More Guns in Citizens' Hands Can Worsen Crime, Study Says

The Los Angeles Times ^ | 1/23/03 | Aparna Kumar

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WASHINGTON -- State laws that allow private citizens to carry concealed weapons do not reduce crime and may even increase it, according to a study released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution.

The findings, by Stanford University law professor John Donohue, contradict an influential study by economist John R. Lott Jr., a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who in 1997 concluded that by adopting such laws, states can substantially curb violent crime.

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Post your professional jargon if you must, but you will eventually learn that trying to convince a bunch of old FR cynics with it is futile.
If you can make your point without all the buzzwords, please do so. Otherwise, a rebutal just degenerates into playing academic wordgames.