John Lott has a letter in the most recent economist. Amnong his
points are that concealed carry laws can reduce crime even if they do
not increase gun-ownership since they allow the guns to be carried. He
also questions why Duggan "relies on the current sales of the
fourth-largest gun magazine Guns & Ammo, as a proxy for gun ownership
when state-by-state survey data are available. My book...used such
survey data and found that states with the biggest increases in gun
ownership had the biggest drops in crime."
Alex
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Dr. Alexander Tabarrok
Vice President and Director of Research
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA, 94621-1428
Tel. 510-632-1366, FAX: 510-568-6040
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
