John R. Lott, Jr. is an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. He is currently the senior adviser for Research and Statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice. Lott is also the founder and the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. He is a prolific author for both academic and popular…
Gun Control Myths: How Politicians, the Media, and Botched ‘Studies’ Ignore Basic Facts on Gun Control | Larry Elder
A Free Ukraine Would Not Have Been Attacked
Commentary So far, the obvious has eluded us. There’s a critical lesson to be learned from the tragic bloodbath that was once the peaceful cities, hillsides, and farmlands of Ukraine. TV commentators are bent on characterizing Ukraine as a democratic and free country. Yet if that were true, Russia would have never invaded. To do…
Democrat Spending Bill Contains ‘Serious Expansion of Federal Gun Control’: Gun Rights Group
Democrats’ $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package, unveiled early Wednesday, includes provisions that constitute “a serious expansion of federal gun control” according to the National Association for Gun Rights. Specifically, the omnibus bill includes the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Though there is bipartisan consensus that violence against women is bad—more limited forms of the bill have passed…
Liberals Plan ‘Proactive’ Gun Legislation Soon
OTTAWA—Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberal government will soon introduce new gun-control legislation. Mendicino tells the House of Commons public safety committee today the bill will be “very proactive,” though he did not provide specifics on timing or elements of the legislation. The move could revive some federal measures that did not pass…
Democrats Pushing Gun Registry as Precursor to Gun Ban
Commentary Federal law explicitly prohibits the creation of a federal firearm registry, but the Biden administration is making one anyway. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has collected nearly one billion firearm purchase records. The government has now created a searchable digital database containing 866 million of these transactions, including some 54…
The Real Cause Behind the Rise in Crime
Commentary While President Biden and local officials keep talking about causes for the rise in crime in our major cities, proposing “solutions” that have failed in the past, like former President Bill Clinton’s Midnight Basketball idea, the real reason for its escalation is deeper than what we see on the surface. The president’s proposals delivered in New York City…
San Jose Gun Owners Now Required to Pay Annual Fees, First in the US
January 26, 2022
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—The San Jose City Council made history during a Jan. 25 meeting by requiring residents who own firearms to obtain liability insurance and pay an annual nonprofit fee, the first of its kind in the United States. After four hours of discussion, debate, and public comments supporting and opposing the new law, the…
School Shootings: Time to Hold the Grown-ups Accountable, Too
Commentary Children cannot legally buy guns. It’s adults who introduce guns into a home, where curious or disturbed kids can get access to the deadly weapons. So, who is to blame if a youngster gets a firearm and uses it to commit mass murder, as 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley did in Oxford, Michigan, recently? The law…
Why Gun Storage Laws Would Do More Harm Than Good
Commentary Shortly after the Oxford High School shooting on Nov. 30, politicians started calling for more gun control. “Michigan’s laws are woefully inadequate,” Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald announced at a press conference. “We [Michigan] don’t have a safe storage law. We’re not legally required to store your weapon in a safe manner. Children are allowed to…
Support for More Gun Control Falls, but Partisan Gap Grows
Commentary According to a new Gallup poll, support for stricter gun control has fallen by 15 percentage points in just the last five years. But, despite the drop being driven by independents’ changing views, Democrats aren’t likely to rethink their support for more gun control. The partisan divide on this issue has never been so large—91…
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