Texas CCW research needed...

[Erik]

I am "debating" the antis at the Denver Post politics discussion site. (Feel free to join there...) I need a source for the claim that since GWB passed the CCW law that crime has been reduced.

Thanks!

 

[mjsarge]

John Lott included it in part of research he as done. I believe crime went down 6.5% the first year after the Concealed Handgun Law passed. Yet crime only went down 4.9% the same year in states with no C.H. law. Hope this helps, I'll search for a link to his other research.

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[LawDog]

Erik, what you want is the UCR, or FBI Uniform Crime Report for the years just prior and after the year the law was passed in Texas.

The UCR will have the crime rate broken down by state, type, etc., etc.,.

I think it may be available via the FBI web-site.

LawDog

 

[nralife]

Article about Texas and Gore's criticism...


http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/showthread.php?threadid=26462


The Texas State Rifle Association website has some info on it at...

http://www.tsra.com/


The NRA Concealed carry Fact sheet can be found at...

http://www.nraila.org/research/19990729-RighttoCarry-001.html


Joe


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[Glenn E. Meyer]

Ask on the tx.guns newsgroup.

Or search on the group for Paul Barnett and
Sam Kersh - they stay up on those things.

you could e-mail them.