TITLE: More Guns, More Crime
AUTHOR(S): Mark Duggan
SOURCE: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
MAIN URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w7967.pdf?new_window=1
BITLY STATS: http://bit.ly/PrBpPP
FIELD(S): Economics
RESEARCH FOCUS/QUESTION: Relationship between gun ownership & crime.
FINDINGS: (1) The gun ownership rate is positively correlated with the homicide rate; (2) The gun ownership rate has no significant bearing on rates of other crimes. (3) Concealed Carry laws do not reduce crime.