Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post that starts this way: When will politicians finally recognize that they can’t protect all the possible shooting targets? Possibly the largest mass public shooting in US history occurred early on Sunday morning,...
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CPRC at Fox News: “Concealed carry, California and the 9th Circuit’s misrepresentation of the facts”
CPRC's John Lott has this new op-ed at Fox News discussing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision on permitted concealed handgun laws. Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 7-4 decision that Americans don’t have a right to carry concealed handguns...
CPRC in the Orange County Register: “Gun-free zones, like at UCLA, are magnets for murderers”
CPRC academic board member Professor Tim Groseclose and Dr. John Lott wrote a piece about the shooting last week at UCLA. Their piece begins this way: The fatal shooting at UCLA wasn’t supposed to happen. Late last year, California passed a ban on people being able to...
CPRC at Fox News: “Four ways Hillary Clinton will work to end gun ownership as president”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: On Sunday, Hillary Clinton just couldn’t bring herself to say on ABC's "This Week" that Americans have an individual right to own guns. But it didn’t stop her from denying Donald Trump’s claim that she wants...
CRPC at Fox News: “Obama just got one giant step closer towards creating a national gun registry”
Hawaii is moving towards putting its list of registered gun owners in the FBI database. Obviously, the state can only enter this data into the FBI database with the approval of the FBI and the US Department of Justice, both under the control of the Obama...
CPRC at National Review: “When ‘Smart-Gun’ Laws Are Not So Smart”
Dr. John Lott commented on the Obama administration's gun control conference earlier this week. His piece starts this way: At a White House conference on Tuesday with representatives of state and local law enforcement from all 50 states, Vice President Joe...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Is Trump Right About Hillary’s Views On Guns?”
Dr. John Lott's newest piece at Daily Caller deals with the current gun debate: The media — from fact checkers to late night talk shows — has had a field day claiming that Trump is making false statements on guns. The media ought to have lost credibility by now. Last...
CPRC at National Review: “On Guns, Clinton Runs Both Left and Right, Depending on Her Audience”
CPRC's John Lott has a new piece at National Review on Hillary Clinton's views on gun control. What does Hillary Clinton really believe on guns? This year, she is running to the left of Bernie Sanders. In 2008, she ran well to the right of Obama, arguing against any...
CPRC at Investor’s Business Daily: “Will President Obama Regulate Guns Out Of Existence?”
This is John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily: President Obama wants to put gun dealers out of business. When he was a state senator in Illinois, he supported a ban on the sale of handguns and all semi-automatic guns as well as a ban on selling guns...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: In Wake Of The Shooting, Should The Capitol Remain Gun-Free?
CPRC has a new piece at Investor's Business Daily on the Capitol shooting on Monday: Like so many mass public shootings, the gunman who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Monday first tried shooting a uniformed officer. Fortunately, the lone gunman was quickly subdued and...
CPRC OP-ED IN THE TENNESSEAN: “Allowing guns at Legislative Plaza would increase safety”
Nikki Goeser & Dr. John Lott op-ed featured in The Tennessean (March 15, 2016) Democrats sure seem worried that there will soon be no safe place left for them in Nashville. The Legislative Plaza and the War Memorial Building, where state legislators have their...
CPRC at Fox News: “You know the case for background checks is weak if . . .”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News is on the extremely low quality of research by public health researchers starts this way: Academic advocates of gun control apparently need to manipulate the data in order to argue for background checks on private gun transfers. ...