Recent Study Supporting Concealed Carry Laws

[J.R.@A&M]

And also opposing assault weapons bans. It is always good to have more and recent, peer-reviewed stuff like this published.

The link is to a brief summary. http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/ed ... -concealed The actual academic paper is in some economics journal.

[chasfm11]

Fox News has picked it up. They are likely to be the lone voice in the MSM

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/01/03/ne ... ntrol-myth" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CowboyEngineer]

Since everyone benefits from lower crime, perhaps conservative politicians should propose a tax on everyone who doesn't have a chl.

[jimlongley]

Since everyone benefits from lower crime, perhaps conservative politicians should propose a tax on everyone who doesn't have a chl.

As in Kennesaw GA.

[goose]

Can anyone find a link to the actualy study?

I just think that our side needs to be the side of integrity and even if I agree with the premise, I am a bit leery of quoting this when I can't read the actual study/article.

[chasfm11]

Can anyone find a link to the actualy study?

I just think that our side needs to be the side of integrity and even if I agree with the premise, I am a bit leery of quoting this when I can't read the actual study/article.

If it available electronically, it was out of my reach. I tried everything that I could think of. I agree with you that I would hate to support it and then be blindsided later when it is discovered to be a fraud.

[Vol Texan]

Can anyone find a link to the actual study?

I just think that our side needs to be the side of integrity and even if I agree with the premise, I am a bit leery of quoting this when I can't read the actual study/article.

Unfortunately for us, it appears to be a paid download. Posting the full thing here would be unethical, and we shouldn't stoop to that level.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10. ... #tabModule

But seeing the full thing would be good - it appears the anti-crowd has also read only the abstract, and has already decided to cherry-pick the conclusions they want to see out of it:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/author-o ... laws-work/

[goose]

If it available electronically, it was out of my reach. I tried everything that I could think of. I agree with you that I would hate to support it and then be blindsided later when it is discovered to be a fraud.

Yeah, a debate can very easily be dismissed as simpleminded or disingenuous once a bad quote, or similar, is found out. I don’t want to give anyone easy outs.

Unfortunately for us, it appears to be a paid download. Posting the full thing here would be unethical, and we shouldn't stoop to that level.

Agreed, no need for piracy or taking intellectual property. I guess it does further my suspicions. I am surprised the bigger players aren’t getting this public. By no means a blanket condemnation, just a note for further review.