John R. Lott Jr. - More Guns, Less Crime
Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws
Does allowing people to own or carry guns deter violent crime ? Or does it simply cause more citizens to harm each other ? Directly challenging common perceptions about gun control, legal scholar John Lott presents the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever done on crime statistics and right-to-carry laws. This timely and provocative work comes to the startling conclusion : more guns mean less crime. In this paperback edition, Lott has expanded the research through 1996, incorporating new data available from states that passed right-to-carry and other gun laws since the book's publication as well as new city-level statistics.
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John R. Lott Jr. - More guns, less crime ?