More Guns Less Crime : Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws

Abstract: Economics professor presents statistical data that contradicts the claims of firearm-control advocacy groups. Possession of guns by law-abiding citizens is shown to reduce crime. Claims that firearm possession is more dangerous to family and friends than disarmament are shown to be fallacious. Book was featured on KFYI Barry Young show May 6, 1998.

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Title: More Guns Less Crime : Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws Author: John R. Lott Publisher: University of Chicago Press Date Published: April 1998 ISBN: 0226493636 LOCN: KF3941.L68 1998 Dewey: 344.73/0533 21 Pages: 225

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CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: How to Test the Effects of Gun Control

Chapter 3: Gun Ownership, Gun Laws, and the Data on Crime

Chapter 4: Concealed-Handgun Laws and Crime Rates: The Empirical Evidence

Chapter 5: The Victims and the Benefits from Protection

Chapter 6: What Determines Arrest Rates and the Passage of Concealed-Handgun Laws?

Chapter 7: The Political and Academic Debate

Chapter 8: Some Final Thoughts

Appendixes

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Author:        Lott, John R.
Title:         More guns, less crime : understanding crime and
                  gun-control laws / John R. Lott, Jr.
Published:     Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Description:   x, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:        Studies in law and economics
LC Call No.:   KF3941.L68 1998
Dewey No.:     344.73/0533 21
ISBN:          0226493636 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references (p.
                  [217]-220) and index.
Subjects:      Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United
                  States.
               Firearms and crime -- United States.
Series Entry:  Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.)
Control No.:   97051481 

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