The Effect of Gun Availability on Violent Crime Patterns

Social scientists have started to find answers to some of the questions raised in the ongoing debate over gun control. The basic factual issue in this debate concerns the effect of gun availability on the distribution, seriousness, and number of violent crimes. Some...

Keeping handguns from criminal offenders

Gun control policies must strike a balance between conserving legitimate use of handguns and reducing criminal use. Current federal law seeks to accomplish this objective by discriminating between safe and unsafe gun owners-allowing the former and prohibiting the...

The Bartley-Fox Gun Law’s Short-Term Impact on Crime in Boston

By making the illicit carrying of a firearm punishable with a one-year “mandatory” prison term, the Massachusetts (Bartley-Fox) gun law intervenes at what ap pears to be a critical juncture—from the standpoint of deterrent effectiveness and political...
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