CPRC in the News: New York Sun (2), National Police Association, American Free Press, Ammoland (2), and much more

CPRC in the News: New York Sun (2), National Police Association, American Free Press, Ammoland (2), and much more

. . . Firearms researcher John Lott reminds us, too, that rifles, per se, like the AR-15, are involved in only a fraction of these incidents. His analysis of such shooting incidents taking place between 1998 and 2024 finds that in only 17.3 percent of them did the perpetrator use “only rifles of any type.” More than half — 51.9 percent — “used solely handguns.” If this research is any guide, legislators’ focus on the AR-15 would appear to be mis…