The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), Texas Insider, CNS News, and more
"If Biden is allowed to impose regulations without a vote by Congress simply because he decides it helps ‘public safety,’ there is no limit to what he can do," gun advocate John R. Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told Fox News. "He could...
Congressman Massie uses CPRC research to argue for an amendment to protect Americans’ Due Process Rights
$2.5 billion in the Democrats' $3.5 trillion entitlement package would allow the US Department of Justice to incentivize states adopting Red Flag Laws. Congressman Thomas Massie proposed an amendment to protect people's Due Process rights, but Democrats said that was...
CPRC in the News: Forbes, Instapundit, BizPac Review, and more
“Most developed countries ban absentee ballots unless the citizen is living abroad or require Photo-IDs to obtain those ballots,” noted an August 2020 study by John Lott with the Crime Prevention Center. “Even higher percentages of European Union or other...
Other Amicus Briefs in the upcoming Supreme Court Case Of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that Cite the CPRC’s Work
There are a couple additional briefs in the upcoming Supreme Court Case Of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that cite the CPRC's research (we had already shows one from the states of Arizona and Missouri). All the briefs are available here. Our...
CPRC in the News: Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Politifact, Epoch Times, Real Clear Politics, and much more
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez on June 4 issued a permanent injunction against enforcement of much of California’s ban on purchasing assault rifles. State Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has appealed the Benitez ruling, saying the state’s “strong common sense gun...
CPRC in the News: Washington Examiner, Seeking Alpha, PJ Media, Real Clear Politics, Just the News, and much more
Economist and gun rights advocate John Lott wrote the successful and breakthrough book More Guns, Less Crime in 1998, and the anti-gun Left has never forgiven him for it.Anti-gunners refuse to appear with the author, speaker, numbers cruncher, and president...