[MikeWaters]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...e391_blog.html

Update: Lott notes that, by his assessment, a majority of the research in referred academic publications supports his point of view. In a 2012 article for the Maryland Law Review, Lott listed 18 studies that found such laws reduced violent crime, ten that said it has no discernable effect and one that found it increased violent crime.

http://www.law.umaryland.edu/academi.../71_4_1205.pdf