More Guns, Less Crime
BOOK FORUMFriday, June 16, 2000
12:00 p.m.
Featuring the author, John R. Lott Jr, Yale Law School; with comments by Carl Moody, Department of Economics, College of William & Mary; and William Vogt, Department of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University.
The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Does owning or carrying guns deter violent crime? Or does it allow more citizens to harm one another? In 1998 legal scholar John Lott wrote a book that presented the most comprehensive analysis ever done on crime statistics and the right-to-carry laws. His provocative conclusion: More guns mean less crime. Now, in the new paperback edition of that book, Lott expands upon the path-breaking research of the first edition. Extensive new evidence is presented on the impact of right-to-carry, one-gun-a-month, safe storage, and other gun laws. This event features a discussion about guns, crime, safety, and self-defense.