CPRC UPDATE

 Evidence on how badly informed people are about guns and how that leads to support for gun control, Media bias after the Buffalo shooting, we were the statistical expert in a 9th Circuit win, Report on Concealed handguns saving police, and much more

Crime Prevention Research Center


People are poorly informed about the most basic facts in the gun control debate. The CPRC has funded a survey that finds the average, likely American voter mistakenly thinks that over 46% of violent crimes involve guns. The true figure is less than 8%. That isn't too surprising given that President Biden, public health researchers, and the media, violent crime is all about guns. Not surprisingly, those who believe that most violent crime involves guns are more likely to view gun control as the solution.

Media bias after the mass public shooting in Buffalo continued. I have a piece at Townhall about how the news media falsely claims that mass public shooters are "right-wingers" when they are environmental extremists. The false claims were made not just at the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and NPR, but also Fox News. I discussed this on Larry Elder's TV Show and Andrew Branca's Law of Self Defense podcast. I think that both went well, and I have gotten a lot of positive feedback from my conversation with Andrew. By the way, the media also ignore the murderer explaining why he did the attack where he did: he wanted to pick a target where the victims weren't able to protect themselves. Gun control groups pointed out that there was an armed guard there, but over the years, I have kept pointing out that uniformed armed guards have an extremely difficult job stopping mass public shootings. The murderer had cased the store before the attack, and if a murderer believes that the uniformed armed guard is the only person with a gun, who do you think the murderer will attack first? The attacker has huge strategic advantages, and he can easily identify the uniformed guard who has a gun. The benefit of concealed handguns is that it takes away the advantage of these attackers.

There is some good news. We won a case before a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit on whether California could ban gun ownership for 18 to 20 years, where I served as the statistical expert. Two of the three judges were Trump appointees. Typically Democrats appeal to the entire Circuit where Democrats hold a majority, and time after time, the en banc decisions reverse these initial wins. But that might not happen this time because there is a good chance the US Supreme Court will shortly release its decision on New York's concealed handgun law which would set clear guidelines for how the lower courts must evaluate future gun cases.

We have a new report on cases where people who were legally carrying concealed handguns have saved police officers. We also have a response to an attack by the Associated Press on our research dealing with crime by illegal aliens. And I moderated a Republican congressional debate for Montana's new congressional district. I also have an op-ed based on my academic research on how Roe v. Wade dramatically increased single-parent families.

Media bias on entertainment television is going full blast. CBS has a couple of shows demonizing Bushmaster 223s with completely misleading claims and blaming the United States for Mexico's gun crime problem. There is much more below.

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Op-eds

At Real Clear Politics: When Misinformation Drives Gun Bad Policy

At Townhall: Media Falsely Claim Mass Public Shooters are ‘Right-wingers’ When They’re Environmental Extremists

At the Federalist: Roe Destroyed Many Social Institutions That Are Unlikely To Return

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Research

People legally carrying guns have saved police officers

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Response to Attack by the Associated Press on our research

Completely Bogus Fact-Check By the Associated Press attacking the CPRC’s Research

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Our testimony in 9th Circuit Court case

US 9th Court of Appeals Rules in Case for Whether California could ban gun ownership for 18 to 20 year olds, CPRC provided expert testimony

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Television/Podcasts

John Lott talks to Larry Elder about the Buffalo Mass Public Shooting

On Law of Self Defense: Expert DESTROYS Gun Control Narrative

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Radio interviews/Podcasts

Republican Debate for Montana’s Congressional District 1. From left are Mary Todd, Mitch Heuer, Matt Jette, Al Olszewski and moderator John Lott

On Chosen Generation With Pastor Greg: Discussing Biden Administration’s New Firearm Rule 

On Restoration PAC’s First Right Podcast: To discuss President Biden’s gun control push

On the Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber: What areas are the Democrats making people’s lives better?

On WATR’s Talk Of The Town: Discussing 2020 Election Irregularities

On Chuck and Julie Show: Research Reveals Key Election Integrity Questions

On the Politics & Issues with Larry Marino To Discuss Voting Rules

On Vegas @ 8: Are New Laws Making It “Easier” to Vote Also Compromising Election Security

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Television Show Bias on Police and Guns

CBS Demonizing Bushmaster 223s, claiming they are particularly good at penetrating body armor, saying they are military-grade weapons

CBS Entertainment Show NCIS LA blaming the United States for Mexican Gun Crime Problem

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Media Coverage

CPRC in the News: Washington Examiner, The New York Sun, MRC TV, Gainesville Time, and much more

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Recent C-SPAN Appearances

Gun Control Myths

Washington Journal John Lott on Gun Violence in the U.S.

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Other

Buffalo Resident after Tops Grocery Store attack: “Something has to change…If more people were armed”

New York Mass Public Shooter Explicitly targeted: “areas where CCW are outlawed or prohibited may be good areas of attack” “areas with strict gun laws are also great places of attack,” Another Socialist/Environmentalist

Like the New Zealand and El Paso Shooters, the Buffalo Mass Public Shooter was another environmentalist extremist who worried about the damage that minorities did to the environment

California moves towards banning handguns

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John R. Lott, Jr.
PresidentCrime Prevention Research Centerhttp://crimeresearch.orgjohnrlott@crimeresearch.org(484) 802-5373


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