America is a nation filled with guns and gunowners. Using the General Social Survey, we investigate who owns guns. Gunowners resemble neither criminals nor victims, although they do hunt. Waiting periods appear to have little effect on the overall level of gun...
Increased law enforcement or penalties may deter crime, but they may also cause criminals to move to other crimes or other areas. This paper examines whether the adopting a shall issue concealed weapons law in one state alters crime in neighboring areas. The benefits...
The role of handguns in crime has been the subject of extensive policy and academic debate in recent years. The interest in the issue has grown with the enactment of the restrictive (federal) Brady Bill and the adoption by many states of the right-to-carry...
