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posted by n1 on Monday November 17 2014, @10:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the statistical-significance dept.

Stanford research reaffirms that right-to-carry gun laws are connected with an increase in violent crime. This debunks – with the latest empirical evidence – earlier claims that more guns actually lead to less crime.

While there is no federal law on concealed-carry permits, all 50 states have passed laws allowing citizens to carry certain concealed firearms in public, either without a permit or after obtaining a permit from local government or law enforcement.

Recently published scholarship updates the empirical evidence on this issue. Stanford law Professor John J. Donohue III, Stanford law student Abhay Aneja and doctoral student Alexandria Zhang from Johns Hopkins University were the co-authors of the study.

[Abstract]: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2443681

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 18 2014, @12:04AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 18 2014, @12:04AM (#117014) Journal

    Thank you, Sir. I'm actually slowly reading through the article. I lack any training in statistics, so it's slow going for me. I think you've sliced and diced them pretty well, just based on that abstract. Gotta get my butt off to work soon - it will probably be late tomorrow before I finish reading. Depending on comments on this page, I may not even bother reading it all.

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