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Letter from 23 state Attorneys General cite three studies to show right-to-carry laws reduce crime, all written by CPRC researchers

Dec 7, 2017 | Featured

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The letter from 23 state Attorneys General to the Senate and House leadership in support of the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (S. 446) and the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (H.R. 38) cited three studies to show that concealed-carry handguns reduced violent crime. Two were by CPRC president Dr. John Lott and one was by CPRC Research Director Dr. John Whitley.  The AGs discussed our work as follows:

 

 

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