John Lott's latest piece at Investor's Business Daily: Everyone wants to keep guns away from the mentally ill, but the vast majority of them do not pose a danger to others or themselves. The warning signs seem obvious in hindsight, but it's very difficult to know who...
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CPRC in the Orange County Register: “Gun-free zones are magnets for murderers”
John Lott's newest piece in the Orange County Register starts this way: Would you post a sign announcing that your home is a gun-free zone? Would you feel safer? Criminals don’t obey these signs. In fact, to criminals, gun-free zones look like easy targets. So why do...
CPRC in USA Today: Renewed calls for gun control laws did not explain August’s record high background checks
John Lott's letter to the editor at USA Today can be found here. Original Post: USA Today repeats what is a popular claim, that gun sales are driven by pushes for gun control. Even when a spike in sales occurs after a shooting, there are two possibilities: 1) that...
CPRC in the Memphis Commercial Appeal: Americans are learning that more guns mean less crime
John Lott's op-ed in the Memphis Commercial Appeal starts this way: Americans are increasingly convinced that owning a gun makes them safer. A new Rasmussen poll found that an overwhelming majority of Americans (68 percent) “feel safer in a neighborhood where...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “11 Year Old Thwarts Home Invasion With A Gun, Cops Criticize Mother”
John Lott's latest piece in the Daily Caller starts this way: An 11-year-old boy shoots an almost 17-year-old who had broken into his home, saving his 4-year-old sister and scaring away another burglar. The burglars repeatedly tried to break into the home, finally...
CPRC in Investor’s Business Daily: “Wal-Mart Decision To Drop AR-15 Leaves Poor Vulnerable”
John Lott's newest piece in Investor's Business Daily: Gun sales are at record highs, but Wal-Mart, the nation's biggest seller of guns and ammunition, announced last week that it has stopped selling so-called "assault rifles" or "other modern sporting rifles." "It's...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Gun Control Advocates Won’t Let Roanoke Journalists’ Murders Go To Waste”
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts off this way: Within a few hours of the tragic shooting Wednesday that killed journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward, politicians and gun control advocates were calling for more gun control. Hillary...
CPRC at Fox News: Researchers are wrong about private guns, police deaths
John Lott's newest piece at Fox News starts this way: Between 1996 and 2013, 991 police officers have been killed in the line of duty. These public servants put their lives on the line to protect Americans. Their deaths should concern everyone, including public health...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “The New York Times Believes MoJo’s Gun-Control Myths”
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Normally, even the New York Times doesn’t cite such an unreliable source as Mother Jones for evidence. But when it comes to gun control, it’s considered okay to use biased sources, call people names, and...
CPRC at Newsday: “More guns make Americans feel safer”
Newsday (Long Island and New York City) has a Sunday circulation of 510,683. The piece starts this way: Americans are increasingly convinced that owning a gun makes them safer. A new Rasmussen poll found that an overwhelming majority of Americans (68 percent) "feel...
CPRC in the Daily Caller: What Mother Jones Missed In Its Hit Piece About Me
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Mother Jones, a leftist magazine funded by people such as George Soros, and I have been in a running feud for years. They have continually made false claims about guns, often claims that have been cited by...
CPRC in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Don’t leave our military personnel defenseless
John Lott's newest piece in the Tribune-Review starts this way: Anytime, anyplace, terrorists can strike. With just his signature, President Obama could eliminate the gun-free zone policies that leave our military personnel defenseless. Late last week, Republicans in...