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| Author | John R. Lott |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Gun control |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Publication date | June 1, 1998 (1st ed.)
Jun 15, 2000 (2nd ed.) May 24, 2010 (3rd ed.) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Paperback (3rd ed.) |
| Pages | 472 (3rd ed.) |
| ISBN | 0-226-49366-0 (3rd ed.) |
| OCLC | 38067725 |
| 344.73/0533 21 | |
| LC Class | KF3941 .L68 1998 |
| Preceded by | Straight Shooting |
| Followed by | The Bias Against Guns |
More Guns, Less Crime is a book by John R. Lott Jr. that says violent crime rates go down when states pass "shall issue" concealed carry laws. He presents the results of his statistical analysis of crime data for every county in the United States during 29 years from 1977 to 2005. Each edition of the book was refereed by the University of Chicago Press. As of 2019, the book is no longer published by the University of Chicago Press. The book examines city, county and state level data from the entire United States and measures the impact of 13 different types of gun control laws on crime rates. The book expands on an earlier study published in 1997 by Lott and his co-author David Mustard in The Journal of Legal Studies[1] and by Lott and his co-author John Whitley in The Journal of Law and Economics, October 2001.[2]
- ^ Lott, John; Mustard, David B. (January 1997). "Crime, deterrence, and right–to–carry concealed handguns". The Journal of Legal Studies. 26 (1): 1–68. doi:10.1086/467988. JSTOR 10.1086/467988. S2CID 73688402. SSRN 10129.
- ^ Lott Jr., John R. (October 2001). "Safe-Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime". The Journal of Law and Economics. 44 (S2): 659–689. doi:10.1086/468020. JSTOR 10.1086/468020. S2CID 55111823. Pdf.