| − | Laws that allow people to carry concealed handguns deter criminals and reduce violent crime, with murder rates falling by more than 10 percent. Urban, crime-prone counties have benefited the most, and women have benefited much more than men. [http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199905203402020 John Lott, letter published in New England Journal of Medicine] | + | Laws that allow people to carry concealed handguns deter criminals and reduce violent crime, with murder rates falling by more than 10 percent. Urban, crime-prone counties have benefited the most, and women have benefited much more than men.<ref> [http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199905203402020 John Lott, letter published in New England Journal of Medicine]</ref> |