The CPRC's Nikki Goeser has a new op-ed piece with her former boss, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), on a real threat to American's safety. The senseless murder of 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas is leading to calls for...
Lori Saine and Dr. John Lott have an op-ed in the Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Colorado). A new Colorado Appeals court decision will almost surely lead to the state’s new Red Flag law being struck down. The law allows judges to confiscate people’s firearms on nothing...
Dr. John Lott co-authored this piece with Congressman Thomas Massie, who represents Kentucky's Fourth Congressional District and is co-chairman of the Second Amendment Caucus. Everyone wants to stop dangerous people from getting guns. To some, the obvious solution...
Nikki Goeser, the CPRC's Executive Director, appeared on the Lars Larson to talk about how Red Flag laws can make people afraid to talk to others. Nikki also went into the fact that there are already better alternatives to deal with people who are a real danger to...
While there were many other errors in Robyn Thomas' piece on Red Flag laws, the Washington Post allowed Dr. John Lott a chance to respond to her criticism of his work. A data file with a list of all the state laws and there content is available here. Robyn Thomas’s...
Nikki Goeser is Executive Director of the Crime Prevention Research Center and a victim/survivor of a violent crime. Nikki testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution about her concerns with red flag laws and how gun-control laws can...
In a paper titled, “Changes in firearm mortality following the implementation of state laws regulating firearm access and use,” RAND Corporation staffers have published a paper examining child access prevention (CAP), right-to-carry (RTC), and stand your ground (SYG)...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall.com about Virginia's proposed Red Flag Law. The piece starts this way: Everyone wants to stop dangerous people from getting guns. To some the obvious solution is Red Flag laws, which take away the guns of people deemed...
Dr. John Lott has a piece at Broad & Liberty, a new opinion outlet in Philadelphia. Everyone wants to stop dangerous people from getting guns. The hot new policy option before this committee is Red Flag laws, which take away the guns of people deemed dangerous to...
Dr. John Lott talked to Eric Bolling on the Blaze TV about a range of gun control from universal background checks to Red Flag laws to gun-free zones. (The Blaze TV, August 22, 2019)
With 15 states having Red Flag Laws (also known as Extreme Risk Protection Orders), Dr. John Lott joined Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Colorado Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams, who has promised not to enforce Colorado's new Red Flag Law, to discuss the problems...
