With the news media trying to convince Americans that crime is falling, I had a piece in the Wall Street Journal that was one of my better-written opinion pieces. But while the FBI’s measure of reported crime is falling, the National Crime Victimization Survey shows that total violent and property crimes are soaring. The piece explains that reported crime is falling because law enforcement collapsed in the US. I have been doing a lot of interviews as a result, including an interview on One America News, Colion Noir’s podcast with over 118,000 views, Patriot TV’s Jason Lewis Show, the Michigan Talk Network, and an interview that went very well on DC’s Vince Coglianese Show on WMAL.
A related op-ed I had at Townhall points out how, in New Orleans, the police emergency response time is 36 minutes — cases where the criminal is in the process of committing the crime — there is a push to make much of the city a gun-free zone. The view is they won’t let police protect you, and they don’t want you to be able to protect yourself.
Several interviews focused on the Biden administration’s push for “red flag” laws, including the national Wilkow Majority, Philly’s WAEB-AM, and San Diego’s KCBQ.
Regarding political bias on entertainment TV police programs, there is an amusing discussion of the head of the FBI unit slamming someone for being as dishonest as George Santos. They would never pick a Democrat such as Joe Biden, who said that he was raised in Puerto Rican, Greek, Catholic, Jewish, Italian, Polish, Palestinian, Persian, and Black communities of Delaware and whose uncle was eaten by cannibals. On a positive point, a CBS show illustrated the notion of marginal deterrence.We have also continued collecting cases where people legally carrying guns in public have stopped crimes. Here are the cases that we collected for January.
There is an interesting story out of Minnesota where a Democrat State Senator who is one of Mom’s Demand Action’s strongest supporters was arrested for burglary. A couple of examples of vote fraud are shown below (here and here)..
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Research
How reliable are the FBI’s Report of Violent Crime Data? There are some major problems.
The Collapse in Law Enforcement: As Arrest Rates Plummet, People Have Been Less Willing to Report Crime
Percent of Violent Crime Not Involving Guns Falls Slightly, Averages 92.1% Over Last Eight Years.
Op-eds
At the Wall Street Journal: The Media Say Crime Is Going Down. Don’t Believe It: The decline in reported crimes is a function of less reporting, not less crime.
At The Tennessean: My husband was killed in a ‘gun free zone.’ Arm teachers for safety and to save lives.
At Townhall: City where police emergency response time is 36 minutes wants to ban Civilians Carrying Guns for protection.
Recent Talks
Debate on the Second Amendment at the University of Wisconsin – Madison
Audio of first Lecture on Statistics at Lake Forest College.
Television interviews/Podcasts
On One America News: Crime is Rising, Despite Media Reports Claiming Opposite
Talking to Colion Noir: On Rising Crime and the Bias in Artificial Intelligence
On The Atlas Society Asks: Discussing Gun Control Myths
On Patriot TV’s Jason Lewis LIVE: To Discuss Murthy v. Missouri Censorship Case and The Collapse in Law Enforcement
On One America News: Past Gun-Control Measures May Derail Cornyn’s Senate Leadership Goal.
Radio interviews/Podcasts
On Denver’s KHOW: Discussing Colorado Gun-Free Zone Bill
Worth listening to: On the Vince Coglianese Show: Discussing Less Reporting, Not Less Crime
On the Steve Gruber Show: How reliable is the FBI’s Violent Crime Data Report?
On Philly’s WAEB-AM: To Discuss The Collapse in Law Enforcement and Biden’s Federal ‘Red Flag’ Center
On The Wilkow Majority: To Discuss Biden’s Federal ‘Red Flag’ Center
On San Diego KCBQ’s The Andrea Kaye Show: To Discuss Biden Admin’s Federal ‘Red Flag’ Center
On the Pro America Report with Ed Martin: Experts Preventing Research on Violent Crime
On Missoula’s KGVO: To Discuss Mayorkas Impeachment Trial.
Testimony
In Spanish: Testimony before the Ecuadorian Congress on legislation for people to carry concealed handguns
CPRC testifies in support of Tennessee’s Lifetime Order of Protection Expansion Bill.
Television Show Bias on Guns
Liberal Political Bias on TV: CBS’ FBI Most Wanted slams George Santos. Why not Biden or another Democrat? Would they ever do the same to a Democrat?
Television Cop Show Illustrates the Notion of Marginal Deterrence in Crime.
Media Coverage of the CPRC
CPRC in the News: Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Instapundit, Reuters, Sun Sentinel, and more
Congressman Thomas Massie Discusses the Importance of the Crime Prevention Research Center on the Radio
The Vince Coglianese Show Mentions Our Research
CPRC’s Research Referenced in Debate Over Assault Weapon Ban in Colorado State House.
Defensive Gun Uses
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 28 Cases During January 2024-.
Other Testimony
Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary on Gun Control.
Selected C-SPAN Appearances
Gun Control MythsWashington Journal John Lott on Gun Violence in the U.S...
Other
Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell (D), a top legislative ally of Moms Demand Action and other gun control groups, arrested for 1st-degree burglary
Former Atlantic City politician charged with election fraud using absentee ballots
Woman found guilty of all 52 charges of voter fraud
Biden Administration sues Sheetz convenience store chain for running criminal background checks on employees to determine who to hire. If background checks are so discriminatory, why does Biden want to use them as is for gun purchases?
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