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To the Editor: Hemenway's review of my book More Guns, Less Crime (Dec. 31 issue)¹ makes false and misleading claims. My book analyzed Federal Bureau of Investigation data on crimes in all American counties from 1977 to 1994, as well as similar data on accidental deaths and suicides involving guns. 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.

Hemenway starts his review by falsely claiming that I "approvingly" quote Archie . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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