Right-to-Carry Laws

Stanford Law Review Exchange (2003)

I. Ayres, I. and J.J. Donohue (2003), “Shooting Down the ‘More Guns, Less Crime’ Hypothesis”, Stanford Law Review 51(4):1193-1312.

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II. Ayres, I. and J.J. Donohue (2003), “The Latest Misfires in Support of the ‘More Guns, Less Crime’ Hypothesis”, Stanford Law Review 51(4):1371-1398.

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This paper follows Florenz Plassmann and John Whitley’s criticism of the “Shooting Down” paper:

Plassmann, F. and J. Whitley (2003), “Confirming ‘More Guns, Less Crime’”, Stanford Law Review 51(4):1313-1370.

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Reaction Essay to the More Guns, Less Crime Hypothesis

Donohue, J.J. (2003) “The Final Bullet in the Body of the More Guns, Less Crime Hypothesis”, Criminology and Public Policy 2(3):397-410.

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Fordham Law Review (2004)

Donohue, J.J. (2004), “Guns, Crime, and the Impact of State Right-to-Carry Laws”, Fordham Law Review 73(2).

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Data Sets

Click here to download a zip file of data sets, graphs and do files used for the Fordham Law Review paper.

Note: there is a readme file available as a guide; contact Sascha Becker if you have any questions about its contents.

National Academy of Sciences Review (2004)

National Academy of Sciences (2004), Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

Click here to download Chapter 6 of the report, which considers the debate over right-to-carry laws (1.6 MB)

Click here to download three related appendices (911 KB)