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Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime Revisited: Clustering, Measurement Error, and State-by-State Break downs

John R. Lott Jr.
University of Maryland Foundation, University of Maryland


February 4, 2004


Abstract:     
This paper investigates several contested issues over how concealed handguns affect crime. Whether accounting for robust errors with clustering or reducing measurement error in the crime rates, the results consistently show large drops in violent crime rates after right-to-carry laws are adopted. By six years after the law, murder rates have fallen by 9 percent, rape by 11 percent, and robbery by 7 percent.

Keywords: Crime, Deterrence, Guns

JEL Classifications: K0, K14

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Date posted: April 01, 2004 ; Last revised: April 28, 2004

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Lott, John R., Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime Revisited: Clustering, Measurement Error, and State-by-State Break downs (February 4, 2004). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=523002 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.523002


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John R. Lott Jr. (Contact Author)
University of Maryland Foundation, University of Maryland ( email )
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
United States
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