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?...
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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...
CPRC in the Daily Caller: Misinformation about Terror Watch List and the ability to buy guns
John Lott had this latest piece in the Daily Caller (originally titled: "Does George Stephanopoulos Even Know What Gun Laws We Have Now?"): Do gun control advocates even read what gun laws are on the books? The hot new claim is that there’s nothing to stop identified...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Hillary Clinton Locks Up The Gun-Grabber Vote”
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: On Thursday night, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence honored Hillary Clinton with the first ever Cuomo Visionary Award, named after the late New York Governor Mario Cuomo. The Brady Center gave her...
CPRC at Investor’s Business Daily: “As Paris Attacks Show, Europe In Denial About Gun Rights”
John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily is available here. French citizens were sitting ducks last Friday. For at least 10 uninterrupted minutes, terrorists mowed down attendants at Paris' Bataclan Concert Hall. In five other coordinated attacks,...
CPRC in Michigan Live (mLIVE): Keeping guns out gets us nowhere in staying safer
This op-ed by Dr. John Lott appeared in mLIVE (Michigan Live) on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The piece started this way: Suppose a criminal comes upon your home and sees a sign announcing, "Gun Free Zone." How would he respond? Unless he thinks that the homeowner is...
CPRC in the Lansing State Journal (Michigan): “Gun Free Zone puts criminal minds at ease”
This op-ed by John Lott appeared in the Lansing State Journal on Saturday, November 14, 2015. The piece started this way: Suppose a criminal comes upon your home and sees a sign announcing, “Gun Free Zone.” How would he respond? Unless he thinks that the homeowner is...