DH> ---- DATELINE: Friday, August 2, 1996. U.S.A. Today - page 3a- (The
DH> Nation's Newspaper) (http://www.usatoday.com)
DH> ----                  STUDY: WEAPONS LAWS DETER CRIME
DH> 
DH>       -- Fewer rapes, murders found WHERE CONCEALED GUNS LEGAL. --
DH> -- Murder, down 8.5 % - Rape down 5 % - Aggravated assault, down 7 % 
DH>     In a comprehensive study that may reshape the gun control debate,
DH> researchers have found that letting people carry concealed guns 
DH> appears
DH> to sharply reduce murders, rapes and other violent crimes.
DH>     The nationwide study found that  violent crime fell after states
DH> made it legal to carry concealed handguns.
DH>     The University of Chicago study, obtained by USA TODAY, is set to 
DH> be
DH> released next Thursday. But its impending release has already sent 
DH> shock
DH> waves through the gun control debate because of the effect it may 
DH> have
DH> on one of the most controversial areas of gun law.
DH>     Gun control backer Josh Sugarman of the Violence Policy Center
DH> blasted the study: "Anyone who argues that these laws reduce crime
DH> either doesn't understand the nature of crime
    What does it take to "understand the nature of crime", if doing a 
national statistical study won't do?
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