Dr. John Lott's newest piece in the politics section of the New York Daily News starts this way: Just in time for the election, the New York attorney general has released a new statewide study showing that many crime guns originated from other states. Attorney General...
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CPRC at Fox News: “If Clinton wins, America, kiss your right to self-defense good-bye”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News: In terms of individual rights, there has probably never been so much at stake in a presidential election. If Hillary Clinton wins, Americans will soon lose the right of self-defense in their own homes. Wednesday night in Las...
CPRC in Maine’s Sun Journal on Michael Bloomberg’s gun control initiative on their ballot
Dr. John Lott has a oped in Maine's Sun Journal about the Michael Bloomberg gun control initiative being pushed there. Let’s say a stalker is threatening a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your handgun. She is trained and has no criminal record....
CPRC in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Bloomberg’s Initiative
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Bloomberg's initiative requiring background checks on the private transfer of guns. Let’s say a stalker is threatening a female friend of yours. She asks you if she can borrow your handgun. She is...
CPRC at Fox News: “Guns, the Second Amendment and what you should hear from Clinton and Trump”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Fox News At this Sunday’s town-hall style presidential debate the public is able to vote for their favorite questions. The ABC News and CNN moderators plan on using the 30 questions that receive the most votes. Largely because of...
CPRC at the Philadelphia Inquirer: “Trump law-and-order platform would help blacks”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the Philadelphia Inquirer on the New York Times claim that Trump's "law and order" campaign is just code for racism. Is Donald Trump's "law and order" campaign just code for racism? The media and Hillary Clinton sure believe so. After...
Op-ed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on “A real difference in how to battle terror”: Gun Control versus Immigration Restrictions
Dr. John Lott has a op-ed in today's Minneapolis Star Tribune on two different approaches on how to battle terrorism. The piece contrasts the push for more gun control with other approaches. (This piece was done outside Lott's work with the CPRC and his affiliation...
CPRC at Fox News: “What Donald Trump knows about Hillary Clinton and her bodyguards”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the most recent uproar about Donald Trump's comments and guns. Was Donald Trump inciting violence against Hillary Clinton when he spoke last Friday about disarming her bodyguards? Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s vice...
New Fox News piece: “Gun ownership is up in America. So why isn’t the media telling you about it?”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Two weeks ago, the PEW Research Center released a survey showing that gun ownership by households is up to 44% — a 7-percentage point increase in the past two years. Another 5% of households won’t reveal...
CPRC in the New York Post: “Sorry, Hillary: Trump’s policies are clearly better for blacks”
Dr. John Lott's latest op-ed at the New York Post starts this way: Hillary Clinton claims that some of Donald Trump’s appeal is “xenophobic, racist, misogynistic.” On Thursday she asked, “If he doesn’t respect all Americans, how can he serve all Americans?” But who...
CPRC at Fox News: Trump foes miss the mark on Clinton’s Second Amendment stand
Dr. John Lott's new piece at Fox News was on the top of the Front page and it was for at least the last two hours the most read article on the entire website. The piece starts this way: Donald Trump keeps saying that Hillary Clinton wants to “essentially abolish the...
CPRC at National Review: “The Myth of the Big Bad Gun Lobby”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at National Review Online starts this way: As far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, the NRA gets its way only by intimidating elected officials. In an interview with Newsweek last week, Clinton claimed that the NRA uses campaign donations...


