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To: DMaA who wrote (13539)	3/2/2000 3:55:00 PM
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He lies. So what else is new. Florida sees biggest crime drop in 27 years Updated 3:24 PM ET March 2, 2000 By Michael Peltier TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Tougher laws, more drug arrests and adequate prison space have contributed to Florida's crime rate dropping to its lowest level since 1973, officials said Thursday. Highlighted by declines in murders, firearm-related crimes and other violent acts, Florida's crime rate fell by 10.8 percent in 1999 from the year before, the largest single year drop since state official began keeping records in 1971.... news.excite.com Nowhere in the article will you read that Florida has a concealed carry gun law. Concealed-Carry Gun Laws and the Crime Rate A Cato Policy Forum Featuring: John R. Lott, Jr. School of Law, University of Chicago with comments by Jenn Ludwig Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University Michael Block Professor of Law and Economics, University of Arizona Former Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission 31 States now have laws allowing individuals to carry concealed handguns. In the most careful scientific study of such laws yet done, which will be published in the Journal of Law and Economics in January, John Lott finds that concealed-carry laws deter violent crimes and produce no increase in accidental deaths. In an advance look at his findings, he argued at this forum that if more states had such laws, thousands of murders could be prevented. cato.org