The Debate on Right-to-Carry Concealed Weapons Laws

Carlisle Moody () and Thomas Marvell ()
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Carlisle Moody: Department of Economics, College of William and Mary
Thomas Marvell: Justec Research

No 71, Working Papers from Department of Economics, College of William and Mary

Abstract: There are a large number of studies indicating that “shall-issue” laws reduce crime. Only one study, by Ayres and Donohue, implies that these laws lead to an overall increase in crime. We apply an improved version of the Ayres and Donohue methodology to a more complete data set. We find that Ayres and Donohue’s results, projected beyond five years, and our own analysis imply that shall-issue laws decrease crime and the costs of crime and are therefore socially beneficial.

Keywords: Crime; gun control; concealed carry laws (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-02-11
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