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As Lott explained in an interview concerning his book:<ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html Interview with John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime]</ref>

As Lott explained in an interview concerning his book:<ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html Interview with John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime]</ref>

{{cquote|Criminals are deterred by higher penalties. Just as higher arrest and conviction rates deter crime, so does the risk that someone committing a crime will confront someone able to defend him or herself. There is a strong negative relationship between the number of law-abiding citizens with permits and the crime rate—as more people obtain permits there is a greater decline in violent crime rates. For each additional year that a concealed handgun law is in effect the [[murder]] rate declines by 3 percent, rape by 2 percent, and robberies by over 2 percent.

{{cquote|Criminals are deterred by higher penalties. Just as higher arrest and conviction rates deter crime, so does the risk that someone committing a crime will confront someone able to defend him or herself. There is a strong negative relationship between the number of law-abiding citizens with permits and the crime rate—as more people obtain permits there is a greater decline in violent crime rates. For each additional year that a concealed handgun law is in effect the [[murder]] rate declines by 3 percent, rape by 2 percent, and robberies by over 2 percent.