Good guys with Guns vs Bad guys with Guns

Crime Prevention Research Center Good guys with Guns vs Bad guys with Guns The media was in full spin mode after a young man legally carrying a gun stopped the mass public shooting at the Indianapolis mall. The Associated Press and the New York Times relied on data from Texas State University to claim that active shooting cases are rarely stopped by people legally carrying concealed handguns. Earlier research I did while I was at the US DOJ pointed out what a mess their data was and all the cases they missed. I wrote an op-ed for Newsweek that explained how people legally carrying guns often stop these attacks, but what was unique about the Indianapolis case was that it got national news attention. I also appeared on the Sean Hannity Radio Show (16 million weekly listeners), the dozens of Sinclair Broadcasting television stations, One America News, and America's Voice Live to make that point. I think that the interview with Hannity went well. The FBI data from 2014 to 2021 claims that 18 times someone legally carrying a gun stopped a mass public shooting. By contrast, our list contains 46 cases. A piece that I had at Real Clear Politics discussed how the Associated Press finally recognizes that AR-15s are not weapons of war, but while that is a welcome change, the time of their change is very suspicious. A number of the radio interviews I did over the last two weeks have focused on the media bias on guns (e.g., this interview on Minneapolis' KTLK, Vicki McKenna in Wisconsin, Officer Tatum national radio show, and St. Louis's KLJY). I got particularly passionate about media bias when talking with Vicki. Another worthwhile appearance was Jim Bohannon's national radio show with almost 6 million listeners, where we talked about the recent Supreme Court case on New York's concealed carry law. And I talked to TRT World about the video of police standing outside the Uvalde school classroom. A new Trafalgar Group survey of 1,078 likely general election voters from July 7th to 10th, 2022, shows they believe that armed citizens are much more effective in protecting people in a mass shooting than local police or federal agents. On that front, Mississippi moved to let local schools decide if teachers can carry guns at school. If you want to know about the battle we are up against, the federal government's National Institute of Health and Centers for Disease Control gave out $75 million for firearms research to public health researchers since 2019. If you want to know about the problems with public health research, you can read my book The War on Guns, see this comparative survey that we did a couple of years ago on different types of researchers, or see some of the posts that we have put up on public health research. We have continued updating our list of someone legally carrying a gun stopping what likely would have been mass public shootings. For most of the next two weeks, I will be giving talks on gun control in Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. They don't have any academics to push back on all the anti-gun claims. There is much more below. I think that we are making a difference, and I want you to know how your support makes all our work possible. For information on activities at the Crime Prevention Research Center, here is a link to our “info deck.” Please view in full-screen mode and scroll using the arrow buttons at the bottom of the screen. But we need help getting this message out. If you have any friends who you think might find our emails of interest, please encourage them to sign up by sending them the link here.  Thank you very much for all your support. We have some tough battles ahead, and I just want you to know how much your support has been greatly appreciated. . Research Errors in Associated Press article on how rarely active shooting cases are stopped by concealed carry permit holders UPDATED: Compiling Cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped likely mass public shootings . Op-eds At Newsweek: Indianapolis Just Latest Time a Good Guy with a Gun Stopped a Mass Shooting At Real Clear Politics: AP Stylebook Finally Recognizes AR-15s Aren’t Weapons of War, but the timing raising questions . Television/Podcasts On Sinclair Broadcasting: Armed civilians have stopped several would-be mass shootings, crime researcher says On One America News: AP Story That Bystanders With Guns ‘Don’t Stop Crime’ Is Based On ‘Shoddy’ Research Report On America’s Voice Live: Discussing Gun Laws in America Worth Watching: On TRT World: Uvalde footage shows police waited more than an hour to confront attacker On Spotlight on WiMKiN: Discussing Highland Park Mass Shooting . Radio interviews/Podcasts On the Sean Hannity Show: Discussing the Indianapolis hero, media bias, and how to stop mass public shootings On Minnesota’s giant KTLK to discuss Media Bias on Guns and the Deep State at the US DOJ On The Truth with Lisa Boothe: It’s Not the Guns, what can be done to stop mass public shootings? On the Jim Bohannon Show: To Discuss SCOTUS Ruling on New York’s Concealed Carry Law On the Officer Tatum Show: Good Guy with A Gun Stops Indiana Shopping Mall Shooter On The Vicki McKenna Show: Discussing Proposed Assault Weapons Ban and Indiana Mall Shooting Stopped By Good Samaritan On St Louis’ Giant KLJY: Politicians & Media have twisted the facts on Gun Control On the Politics & Issues with Larry Marino: To Discuss the mass shooting at Highland Park July 4th parade On The Vicki McKenna Show: Discussing the latest Highland Park shooting and a biased gun control study On Sunday Morning Newsmakers with Larry Marino on Los Angeles’ 870 AM: Discussing the Highland Park IL 4th of July parade shooting On KUSI News: Majority of County Supervisors Vote to Support Suing Gun Manufacturers On Chicago’s Morning Answer to discuss a recent study covering The Effects of Right-to-Carry on Criminal Behavior . Defensive Gun Uses by people legally carrying guns UPDATE: Mass Public Shooting at Indianapolis Mall Stopped by 22-year-old man legally carrying a gun Gun Control Advocates denounce ‘Good Samaritan’ Who Saved Indiana Mall Goers as No Hero . Media and Other Coverage CPRC in the News: Breitbart, Instapundit, Townhall, WUSA, The Chattanoogan, Denver Westworld, and more . Recent C-SPAN Appearances Gun Control Myths Washington Journal John Lott on Gun Violence in the U.S. . Other A plurality of Americans believe that armed citizens are the best way to protect you and your family in the case of a mass shooting Vote Fraud:21 confirmed illegalities, irregularities from 2020 election Mississippi Public Schools may now allow teachers to carry firearms at school, Pennsylvania Republican Gubernatorial nominee supports allowing public school staff to carry concealed handguns Since 2019, Congress put $75 million into gun control research Rasmussen: 58% of Likely US Voters think it’s at least somewhat likely that wider use of mail-in voting will lead to more cheating in elections, 50% think it is likely there will be widespread cheating affecting this fall’s congressional elections, Including 35% of Democrats With Joe Biden constantly focusing on gun control laws, will the US DOJ charge Hunter Biden with violating federal gun control laws? . John R. 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