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6 Libertarian Papers 1 (2014)

handle is hein.journals/libpa6 and id is 1 raw text is: LIBERTARIAN PAPERS RIGHT-TO-CARRY AND CAMPUS CRIME: EVIDENCE FROM THE NOT-SO-WILD-WEST JILL K. HAYTER, GARY L. SHELLEY, AND TAYLOR P. STEVENSON* Introduction Improbable and unpredictable events sometimes have large impacts on our lives. Taleb (2007) argues that Black Swan events, characterized by rarity, extreme impact and retrospective predictability, shape our lives and the world in which we live. These events are highly significant, but they are outliers. They are difficult to either understand or explain and nearly impossible to predict. None of the students, faculty, or administrators in Blacksburg, VA on April 16, 2007 could have predicted the day would be different than any other on the Virginia Tech campus. It was this day a student went on a shooting rampage, killing 32 people and wounding 25 more, before finally killing himself One reaction to the Virginia Tech shooting was a call for stronger gun control laws. A number of university administrators and faculty have been vocal in their support of stronger gun control. Notably, Oklahoma Chancellor of Higher Education Glen Johnson stated There is no scenario where allowing concealed weapons on college campuses will do anything other than create a more dangerous environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. Popular sentiment is summed up by Alex * Jill K. Hayter is Assistant Professor of Economics at East Tennessee State University. Gary L. Shelley is Associate Professor of Economics at East Tennessee State University. Taylor P. Stevenson (stevenst@etsu.edu) is Assistant Professor of Economics at East Tennessee State University. CITATION INFORMATION FOR THIS ARTICLE: Jill. K. Hayter, Gary L. Shelley, and Taylor P. Stevenson. 2014. Right-to-Carry and Campus Crime: Evidence from the Not-so-Wild-West. Libertaran Papers. 6 (1): 1-20. ONLINE AT: lib rtananp apers org. THIS ARTICLE IS subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (creativecommons.or/licenses). 1 VOL. 6, No. 1 (2014)

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