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New Gun Laws Wouldn`t Solve Cleveland`s Crime Problem

Columbus Mayor Frank Jackson received intense criticism for keeping mum as bullets whizzed through city streets and claimed innocent lives this summer. On Monday, he took a very public stand to try to curb violence and prevent young thugs from brandishing guns. But even if his proposal had a chance of becoming state law--and, make no mistake, it is DOA in Columbus--it wouldn`t do a thing to solve the local problem.

Read About It: Plain Dealer

Posted: 9/12/2007 9:59:28 AM

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One additional woman carrying a concealed handgun reduces the murder rate for women about 3-4 times more than one additional man carrying a concealed handgun reduces the murder rate for men. (More Guns, Less Crime, John R. Lott, Jr., University of Chicago Press, 1998)

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