Editing More Guns, Less Crime (section)

===Support===
A conference organized by the Center for Law, Economics, and Public Policy at [[Yale Law School]] and held at [[American Enterprise Institute]] was published in a special issue of ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Various authors | title = Special issue: Guns, Crime, and Safety | journal = The Journal of Law and Economics  | volume = 44 | issue = S2 | date = October 2001 | jstor = 10.1086/jle.2001.44.issue-S2 | doi = 10.1086/jle.2001.44.issue-S2 }}</ref> Academics of all interests in the debate were invited to participate and provide refereed empirical research.<ref>{{cite web | last = Levitt | first = Steven D. | author-link = Steven Levitt | title = Letter from Steven D. Levitt to John B. McCall | url = http://johnrlott.tripod.com/uploaded_images/LevittCorrection-735079.jpg | date = July 26, 2007 }} Clarifying comments on the JLE conference issue.</ref> As follows are some papers from that conference supported Lott's conclusions.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ayres | first1 = Ian | last2 = Donohue III | first2 = John J.  | author-link1 = Ian Ayres | author-link2 = John J. Donohue III | title = Shooting down the 'more guns, less crime' hypothesis | journal = [[Stanford Law Review]] | volume = 55 | issue = 4 | pages = 1193&ndash;1312 | publisher = [[Stanford Law School]] | jstor = 1229603 | date = April 2003 }} [http://islandia.law.yale.edu/ayres/Ayres_Donohue_comment.pdf Pdf.]</ref>

* Bruce L. Benson, Florida State University, and Brent D. Mast, American Enterprise Institute, "Privately Produced General Deterrence", ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]'', October 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Benson | first1 = Bruce L. | last2 = Mast | first2 = Brent D. | author-link1 = Bruce L. Benson | title = Privately produced general deterrence | journal = The Journal of Law and Economics | volume = 44 | issue = S2 | pages = 725&ndash;746 | doi = 10.1086/323766 | jstor = 10.1086/323766 | ssrn = 286081 | date = October 2001 | s2cid = 5521001 }}</ref>
* John R. Lott, Jr, "The Concealed-Handgun Debate," ''[[Journal of Legal Studies]]'', January 1998.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Lott Jr. | first = John R. | author-link = John Lott (political activist) | title = The concealed-handgun debate | journal = [[The Journal of Legal Studies]] | volume = 27 | issue = 1 | pages = 221&ndash;243 | doi = 10.1086/468020 | jstor = 10.1086/468020 | date = January 1998 | s2cid = 55111823 }} [http://dvc.org.uk/dunblane/lottr.pdf Pdf.]</ref>
* Florenz Plassmann, State University of New York at Binghamton, and T. Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Does the right to carry concealed handguns deter countable crimes? Only a count analysis can say", ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]'', October 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Plassmann | first1 = Florenz | last2 = Tideman | first2 = T. Nicolaus | author-link2 =Nicolaus Tideman | title = Does the right to carry concealed handguns deter countable crimes? Only a count analysis can say | journal = The Journal of Law and Economics | volume = 44 | issue = S2 | pages = 771&ndash;798 | doi = 10.1086/323311 | jstor = 10.1086/323311 | date = October 2001 | s2cid = 16157781 }} [http://www.udel.edu/soc/faculty/parker/SOCI836_S08_files/Plassmann&Tidemann_JLE01.pdf Pdf.]</ref>
* [[Carlisle E. Moody]], College of William and Mary, "Testing for the effects of concealed weapons laws: Specification errors and robustness," ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]'', October 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Moody | first = Carlisle E. | title = Testing for the effects of concealed weapons laws: specification errors and robustness | journal = The Journal of Law and Economics | volume = 44 | issue = S2 | pages = 799&ndash;813 | doi = 10.1086/323313 | jstor = 10.1086/323313 | ssrn = 281240 | date = October 2001 | s2cid = 154918586 }}</ref>
* David E. Olson, Loyola University Chicago, and Michael D. Maltz, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Right-to-carry concealed weapons laws and homicide in large U.S. counties: the effect on weapon types, victim characteristics, and victim-offender relationships," ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]'', October 2001.<ref name=olsonmaltz>{{Cite journal | last1 = Olson | first1 = David E. | last2 = Maltz | first2 = Michael D. | author-link2 = Michael Maltz | title = Right-to-carry concealed weapon laws and homicide in large U.S. counties: the effect on weapon types, victim characteristics, and victim-offender relationships | journal = The Journal of Law and Economics | volume = 44 | issue = S2 | pages = 747&ndash;770 | doi = 10.1086/338345 | jstor = 10.1086/338345  | date = October 2001 |citeseerx=10.1.1.180.2974| s2cid = 9250327 }}</ref> They found "a decrease in total homicides."
* David B. Mustard, University of Georgia, "The Impact of Gun Laws on Police Deaths," ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]'', October 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Mustard | first = David B. | title = The impact of gun laws on police deaths | journal = The Journal of Law and Economics | volume = 44 | issue = S2 | pages = 635&ndash;657 | doi = 10.1086/323312 | jstor = 10.1086/323312 | ssrn = 272143 | date = October 2001 | s2cid = 4983292 }} [http://www.terry.uga.edu/~mustard/police.pdf Pdf.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222092644/http://www.terry.uga.edu/~mustard/police.pdf |date=2012-12-22 }}</ref>
* John R. Lott, Jr and John Whitley, "Safe-Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime," ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]'', October 2001.<ref name="Lott Jr. 659–689"/>
* T. B. Marvell, Justec Research, "The Impact of Banning Juvenile Gun Possession," ''[[The Journal of Law and Economics]]'', October 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Marvell | first = Thomas B. | title = The impact of banning juvenile gun possession | url = http://johnrlott.tripod.com/Marvell.pdf | journal = The Journal of Law and Economics | volume = 44 | issue = S2 | pages = 691&ndash;713 | doi = 10.1086/323314 | jstor = 10.1086/323314 | date = October 2001 | s2cid = 154492747 }}</ref> Marvell found evidence that right-to-carry laws reduced rape rates.

Other refereed empirical academic studies besides the original paper with David Mustard that have supported Lott's conclusions include the following.

* William Alan Bartley and Mark A. Cohen, Vanderbilt University, "The Effect of Concealed Weapons Laws: An Extreme Bound Analysis", ''Economic Inquiry'', 1998.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bartley | first1 = William Alan | last2 = Cohen | first2 = Mark A. | title = The effect of concealed weapons laws: an extreme bound analysis | journal = [[Economic Inquiry]] | volume = 36 | issue = 2 | pages = 258&ndash;265 | doi = 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1998.tb01711.x | date = April 1998 }} [http://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bartley-Cohen-Economic-Inquiry-1998.pdf Pdf.]</ref>
* Stephen G. Bronars, University of Texas, and John R. Lott, Jr., "Criminal Deterrence, Geographic Spillovers, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns", ''[[American Economic Review]]'', May 1998.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bronars | first1 = Stephen G. | last2 = Lott Jr. | first2 = John R. | author-link2 = John Lott (political activist) | title = Criminal deterrence, geographic spillovers, and the right to carry concealed handguns | journal = The American Economic Review | volume = 88 | issue = 2 | pages = 475&ndash;479 | publisher = [[American Economic Association]] | jstor = 116970 | ssrn = 56862 | date = May 1998 }}</ref>
* John R. Lott, Jr and John Whitley, University of Adelaide, "Abortion and Crime: Unwanted Children and Out-of-Wedlock Births," ''[[Economic Inquiry]]'', April 2007.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lott Jr. | first1 = John R. | last2 = Whitley | first2 = John | author-link1 = John Lott (political activist) | title = Abortion and crime: unwanted children and out-of-wedlock births | journal = [[Economic Inquiry]] | volume = 45 | issue = 2 | pages = 304&ndash;324 | doi = 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2006.00040.x | date = April 2007 | s2cid = 154819324 | url = https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/lepp_papers/254 }}</ref>
* John R. Lott, Jr and John Whitley, University of Adelaide, "A Note on the Use of County-Level UCR Data," ''[[Journal of Quantitative Criminology]]'', October 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lott Jr. | first1 = John R. | last2 = Whitley | first2 = John | author-link1 = John Lott (political activist) | title = Measurement error in county-level UCR data | journal = [[Journal of Quantitative Criminology]] | volume = 19 | issue = 2 | pages = 185&ndash;198 | jstor = 23366840 | ssrn = 320102 | date = June 2003 | doi = 10.1023/A:1023054204615 | s2cid = 142859587 }}</ref>
* Florenz Plassmann, State University of New York at Binghamton, and John Whitley, University of Adelaide, 'Confirming "More Guns, Less Crime"', ''Stanford Law Review'', 2003.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Plassmann | first1 = Florenz | first2 = John R. | last2 = Whitley | title = Confirming "more guns, less crime" | journal = [[Stanford Law Review]] | volume = 55 | issue = 4 | pages = 1313&ndash;1369 | publisher = [[Stanford Law School]] | jstor = 1229604 | date = April 2003 }} [http://johnrlott.tripod.com/Plassmann_Whitley.pdf  Pdf.]</ref>
* Eric Helland, Claremont-McKenna College and Alexander Tabarrok, George Mason University, 'Using Placebo Laws to Test "More Guns, Less Crime",' ''[[BEJEAP|The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy]]'', 2008.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Helland | first1 = Eric | last2 = Tabarrok | first2 = Alex | author-link1 = Eric Helland | author-link2 = Alex Tabarrok | title = Using placebo laws to test "more guns, less crime" | journal = [[Bepress#Journals|The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy]] | volume = 4 | issue = 1 | doi = 10.2202/1538-0637.1182 | date = December 2004 | s2cid = 154327876 }}</ref>
* Carlisle E. Moody, College of William and Mary, and Thomas B. Marvell, Justec Research, "The Debate on Shall-Issue Laws", ''Econ Journal Watch'', 2008.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Moody | first1 = Carlisle E. | last2 = Marvell | first2 = Thomas B. | title = The debate on shall-issue laws | journal = [[Econ Journal Watch]] | volume = 5 | issue = 3 | pages = 269&ndash;293 | publisher = [[Atlas Network]] | date = September 2008 | url = http://econjwatch.org/articles/the-debate-on-shall-issue-laws }} [http://econjwatch.org/file_download/234/2008-09-moodymarvell-com.pdf Pdf.]</ref>
* Carlisle E. Moody and Thomas B. Marvell, "The Debate on Shall-Issue Laws," Econ Journal Watch, September 2008 <ref>{{Cite journal | last = Marvell | first = Thomas B. | title = The Debate on Shall-Issue Laws | journal = Econ Journal Watch  | volume = 5 | issue = 3 | pages = 696&ndash;715 | date = September 2008 | doi=10.1086/323314| s2cid = 154492747 }}</ref>
* Carlisle E. Moody and Thomas B. Marvell, " On the Choice of Control Variables in the Crime Equation," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, October 2010<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Marvell | first = Thomas B. | title = On the Choice of Control Variables in the Crime Equation | journal = Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics  | volume = 72 | issue = 5 | pages = 696&ndash;715 | date = October 2010 | doi=10.1086/323314| s2cid = 154492747 }}</ref>
* Carlisle E. Moody, Thomas B. Marvell, Paul R Zimmerman, and Fasil Alemante, "The Debate on Shall-Issue Laws," Review of Economics & Finance, 2014<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Marvell | first = Thomas B. | title = The Debate on Shall-Issue Laws | journal = Econ Journal Watch |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=269–293}}</ref>
*Donald J. Lacombe and Amanda Ross, "Revisiting the Question 'More Guns, Less Crime?' New Estimates Using Spatial Econometric Techniques," ''[[Social Science Research Network]]'', 2014.<ref>{{citation|last1=Lacombe|first1=Donald J.|last2=Ross|first2=Amanda|title=Revisiting the Question 'More Guns, Less Crime?' New Estimates Using Spatial Econometric Techniques|date=2014|doi=10.2139/ssrn.2389105|s2cid=150777772}}</ref>
* Mark Gius, "An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates," ''[[Applied Economics Letters]]'', 2014.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gius|first1=Mark|title=An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates|journal=[[Applied Economics Letters]]|date=26 November 2013|volume=21|issue=4|pages=265–267|doi=10.1080/13504851.2013.854294|s2cid=154746184}}</ref>