The newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Gun control has largely been a top down effort. Michael Bloomberg’s latest announcement that he will spend another $50 million to push gun control – 2.5 times the amount spent by the NRA annually on political activities –...
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Bloomberg’s $50 million push for gun control this year, and why that is only the tip of problem
Bloomberg's promise to spend $50 million this year on gun control efforts is just the tip of the iceberg. As the NY Times reports it, this is 2.5 times the $20 million that the NRA has been spending a year on political activities. But that $50 million is really just a...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “Michael Bloomberg, Gun Control And Fabricated Numbers”
John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily starts this way: No doubt, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg passionately believes in gun control. To his credit, he puts his own money — tens of millions of dollars, and possibly much more — into...
CPRC on Blaze TV with Dana Loesch to discuss the BATF’s Ares Raid in California and Bloomberg’s “research”
The audio of John Lott's appearance is available here (March 21, 2014, 5:21 to 5:26 PM). This audio contains the five minutes before John Lott is interviewed as Dana is interviewing the Ares shop owner who was dealing with the BATF.
Bloomberg’s Gun Control Groups plan strategy to pressure companies to oppose gun ownership
Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action want to push their "success" with Starbucks to other companies. In September, 2013, Starbucks issued the following policy: Starbucks says guns are no longer welcome in its cafes, though it is stopping...
CPRC on the Dennis Miller Show: Discussing Background Checks and Bloomberg Funded Research
The audio of John Lott's interview with Dennis Miller is available here (March 10, 2014, 12:35 to 1 PM). Dennis Miller's kind endorsement of the CPRC at the end of the interview: We are talking to John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, and if...
CPRC at the Conservative Political Action Conference: on the Radio to point out false claims in the gun control debate
Here are segments from the Dana Loesch Show (Friday, March 7th from 2:26 to 2:30 PM), the Lars Larson Show (Friday, March 7th from 5:40 to 5:50 PM), the Jason Lewis Radio Show Part 1 and Part 2 (Friday, March 7th from 7:40 to 8 PM), and the Libertarian Republic (click...
CPRC on The Greg Garrison Show on WIBC in Indianapolis to discuss false information about guns in the media
On Wednesday, March 6th John Lott appeared on the Greg Garrison radio show from 9:35 to 10 AM to discuss how Michael Bloomberg pushing false information about guns. The audio is available here.
CPRC on NRA News
CPRC was on NRA News to discuss Bloomberg's false claims about how the 1996 budget Amendment on CDC research impact firearms research. The audio of that interview from Friday, February 28th is available here.
CPRC at Fox News: “Don’t believe mainstream media mistruths about firearms research”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: If we are to believe the mainstream media, the powerful NRA has used its political muscle to keep people ignorant of how guns impact our safety. They are supposedly to blame for the elimination of firearms...
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...
CPRC on the Sportsman TV Channel: Two interviews discussing various gun control claims
The audio of an interview from Tuesday, February 18th is available here. The audio of an interview from Friday, February 21st is available here.