In 2006, the state of New York imposed mandated additional prison time for any crime committed with a firearm and increased the mandated minimum jail time for anyone carrying a firearm illegally. Using several different estimation strategies, we find that robberies...
For more than a decade, there has been an academic debate over the deterrence effect of concealed carry weapon (shall issue) laws. However, all previous studies do not consider the types of gun-carry laws in place prior to the adoption of “shall issue” laws. Using...
