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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (107928)	4/5/2005 4:46:38 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) of 793916

John, are you at all familiar with John Lott's work? No, I'm not, George. Thanks for the link. I'll try to find the time to take a look. It looks as if it's reasonably serious stuff. Do you know if there is a literature about Lott's work? Evaluations of such in the social sciences? A bit of googling turns up this link to some rather large criticisms. Suggests invoking Lott is not controversy free. bradycampaign.org And here's a long essay that looks over the literature and argues against Lott. Looks quite well done. brookings.edu For a quick summary of Donohue's conclusion: With the benefit of more complete data than were available initially to Lott and Mustard, I conclude that the best statistical evidence does not support the claim that shall-issue laws reduce crime.

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