Here is a copy of an op-ed that John Lott had in the Washington Times on August 27, 2014. Please click on text to make it larger.
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CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Charles Vacca’s Death Is A Tragedy, But Gun Range Accidents Are Exceedingly Rare”
John Lott's latest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Even experts sometimes make mistakes. That happened this past Sunday when a firing range instructor at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Arizona was accidentally shot to death by a...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: “Violent Crime, Not Police Abuse, Is The Real Threat To Black Americans”
John Lott's newest piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Yesterday’s “Nationwide Day of Rage for Ferguson,” demonstrations that were planned to protest police violence against blacks for the 51 cities across the U.S., was a bust. Is it possible that most blacks...
Response to claim about risk of guns in the home
In response to claims in the Indianapolis Star by Stephen Dunlop, with Hoosiers Concerned about Gun Violence, about the benefits of gun regulations and the risk of guns in the home John Lott has this letter to the editor: Stephen Dunlop, with Hoosiers Concerned about...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: Why Gunlock Laws Make People Less Safe
CPRC's John Lott has a new piece up at the Daily Caller that starts this way: It’s every family’s worst nightmare to lose a child. The Naumkin family, of Saratoga Springs, New York, suffered such a tragedy in 2010, when twelve-year-old Nicholas died from an accidental...
CPRC at Fox News: The facts about Dartmouth student Taylor Woolrich and her stalker
The CPRC's John Lott has a piece up at Fox News to try to correct the record after Geraldo Rivera's interview on Fox News last week: It is often very hard for women who have been victims of sexual type crimes to publicly discuss what has happened to them. Last week in...
CPRC Debating Former NJ Gov. James Florio in the pages of the NJ Star-Ledger over limits on magazine size
After John Lott's original piece in the NJ Star-Ledger defense of Governor Chris Christie's veto of a 10 bullet limit on gun magazine size, Former Governor James Florio wrote a response. An op-ed article that appeared Saturday, authored by John R. Lott Jr. and...
CPRC at the Daily Caller: Washington DC’s Three Days Of Gun Freedom
The piece at the Daily Caller starts this way: Washington, DC, was the last place in America that completely banned people carrying concealed handguns. Then it was temporarily one of the most liberal. On Saturday, with a decision by Senior District Court Judge...
CPRC at Fox News: False claims on crime may allow illegal immigrants to stay in the US
CPRC's John Lott has a new op-ed at Fox News here: Why are tens of thousands of unaccompanied children traveling thousands of miles to the U.S.? Is it to avoid violence? Or is it for a chance to live in a much wealthier country? The answer will likely determine...
CPRC in the Philadelphia Inquirer: “Armed doctor saved lives”
CPRC's John Lott has a new piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer that starts this way: On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Lee Silverman undoubtedly saved many lives. Using a handgun, the Delaware County psychiatrist stopped what both police and the district attorney described as...
CPRC in the News: Explaining why limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets is dangerous
CPRC's op-ed in the Star-Ledger (the largest paper in New Jersey) starts this way: Gun control advocates just can’t let go of Gov. Chris Christie vetoing of a bill limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets. Christie’s warning that the bill wouldn’t save lives might not be...
CPRC at Fox News: “Chicago violence: The buck stops with you, Rahm Emanuel”
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