Archive of Gun Control postings

• Lott and Mustard published study where they claimed that laws allowing concealed carry of firearms caused significant reductions in violent crime. My comments. Also, you might wish to look at David Friedman's page of links to other commentry and my blog that tracks the latest developments in the controversies that surround Lott.
• Where would a debate on gun control be without international comparisons?
• Did homicide and suicide decline after Canada's 1978 gun control law?
• Did homicide decline after NSW's introduction of gun control in 1920?
• Japanese homicide and suicide
• How frequently are guns used for defence?
• Did burglary decline after Kennesaw made gun ownership compulsory?
• Did rape decline after Orlando's gun training program?
• Did homicide decline after Washington DC's ban on hand guns in 1977?
• Some miscellaneous postings about US gun control and crime
• Do guns deter burglars from occupied homes?
• Are guns more lethal than knives?
• Kellermann et al did a study where they found that gun ownership was associated with a 2.7 times greater risk of being a victim of a homicide in the home. (NEJM 1993;329:1084-91) This generated a lot of discussion.
• Kates et al wrote a paper where they accused others of publishing lies. There seems to be a few problems with their case.
• Kleck criticises the public health literature on guns.
• Does British law permit gun use in self defence?
• What about guns and suicide?
• Some Australian statistics.
• Are handguns more dangerous than long guns?
• Sometimes talk.politics.guns gets very silly.