Faulty Data: CPRC Finds FBI Data Wildly Understates the Number of Active Shooters Stopped by Armed Citizens

The FBI defines active shooter incidents as those in which an individual actively kills or attempts to kill people in a populated, public area. But it does not include shootings that are deemed related to other criminal activity, such as robbery or fighting over drug turf. Active shootings may involve just one shot being fired at just … Read more

Data Reveals Murders and Violent Crime Decrease as More People Carry Guns

John Lott has published his Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2020 and there’s lots of good news in it. The number of concealed handgun permits has soared to over 19.48 million – a 34% increase over 2016. Seventeen states no longer provide data on all the people who are legally carrying a … Read more