You're not going to like it, but (in part) John Lott has performed the analysis you seek. Additional research questioned his results, but open minded researchers agree that no increase in violence resulted.
You should contact him directly. Phil > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > I may soon testify before a California State Assembly committee on the > pro/cons of shall-issue CCWs. I doubt I have time to assemble the exact > data I want, but suspect individuals on this forum may have it on hand or > could point me to some ready-to-use data set. > > > What I need to demonstrate is the variation in violent crime rates against > national averages for X years before and after shall-issue CCWs laws were > passed in each of the 30 post-Florida states. The objective (at a minimum) > is to demonstrate there is no net increase in violent crime, and hopefully > demonstrate a decrease. > > > > The testimony is on April 21st, and thus I do not have the time to rip > through the UCS database and assemble this by hand. Any existing data sets > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Guy Smith > > www.GunFacts.info > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
