Guy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tim reported: > > > http://timlambert.org/2003/08#0818 > > A study by Kovandzic and Marvell has been published in July issue of > > Criminology and Public Policy. (A draft of their paper is here.) From > > the journal's news release about their findings: > > > > In the recently published study "Right-to-Carry Concealed > > Handguns: Crime Control through Gun Decontrol?," Kovandzic and > > Marvell examine what, if any, impact Florida's right-to-carry law > > has had on its rate of violent crime. > > <snip> > > > First, they point out that > > few people have taken advantage of the concealed carry law? > > "despite millions of Floridians being eligible for permits... 12 > > years after the [RTC] law was in effect, there were only 248,O49 > > valid concealed weapons permits in Florida, representing 2.1% of > > the Florida adult population." > > Ever wonder why so few people play Russian Roulette? Cost/benefit. Though > the chance of ending your own life is only 1-in-6, the cost is so high few > people are willing to risk it. Criminals, as thick as they may be, operate > on the same informal analysis. Sure, only 2.1% of the population carries . > . . but when I mug someone at the ATM, will they be in that 2.1%? Not worth > the gamble.
If criminals were so concerned about the tiny chance of encountering a gun carrier then they would already have been deterred by the far larger chance of being arrested and convicted for their crime. -- Tim
