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First of all J.R.Lott and D. B.Mustard. 1997. Crime, deterrence, and right-to-carry concealed handguns. Journal of Legal Studies 26: 1-68.Okay wana, what research actually substantiates more guns equals less crime? You claim it is out there but failed to cite specifics. I will embrace the study that shows an actual causative affect and not just correlations.
_______1998. The concealed handgun debate. Journal of Legal Studies 27: 221-243
J.R. Lott. 1998, 2001, More guns, Less crime: understanding crime and gun-control laws. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.
Those are the two most famous, there are many others.
An interesting, and very good review of the debate was done by Econ Journal Watch in their Sept, 2008 paper.They have a downloadable Adobe document available at
http://econjwatch.org/articles/the-debate-on-shall-issue-laws
where they compare several pro-carry studies with several anti-carry papers.
Their conclusion was that concealed carry works.
Have you any comparable studies?