TY - BOOK AU - Lott,John R. TI - More guns, less crime: understanding crime and gun-control laws SN - 9780226493664 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - KF3941 .L68 2010 U1 - 344.7305/33 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Chicago, London PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Firearms KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Firearms and crime N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- How to test the effects of gun control -- Gun ownership, gun laws, and the data on crime -- Concealed-handgun laws and crime rates: the empirical evidence -- The victims and the benefits from protection -- What determines arrest rates and the passage of concealed-handgun laws? -- The political and academic debate -- Some final thoughts -- 1996 update -- A decade later: thirty years of data and nine more states -- Appendixes ER -