Emory University
Department of Economics
Working Papers


Title:
Number: 04-12
Author:
Hugo Mialon and Tom Wiseman
Issue Date: August 2004
Abstract: We develop a model of crime and self-defense that provides a rationale both for the right to bear arms and for regulating this right. It also suggests that a severe punishment for gun crime might best guarantee both the security and freedom of potential victims.

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