Emory School of Law Working Paper Series
Emory Legal Scholarship Working Paper Series
The Impact of Gun Laws: A Model of Crime and Self-Defense
Abstract
We develop a model of crime and self-defense that provides a rationale both for the right to bear arms and for regulating this right. It also suggests that a severe punishment for gun crime might best guarantee both the security and freedom of potential victims.
Subject Area
Constitutional Law
Recommended Citation
Hugo M. Mialon and Thomas E. Wiseman,
"The Impact of Gun Laws: A Model of Crime and Self-Defense"
(February 2005).
Emory School of Law Working Paper Series.
Emory Legal Scholarship Working Paper Series.
Working Paper 4.
http://law.bepress.com/emorylwps/papers/art4
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