Area # 21  RTKBA                    26 Jul 95  08:25    Message # 4578
From    : Victor Dura
To      : All                                           
Subj    : CCW Research Paper     01

Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 03:45:41 -0700
From: Jeff Chan <chan@shell.portal.com>
Subject: RESEARCH: Cramer/Kopel "Shall Issue" CCW paper available

Clayton Cramer has sent me his latest CCW paper with David Kopel and
I've archived it.  A similar version of this paper appears in this
month's Tennesee Law Review.

  http://www.portal.com/~chan/research/cramer/shall-issue.txt
or
  ftp://ftp.shell.portal.com/pub/chan/research/cramer/shall-issue.txt

Published in original form by the Independence Institute, this is a
large (210k) and extremely significant paper for CCW reform.  Thanks for
the great work Dave and Clayton!

Here are the Executive Overview and Table of Contents:
__

                                            October 17, 1994

"Shall Issue": The New Wave of Concealed Handgun Permit Laws
                       revised edition

            By Clayton E. Cramer & David B. Kopel


Executive Summary

o     About a third of the states have adopted laws requiring that
  citizens who pass a background check and a safety class must be
  granted a permit to carry a concealed firearm  for protection, if they
  apply.

o     Critics of carry reform have predicted that blood will flow  in
  the streets as hot-tempered citizens shoot  each other in trivial
  disputes.

o     Analysis of murder rates in carry reform states  shows that fears
  of reform opponents have been unfounded.  Careful study of homicide
  trends in these states reveals that carry reform has not led to an
  increased homicide rate.

o     In  Florida, for example, a murder rate that  was  36% above  the
  national average when carry reform  went  into effect  in  1987,  fell
  by 1991 to 4% below  the  national average.

o     The  fact the permits are available does not mean that everyone
  will carry a gun. Usually only about 1% to 4% of a state's population
  will choose to obtain a permit.

o     Accordingly, states considering carry reform can enact such  laws
  knowing that reform will not  endanger  public safety.  Carry reform,
  at least sometimes, allows citizens to  save  their own lives by
  protecting themselves against criminal attack.

o     An  additional  reform,  already  on  the  books   in California,
  allows domestic violence victims whom a  court has determined to be in
  immediate danger, to carry a handgun for  protection,  without need to
  undergo  a  months-long application process for a permit.

                      Table of Contents


A SHORT HISTORY OF CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMITS              1

 MODERN DISCRETIONARY PERMITS                             2

 THE NEW BREED OF CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT LAWS           6
  METHODOLOGY FOR JUDGING EFFECTS OF THE LAWS             6

STATE-BY-STATE ANALYSIS                                   8
  WASHINGTON                                              8
  FLORIDA                                                12
  VIRGINIA                                               17
  GEORGIA                                                19
  PENNSYLVANIA                                           21
  OREGON                                                 24
  WEST VIRGINIA                                          27
  IDAHO                                                  29
  MONTANA                                                31
  MISSISSIPPI                                            33
  WYOMING                                                35
  ARIZONA                                                36
  TENNESSEE                                              36
  ALASKA                                                 37

 ANALYSIS OF STATE HOMICIDE DATA                         38

ADDITIONAL CARRY REFORM RESEARCH                         41

 EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT POLICIES AMONG CALIFORNIA COUNTIES 41
  PERMIT ISSUANCE IN CALIFORNIA                          43
  WHAT DO THE DATA TELL US?                              46


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Area # 21  RTKBA                    26 Jul 95  08:25    Message # 4579
From    : Victor Dura
To      : All                                           
Subj    : CCW Research Paper     02

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 SIX-STATE COMPARATIVE STUDY                             47

OTHER ISSUES                                             51

 SAVING LIVES                                            51

 PEACE OF MIND                                           54

 THE MORALITY OF DEFENSIVE FIREARMS                      55
  TAKING THE LAW INTO ONE'S HANDS                        55
  VIOLENCE BEGATS VIOLENCE                               55
  RELIGION                                               56
  THE  ABSENCE OF A LEGAL GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION  TO  PROTECT
  CITIZENS                                               61

 CAN CITIZENS USE GUNS COMPETENTLY?                      63

 THE WILD WEST, OR "WHAT IF EVERYONE CARRIED A HANDGUN?" 65

 POLICE OPINION AND POLICE COMPETENCE                    69

 DOES THE GUN CONTROL LOBBY MEAN WHAT IT SAYS?           73

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER IMMINENT PERILS              75

FEDERAL CARRY PERMITS?                                   77

ENDNOTES                                                 81

--
Jeff Chan
mailto:chan@shell.portal.com


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