John Lott's newest opinion piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: I wish that I had been able to go to CNN’s town hall with President Obama. But Thursday night’s event was invitation-only. Still, Anderson Cooper, the moderator, challenged the president a few...
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CPRC in the National Review: Obama’s Gun-Control Order is Dictatorial, and it Won’t Work
President of Crime Prevention Research Center, Dr. John R. Lott Jr., has an op-ed piece out discussing Obama's Gun-Control orders and why they simply will not work. The op-ed starts like this Today, upset that Congress has refused, in his words, to do...
CPRC on Fox News: “Obama and guns: Eleven false or misleading claims from the president’s remarks this week”
John Lott has a new op-ed at Fox News that discusses some of the errors in Obama's talk on Tuesday. With tears in his eyes, President Obama pulled out all the stops in pushing his new executive orders on gun control this week. A Washington Post headline exclaimed,...
CPRC in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Allow permit holders to carry guns on college campuses”
John Lott's op-ed with Michael Gordinier, who teaches at Washington University in St. Louis, was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (January 06, 2016): Would posting a “gun-free zone” sign in front of your home make you feel safer? Probably not. Criminals don’t...
CPRC at Fox News: “Open carry comes to Texas: Why the Lone Star state will be safer in 2016”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: With about 900,000 concealed handgun permit holders in Texas, there is a good chance that someone next you in a Lone Star State grocery store or restaurant is carrying a concealed handgun. Starting Friday, Texas...
CPRC in the Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune: (Gun-free Zones are) Magnets for murderers
CPRC's John Lott and Michael R. Gordinier, a senior lecture at the Washington University Business School, had a piece in Sunday's Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri) in response to Would you post a sign announcing that your home is a gun-free zone? Would you feel safer?...
CPRC in the Los Angeles Times: “Think background checks prevent gun violence? Think again.”
From the Los Angeles Times on December 15, 2015. To the editor: Adam Winkler claims that we can reduce violent crime by requiring background checks on private gun transfers. This just isn't the case. ("Why banning assault rifles won't reduce gun violence," Opinion,...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “Obama Strategy Focuses On Guns, Not Terrorism”
Here is John Lott's piece in Investor's Business Daily evaluating Obama's first two domestic proposals to protect Americans from terrorism. On Sunday night, President Obama offered Americans his strategy for protecting them from terrorism. No, he didn’t announce new...
CPRC at Fox News: “The facts shoot holes in Obama’s claim that US is only host to mass killings”
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: On Tuesday, President Obama stunned Americans and French alike with his false claims about gun violence in America. "I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings. This just doesn’t happen in other...
CPRC at National Review Online: “Mass Shootings and Gun Control”
John Lott's newest piece at National Review Online starts this way: On Sunday, Hillary Clinton slammed Republicans for not being serious about protecting Americans from terrorism. “How many more Americans need to die before we take action?” Clinton asked in response...
CPRC at Investor’s Business Daily: “Obama Is Wrong: Mass Shootings Do Happen Elsewhere, And More Often”
This piece was written before the mass public shooting in San Bernardino, California, so the total casualties in the US would be 424. John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily starts this way: Barack Obama stunned Americans and French alike on Tuesday...
CPRC in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “America could use more concealed carry gun permit holders”
John Lott's newest piece in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review starts this way: Since the terrorist attacks in Paris, such far-away places as Pennsylvania have experienced a surge in applications for concealed handgun permits. Permit requests have at least doubled in some...