More Guns Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws Third Edition (Studies in Law and Economics)
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On its initial publication in 1998 John R. Lotts More Guns Less Crime drew both lavish praise and heated criticism. More than a decade later it continues to play a key role in ongoing arguments over gun-control laws: despite all the attacks by gun-control advocates no one has ever been able to refute Lotts simple startling conclusion that more guns mean less crime. Relying on the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever conducted on crime statistics and right-to-carry laws the book directly challenges common perceptions about the relationship of guns crime and violence. For this third edition Lott draws on an additional ten years of dataincluding provocative analysis of the effects of gun bans in Chicago and Washington D.Cthat brings the book fully up to date and further bolsters its central contention.
