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Guns and crime.(effect of hand guns on crime, analysis)
Southern Economic Journal
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April 1, 2005|
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1. Introduction
Guns make crime easier to commit. Armed criminals are more easily able to secure victim cooperation. Guns also make it easier to commit larger scale crimes, such as bank robbery. More guns, therefore, can increase the number of criminals and encourage current criminals to be more active. Also, more guns in homes can encourage burglary, since guns are valuable loot (Cook and Ludwig 2003).
On the other hand, people also acquire and use guns for self-defense. Cook and Ludwig (1997) estimate that 14 million people carried firearms for protection ...
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