New knowledge exhibits that within the state of New York, a self-designated sanctuary state, unlawful immigrants make up solely 3.38% to 4.15% of the state’s inhabitants. But, when in comparison with the variety of illegals who’re incarcerated, they’re overrepresented in jail and jail populations by an element of roughly 3 to 4 occasions.
John Lott, president of Crime Prevention Analysis Middle, spoke to Simply The Information. and famous, “Illegals are committing crimes at increased charges than different teams are, as a result of they’re over represented…these are crimes like homicide, rape.”
Moreover, the Empire State has, in response to the Division of Homeland Safety, launched 6,947 unlawful immigrants since January 20 of this 12 months, whereas nonetheless holding roughly 7,100 such people in its prisons and jails. These incarcerated unlawful aliens account for roughly 14% of the full jail inhabitants of roughly 50,803, regardless of comprising solely 3.20% to three.38% of the state’s total inhabitants of about 19.99 million.
Lott additionally commented on the unlawful alien inhabitants discrepancies and warned, “I feel they’ve underestimated these numbers, however even when it’s twice that, even when it’s 6% or even when it’s thrice that – 9% – it’s nonetheless considerably lower than their share of the jail and jail populations.” . . .
Amanda Head, “4 occasions as many illegals in NY prisons than their share of inhabitants,” Simply the Information, December 15, 2025.
The Crime Prevention Analysis Middle (CPRC) printed the findings of a current examine that confirmed armed civilians are considerably extra prone to cease a mass shooter than police.
Sadly, there’ll probably be much more mass deaths in Australia as a result of its authorities doesn’t need to permit its folks to defend themselves. The identical might be mentioned of many American authorities officers. Thankfully, the Second Modification has at the least considerably saved the anti-gunners from forcing the general public to be defenseless. . . .
Employees, “Australia’s Prime Minister Vows Extra Gun Restrictions After Terrorist Assault,” WCBM Radio, December 15, 2025.
Glenn Reynolds, “TO BE FAIR, IT NEVER DID: The Knowledge Doesn’t Help the Hysteria Over Hid Carriers Wounding Bystanders Throughout Defensive Gun Makes use of,” Instapundit.com, December 15, 2025.
You need a gorgeous truth backed up by statistics?
Who stops mass shootings extra usually, police or armed residents?
Seems it’s not the women and men in uniform who get it executed, and that ought to not shock you.
Dr John Lott’s Crime Prevention Analysis Middle printed a examine utilizing the FBI’s personal numbers.
It exhibits common residents cease the violence.
That ought to not shock you.
Metropolis Councils collapse to Antifa/BLM mobs within the streets and defunded police.
Voters elected District Attorneys who refuse to prosecute violent crime.
Politicians determined accused criminals ought to go free on NO bail to allow them to hunt extra victims.
Meantime, 29 states…the bulk…now permit residents to hold a gun with no allow. Tens of thousands and thousands of Individuals legally carry a gun each day.
So, when there’s a mass taking pictures incident and seconds rely, the police are minutes away…however usually, however law-abiding residents are proper there.
The CPRC examine exhibits 48 p.c of mass shootings are stopped by armed residents, not the cops, whose political masters have tied their fingers.
Who’s the primary responder now?
Lars Larson, “Armed Residents Cease 48% of Mass Shootings, Whereas Defunded Police Are Minutes Away,” The Lars Larson Present, December 18, 2025.
The Crime Prevention Analysis Middle (CPRC) has simply launched its 2025 Hid Carry report, and whereas the numbers are down, the determine is deceiving due to the rise of permitless (“constitutional”) carry in 29 states. . . .
The report acknowledges the variety of allow holders fell by 0.59 million, for an estimated whole of 20.88 million residents who’re licensed to hold. However the CPRC shortly notes, “The first purpose for the lower is that let numbers are likely to drop step by step in Constitutional Carry states, although it’s evident that extra individuals are legally carrying.”
Among the many findings: . . .
Dave Workman, “Crime Prevention Analysis Middle Releases New CCW Knowledge,” American Liberty, December 15, 2025.
“Within the Ohio case, the comfort retailer worker had the gun at her office, so concealed-carry legal guidelines didn’t apply. Within the California case, the state required a allow, however there is no such thing as a proof that the person had a allow,” famous John Lott, president and founding father of the Crime Prevention Analysis Middle.
The Wall Road Journal article, nonetheless, doesn’t quote Lott, although he usually writes for the paper’s opinion pages. As a substitute, it focuses on quoting gun-control advocates. Certainly one of whom claims that: “When untrained or panicked shooters miss their goal, it’s kids, neighbors and bystanders who pay the value.”
However this declare doesn’t maintain up. To look at the problem extra immediately, the Crime Prevention Analysis Middle searched information experiences and compiled a listing of circumstances from the previous decade through which concealed-carry allow holders unintentionally shot an harmless bystander. In addition they collected circumstances through which folks legally carrying weapons in public used them to cease crimes.
“All collectively there have been 4 circumstances from 2016 via almost all of 2025. One listed incident concerned a safety guard, who arguably shouldn’t be counted,” reported Lott. “From 2016 to 2025, together with the security-guard case, allow holders unintentionally shot 5 bystanders—two killed and three wounded. Excluding the safety guard, allow holders shot three bystanders—two killed and one wounded.”
These cases are statistically tiny when in comparison with 1.67 million cases of armed residents utilizing their weapons for self-defense, largely with out firing a shot.
Lott additionally mentioned they reviewed police incidents from 2016 to 2025 and located 20 circumstances through which officers unintentionally shot a complete of 28 bystanders—6 had been killed and 22 wounded.
“Total, police unintentionally wounded 5.6 occasions as many bystanders as civilians (together with the security-guard case), killed thrice as many, and wounded seven occasions as many. Excluding the safety guard, police shot seven occasions extra bystanders, killed thrice extra, and wounded 22 occasions extra,” decided Lott.
This destroys the narrative that “untrained” civilians are an issue that wants authorities options to resolve. (The NRA, after all, does rather a lot to offer Individuals coaching choices.)
This Journal article additionally ignores the fundamental incontrovertible fact that concealed-carry allow holders are additionally extraordinarily law-abiding. “Police not often commit crimes, however hid handgun allow holders are much more law-abiding, dealing with a conviction price for firearms offenses that’s simply 1/twelfth the speed of police convictions,” famous Lott. . . .
Frank Miniter, “The Reality About Armed Residents,” America’s 1st Freedom, December 16, 2025.
Even so, almost 47% of Individuals stay someplace the place they don’t want a allow to hold a firearm.
A new report from the Crime Prevention Analysis Middle (CPRC) on hid carry within the U.S. reveals that 46.8 p.c of Individuals now stay in “Constitutional Carry” states—there are 29 of them—the place no license or allow is required, whereas Congress is mulling H.R. 38, the Hid Carry Reciprocity Act, and anti-gunners are in a panic.
The report was ready by John R. Lott, CPRC founder and CEO; Carlisle E. Moody, School of William & Mary – Division of Economics and CPRC affiliate, and Rujun Wang.
Tom Knighton, “Almost 47 % of Individuals Stay in Constitutional Carry States,” Bearing Arms, December 14, 2025.
Is that actually true, although? In keeping with a 2020 examine by Dr. John Lott, head of the Crime Prevention Analysis Middle:
Over the 20 years from 1998 to 2017, our listing accommodates 2,772 assaults and at the least 5,764 shooters exterior america and 62 assaults and 66 shooters inside our nation. By our rely, the US makes up lower than 1.13% of the mass public shooters, 1.77% of their murders, and a pair of.19% of their assaults. All these are a lot lower than the US’s 4.6% share of the world inhabitants. Assaults within the US aren’t solely much less frequent than different nations, they’re additionally a lot much less lethal on common. Out of the 101 nations the place we now have recognized mass public shootings occurring, america ranks 66th within the per capita frequency of those assaults and 56th within the homicide price. . . .
Cam Edwards, “After Brown Taking pictures, a Rush to Blame Weapons,” Bearing Arms, December 15, 2025.
Wall Road Journal reporter Mark Maremont continues his assaults on folks carrying hid handguns (this titled “The Harmless Bystanders Caught in Lethal Crossfire of Self-Protection Shootings“). Beforehand we tried writing letters to the WSJ stating authorized errors and knowledge issues with an earlier piece he had. Now Maremont has one other piece claiming there are 4 examples from 2022 to now of individuals legally carry a hid handgun who unintentionally shot a bystander once they fired their weapons in self protection.
Not solely does he fail to offer any perspective for this with 1.67 million Individuals utilizing weapons defensively every year or that 21 million Individuals have a hid handgun allow, however solely two of the 4 examples really match the storyline Maremont is pushing (a case in Massachusetts and one other in Michigan). The Ohio case concerned an worker with a gun at work so there is no such thing as a concern of hid carry. The opposite case from California doesn’t seem to contain somebody with a hid handgun allow. Whereas Maremont’s article discusses Constitutional Carry, not one of the 4 circumstances he discusses contain Constitutional Carry. . . .
“The Knowledge Doesn’t Help the Hysteria Over Hid Carriers Wounding Bystanders Throughout Defensive Gun Makes use of,” Taking pictures Information Weekly, December 15, 2025.
