This paper uses data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, an ongoing panel study of urban youth, to examine the phenomenon of illegal gun carrying among young males. The analysis assesses the magnitude of gun carrying among these subjects and considers the...
A highly publicized study by John Lott and David Mustard, Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns, reports that right-tocarry laws reduce crime dramatically. This study concludes that if the states without right-to-carry laws had enacted them before...
