Perhaps one could get someone on a police department to keep a record, each time he investigates a burglary, of whether there was or was not such a sticker visible on the front of the house? Or one could do a followup study--compare a random sample of houses in a neighborhood that had been burgled with a random sample of houses that hadn't, to see what fraction of each had evidence of firearm ownership readily visible.Who knows the impact on crime of simply having an NRA sticker on the front window of a home, or a sign that says, "This home protected by Smith and Wesson." No way to know (even with a survey) the number of times owning or giving the perception of owning a fire arm has provided disincentive to a would be criminal.Fred Childress Economist Bureau of Labor Statistics 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE. Washington, DC 20212
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David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
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