This next piece reposts a link to our recent op-ed at Real Clear Politics.
There is far more information and the complete article, Crime Rates of Illegal Migrants Underreported,” by John R. Lott, Jr. at Real Clear Politics, May 22, 2025.
In order to convince Americans we must disarm, Democrats have included criminal and gang-related shootings in their incorrect definition of “mass shootings.”
We know they do it and we have new research from John Lott showing that if we do a better job fighting crime, we will rid our nation of most mass shootings.
A new dishonest survey titled “Exposure to Mass Shootings in the United States: A National Survey” was published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (SPPE). It claims that approximately 6.95% of U.S. adults reported having been present at the scene of a mass shooting (18.37 million), and about 2.18% sustained injuries during such incidents (5.76 million). . . .
M Dowling, “The Lie They Tell to Disarm the USA,” Independent Sentinel, May 27, 2025.
A study by Dr John Lott at the Crime Prevention Research Center of what the FBI calls “defensive gun uses” points out “The FBI tracks active shooting cases—where individuals attempt to kill people in public places, excluding those tied to robberies or gang violence. This study is the first to systematically compare how uniformed police and civilians with concealed handgun permits perform in stopping these attacks. Civilians with permits stopped the attacks more frequently and faced a lower risk of being killed or injured than police.”
Remember stories like this the next time liberal gun grabbers tell you we’d all be safer if only we disarmed more law-abiding people.
By the numbers, 94 percent of shootings happen in “gun-free zones”, the most dangerous places around. . . .
Lars Larson, “Good Guy with a Gun Saves Lives in Seattle,” Lars Larson Show, May 29, 2025.
More broadly, studies summarized by John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center demonstrate that violent crime tends to decrease as the number of carry permits increases, particularly in states with constitutional-carry laws. . . .
Dr. John Lott, Jr., the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), recently described the results of a poll that the CPRC commissioned last December on crime and gun control. The poll asked general election voters in America which of three approaches, in their opinion, was most likely to reduce crime: enacting more gun control; stricter enforcement of existing gun control laws; or having law enforcement arrest violent, repeat offenders and ending cashless bail reforms.
Less than one in five respondents felt the answer was more gun control. “Despite all the claims about support for gun control, only 19% of voters think passing more gun control will reduce crime, slightly more (21%) think stricter enforcement of existing gun control” is the solution. In contrast, more than half of respondents (54%) believed that the most effective approach was to crack down on criminal perpetrators by keeping violent offenders off the streets through arrest and detention.
As Dr. Lott points out, unlike other polls and surveys this poll offered a response choice other than gun control and so is more likely to accurately reflect the public’s feelings. He cites a Rasmussen survey done with a similar set of voters at about the same time as the CPRC poll, but which framed the question in a more constricted way (“Which would do more to reduce gun violence in America, passing new gun control laws or stricter enforcement of existing gun control laws?”). There, also, “new gun control laws” was a less popular choice than greater enforcement of existing laws (31% vs. 56%), but without any third choice, “both percentages are much higher than when respondents have the option of arresting criminals and keeping them in jail.” (Unsurprisingly, the “new gun control laws” option in that survey was most popular among Democrats, supported by 49%; in contrast, only 18% of Republicans felt it was the better approach.) . . . .
Staff, “Clueless Anti-gun Democrats Dig Themselves an Ever Deeper Hole,” NRA, May 19, 2025.
Academic John Lott states that in every case where guns (or just handguns) are severely restricted or banned, the homicide rate goes up. . . .
Dr. John Lott, Jr., the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, recently described the results of a poll that the CPRC commissioned last December on crime and gun control. The poll asked general election voters in America which of three approaches, in their opinion, was most likely to reduce crime: enacting more gun control, stricter enforcement of existing gun control laws, or having law enforcement arrest violent, repeat offenders and ending cashless bail reforms. . . .
Staff, “They’ve Learned Nothing: Dems Still Pushing the Same Failed, Unpopular Gun Control That Got Them Where They Are Today,” Shooting News Weekly, May 21, 2025.
