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A new research paper looking at concealed carry laws and violent crime...
Using these new estimators, we find that RTC laws do not significantly increase total violent crime or any of its components, murder, rape, robbery or assault. We find evidence that RTC laws significantly reduce murder and that constitutional carry laws significantly reduce rape.
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Using these new estimators, we find that RTC laws do not significantly increase total violent crime or any of its components, murder, rape, robbery or assault. We find evidence that RTC laws significantly reduce murder and that constitutional carry laws significantly reduce rape.
New Publication at the International Review of Law & Economics: Estimating the effect of concealed carry laws on murder and other violent crimes
Our new research paper is available to read here. Abstract In 2021 we wrote a short paper noting that truncating the sample when estimating the effect of right to carry laws on crime could be biase…
