I hope I'm not starting a flame war here, but I just read an article in _The
Economist_ that mentions the now-famous Lott and Mustard study of concealed
carry laws and two subsequent studies whose conclusions disagree with it. After
searching on the web, I was able to read the Lott and Mustard article and the
Derzhbakhsh (?) and Rubin article. (The third one is a working paper that
hasn't been published yet, so I could only find its abstract.)
I'm having trouble deciphering the competing claims, and I was wondering if
anyone on this list who doesn't have too strong an ideological or emotional
investment in the debate (a naive hope?) might be able to enlighten me further
on this issue.
Many thanks,
James
