Gary Kleck

Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Eppes Hall

112 S. Copeland Street

Tallahasse, FL 32306-1206

United States

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Did Australia’s Ban on Semiauto Firearms Really Reduce Violence? A Critique of the Chapman et al. (2016) Study

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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What Do CDC's Surveys Say About the Frequency of Defensive Gun Uses?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Defensive Gun Use, Centers for Disease Control

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How the Hemenway Surveys Distorted Estimates of Defensive Gun Use Frequency

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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The Impact of the 1968 Gun Control Act’s Restrictions on Handgun Purchases by Persons Age 18 to 20

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 May 2011
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Gun Control

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The Myth of Big-Time Gun Trafficking and the Overinterpretation of Gun Tracing Data

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 56, 2009, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 378, FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 09-15
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Jul 2009
Gary Kleck and Shun-Yung Kevin Wang
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice and University fo South Florida St. Petersburg
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Estimating the Causal Effect of Gun Prevalence on Homicide Rates: A Local Average Treatment Effect Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3589
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Tomislav Victor Kovandzic, Mark E. Schaffer and Gary Kleck
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Justice Sciences, Heriot-Watt University - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation and Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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crime, homicide, gun levels, endogeneity

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Comments on Aneja Et Al.

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Oct 2015
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Gun control laws; Violence

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Comment on the Luca, Malhotra, and Poliquin (2017) Study of the Impact of Firearms Waiting Periods

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 Dec 2017
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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firearms waiting periods

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A Critique of Donohue et al. (2018) Analysis of RTC Laws

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Sep 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Cherry-Picking Spikes in Gun Sales: Comment on Levine and Mcknight (2017)

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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gun accidents, gun sales

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Do Wounded Criminals Avoid Hospitals?: A Comment on May Et Al.

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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gunshot wounds, medical treatment

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Gun Prevalence, Homicide Rates and Causality: A GMM Approach to Endogeneity Bias

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5357
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 Jan 2006
Gary Kleck, Tomislav Victor Kovandzic and Mark E. Schaffer
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama at Birmingham - Department of Justice Sciences and Heriot-Watt University - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation
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Crime, homicide, gun levels, endogeneity, GMM, counties

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Comments on Branas et al. 2009 Study of Self-Protective Values of Firearms

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 Dec 2017
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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firearms, self-protection

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Interstate Gun Movement Is Almost Entirely Due to Migration, Not Gun Trafficking

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Dec 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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How Many Large Capacity Magazines (LCMs) are Possessed by Americans? What Share of Mass Shootings Involve Use of LCMs?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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large-capacity magazines, mass shootings

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Comment on Webster Et Al. (2014) Study of the Impact of the Repeal of Missouri's Handgun Permit Law on Homicide

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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gun control, permit-to-purchase

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The Impact on Crime of State Laws Allowing Concealed Weapon Carrying Among 18-20 Year-Olds

Posted: 28 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2018
Gary Kleck
Florida State University - College of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Carry Bans, 18-20 Year-Olds, Violent Crime