Dr. John Lott and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) have a new piece at The Federalist. A Democrat-controlled Congress authorized the president to give grants to states that have red flag laws, but never was he authorized to establish a federal red flag center. On...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFIiP9wb7VY "My biggest takeaway is that we need Democrats who act with courage, that not only say that they’re going to act on this issue but actually act on it when they say that they care about it. I was in Maine just about four...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. With the mass murder of 18 people in Maine on Wednesday, gun control advocates are calling for more gun control laws. Right at the top of the list is a so-called Red Flag Law. Vice President Kamala Harris has already called...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ondanQBzw0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNhzfeq3-rw “A married Pennsylvania state trooper was arrested after allegedly falsely committing his ex-girlfriend to a mental health facility and assaulting the woman, prosecutors...
Is this the future for Red Flag laws in other states? Even though "two [New York] state Supreme Court justices have ruled [red flag laws as] unconstitutional," since an executive order by Governor Kathy Hochul in May 2022, the number of extreme risk protection orders...
Following Dr. John Lott's testimony before the Michigan state House, he has a new op-ed piece with Michigan state Representative Andrew Fink in the Detroit News. . If you are worried that someone is suicidal, just taking away their guns isn’t a serious solution. There...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Federalist. Red-flag laws do nothing but put innocent people at risk. If a person is really a danger to himself or others, confiscating guns isn’t much of a solution. There are so many other ways for disturbed people to cause...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zESruhUbI Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) questions Dr. John Lott about the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) errors and the problems with Red Flag Laws. More information on the errors in the NICS system is...
There have been a lot of false claims about Red Flag laws, and this piece by Dr. John Lott in The Washington Times explaining the errors in the logic. Gun control advocates would have us believe that confiscating people’s guns is the solution to all problems. Without...
The Crime Prevention Research Center hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey Red Flag Laws for 1,000 general election voters from July 21st to 24th, 2022. The survey asked people whether they supported Red Flag Laws, then asked whether they still supported it when...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16ljvX0j6qo The Crime Prevention Research Center's Nikki Goeser and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is co-chair of the Congressional Second Amendment Caucus, wrote a piece for Real Clear Politics on the dangers of Red Flag laws....
Segment 1 Segment 2 CPRC's Executive Director Nikki Goeser talked with host Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about Goeser's piece at Real Clear Politics titled "Red Flag Laws and Unintended Consequences." Sunday, May 29, 2022...