NAS Panel on Firearms

1-11-05
Notes on National Academy Report

12-29-04
Shooting Blanks
Update: World Net Daily has a news article on the NAS report. See also the discussion on keepandbeararms.com.

12-16-04
National Academy Report with James Q. Wilson's Dissent

9-31-01
Gun Panel Hears With an Ear Shut

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Cold Comfort, Economist John Lott discusses the benefits of guns--and the hazards of pointing them out.

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Updated Media Analysis of Appalachian Law School Attack

Since the first news search was done additional news stories have been added to Nexis:

There are thus now 218 unique stories, and a total of 294 stories counting duplicates (the stories in yellow were duplicates): Excel file for general overview and specific stories. Explicit mentions of defensive gun use increase from 2 to 3 now.

Journal of Legal Studies paper on spoiled ballots during the 2000 Presidential Election

Data set from USA Today, STATA 7.0 data set

"Do" File for some of the basic regressions from the paper