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More Handguns, Less Crime -- or More?
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In 1998, John R. Lott Jr. dropped a bombshell on the academic and legal worlds with More Guns, Less Crime. The University of Chicago Press has just released a third edition of the book, with updated numbers and more than 100 pages of new material.
Three things are clear. One, this book's central argument about right-to-carry laws has failed to create any kind of consensus. Two, the dire predictions of right-to-carry opponents have not come true. Three, the next great gun-control debate will concern handgun bans.
The more-guns-less-crime theory is more than plausible, and it retains the support of many academics.
Gun-rights supporters shouldn't have to prove anything. They are on the side of freedom. |
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