From Deseret News archives:
Data in gun piece disputed
Dozens of studies have been published using this data set and the conclusion is clear: Not one single referred journal publication examining the national data has claimed that right-to-carry laws increase violent crime. While there are some papers that claim that right-to-carry laws do not affect crime, even more find evidence that right-to-carry laws reduce violent crime (for those interested, a partial list can be found here: johnrlott.tripod.com/postsbyday/RTCResearch.html). It is hard to think of academic data that have been as closely examined by as many different academics as this has been. Cortez isn't even able to accurately state the number of books that I have written on gun control.
John R. Lott Jr.
dean's visiting professor
Department of Economics
State University of New York
Binghamton, N.Y.
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