The author of the most comprehensive and controversial research on civilian use of firearms against criminals defended his latest work in Washington on Monday. Dr. John Lott is an economist and former Yale University School of Law researcher best known for his book More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws. In that book, he detailed research arguing "allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes, without increasing accidental deaths."
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