On its initial publication in 1998, John R. Lott�s More Guns, Less Crime drew both lavish praise and heated criticism. More than a decade later, it continues to play a key role in ongoing arguments over gun-control laws: despite all the attacks by gun-control advocates, no one has ever been able to refute Lott�s simple, startling conclusion that more guns mean less crime. Relying on the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever conducted on crime statistics and right-to-carry laws, the book directly challenges common perceptions about the relationship of guns, crime, and violence. For this third edition, Lott draws on an additional ten years of data�including provocative analysis of the effects of gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C�that brings the book fully up to date and further bolsters its central contention.
(less)On its initial publication in 1998, John R. Lott�s More Guns, Less Crime drew both lavish praise and heated criticism. More than a decade later, it continues to play a key role in ongoing arguments over gun-control laws: despite all
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More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition | 
