Abstract
The decision by the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 2008, together with the research of Professor and research scientist John Lott now opens a number of new discussions concerning handguns in the United States. Whereas Professor Lott maintains that allowing citizens to carry concealed handguns lowers crime rates. The Supreme Court has now established for the first time ever, that citizens may possess handguns and firearms for private use in their homes. Taken together, more questions have been created than answered.
Keywords
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Barnett, R.
High Court to Weigh Ban on Handgun Ownership . My Way News , pg 5
2.
Biskupic, J.
, &
Johnson, K.
(2008 , June 26). USA Today .
3.
Black, D.
and
Nagin, D.
(1998 ). Do Right to Carry Laws Deter Violent Crime ? Journal of Legal Studies
27 , 209 -219
4.
Boldt, D.
(1999 , December 14). Alarms and diversions . The Philadelphia Inquirer .
5.
Boldt, D.
(1999 , December 14). Study Evidence of Guns . Philadelphia Inquirer . CNN /Opinion Research Corporation (2008 )
6.
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. (2008).
7.
Goertzel, T.
(2002 ). Myths of murder and multiple regression . The Skeptical Inquirer , 26 (1 ), 19 -23 .
8.
Helmke, P.
(2007 , November 20). High Court to Weigh Ban on Handgun Ownership . My Way News , pg 5 .
9.
Kopel, D.
(1996 , February 19). More permits mean less crime . The Los Angeles Times , p. B-5 .
10.
Lott, J.R.
(2000 ). More guns, less crime: Understanding crime and gun control laws . Chicago : University of Chicago Press .
11.
Mauro, T.
(2007 , July 30). Both sides fear firing blanks if D.C. gun case reaches High Court . Legal Times .
12.
National Rifle Association
, Institute for Legislative Action , February 1, 2008
13.
Richey, W.
(2007 ). The Christian Science Monitor .
14.
Taranto, J.
(2008 , July 19). The Wall Street Journal , p. A7 .
15.
United States v. Emerson, 5th Cir. (2001).
16.
Zimring F.
and
Hawkins G.
( 1997 ). Concealed Handguns: The Counterfeit Deterrent . The Responsive Community , 7 : 46 -60