CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a piece at the Daily Caller that excerpts part of her new book, "Stalked and Defenseless." The piece starts this way: The night of my husband’s death, I had been informed that the Metro Nashville Police Department offers a Victim Intervention...
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At Fox News: Concealed-permit gun holders save lives — Texas church attack just the latest example
Dr. John Lott has a piece up at Fox News about the concealed handgun permit holders who stopped the mass public shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ near Fort Worth. The piece starts this way: The attack on the West Freeway Church of Christ reminds us of an...
On Townhall.com: Government Funded ‘Gun Violence’ Research Is Really Political Propaganda
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on the budget agreement that Congress has reached on funding public health research on firearm violence. The piece starts this way: On Monday, House and Senate negotiators announced a deal where $25 million in taxpayer...
At Fox News: My husband was shot dead in a gun-free zone – Now his imprisoned killer sends me love letters
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a new piece up at Fox News about the dangers of gun-free zones and how the legal system doesn't always protect us the way that we want it to. Her piece starts this way: My stalker just won’t go away. Ten years ago, he murdered my...
At Townhall.com: If Civilians Can Be Trusted With Guns, Military Personnel Should Be Too
The CPRC's Nikki Goeser and John Lott have a piece at Townhall about whether military personnel can carry guns on military bases in the US. With the shootings over the last week at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida and at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii,...
At Townhall.com: The Futility of Gun Regulations: From Ghost Guns to Background Checks
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com that starts way: It seems obvious: Restrict gun access and people will be safer. Everything from gun bans to background checks keep being pushed as the solutions.But theory and practice don’t always match. Too often...
At Townhall.com: Republican Journalists Banned
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com about how the Democratic National Committee and some journalists are being very careful on who they will let ask the Democrat presidential candidates questions. The piece starts this way: Everyone knows that the Democratic...
At Townhall.com: After Another Mass Shooting, California Must Recognize Its Gun Control Laws May Actually Be Part of the Problem
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com on yesterday's school shooting. The piece starts this way: Another school shooting, this time by a 15-year-old at Saugus High School in California, another quest for answers. Yet, 20 years after Columbine, the...
In the Wall Street Journal: Mexico’s Soaring Murder Rate Proves Gun Control Is Deadly
Dr. John Lott has a new piece in the Wall Street Journal about Mexico's extremely high murder rate. Another month, another record number of murders in Mexico. For the first nine months of 2019, Mexico had 25,890 murders—almost six times as many murders per 100,000...
At Townhall: Felons Voting While In Prison In D.C.
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall on the push in Washington, DC to let felons vote while they are still serving their sentence in prison. The piece starts this way: Washington, D.C.’s council seems posed to let felons vote while they are still...
New piece at Broad & Liberty: We don’t need Red Flag laws – we have the tools in place to help the mentally ill and protect people’s rights
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Broad & Liberty, a new opinion outlet in Philadelphia. Everyone wants to stop dangerous people from getting guns. The hot new policy option before this committee is Red Flag laws, which take away the guns of people deemed dangerous to...
At Townhall.com: Women, Minorities Fueling Increase in Concealed Handgun Permits
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Townhall.com that starts this way: Each year brings a new record increase in the number of concealed handgun permits. The rate of growth in permits among women and minorities has far outpaced growth among white men. The data paint a...






