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Originally Posted by Nomadac

I recommend you read "More guns less crime" by John Lott. This interview dispels your claims.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html

I probably should. But let's be clear ... Lott is an intelligent, informed guy, but other intelligent, informed academics and researchers shot down the methodology Lott used to make his cases in this book to which you refer, including the National Academy of Sciences which found "no credible evidence that the passage of right-to-carry laws decreases or increases violent crime" including Lott's claims in their statement.

So while I think the book is worth a read, I'll do so critically. The link I provided was not my "claims"; it was a listing of accidental shootings by CCW holders.