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30 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 649 (2006-2007)
Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide - A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence

handle is hein.journals/hjlpp30 and id is 657 raw text is: WOULD BANNING FIREARMS REDUCE MURDER AND SUICIDE? A REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND SOME DOMESTIC EVIDENCE DON B. KATES* AND GARY MAUSER* INTRODUCTION ............................................................ 650 I. VIOLENCE: THE DECISIVENESS OF SOCIAL FACTORS ................................................... 660 II. ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION .......................... 662 III. DO ORDINARY PEOPLE MURDER? ........................ 665 IV. MORE GUNS, LESS CRIME? .................................... 670 V. GEOGRAPHIC, HISTORICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN S ............................................................... 673 A. Demographic Patterns .................................. 676 B. Macro-historical Evidence: From the Middle Ages to the 20th Century ................. 678 C. Later and More Specific Macro-Historical Evidence .......................................................... 684 D. Geographic Patterns within Nations .......... 685 * Don B. Kates (LL.B., Yale, 1966) is an American criminologist and constitutional lawyer associated with the Pacific Research Institute, San Francisco. He may be con- tacted at dbkates@earthlink.net; 360-666-2688; 22608 N.E. 269th Ave., Battle Ground, WA 98604. ** Gary Mauser (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1970) is a Canadian crimi- nologist and university professor at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada. He may be contacted at www.garymauser.net, mauser@sfu.ca, and 604-291-3652. We gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions of Professor Thomas B. Cole (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Social Medicine and Epidemiology); Chief Superintendent Colin Greenwood (West Yorkshire Constabulary, ret.); C.B. Kates; Abigail Kohn (University of Sydney, Law); David B. Kopel (Independence Institute); Professor Timothy D. Lytton (Albany Law School); Professor William Alex Pridemore (University of Oklahoma, Sociology); Professor Randolph Roth (Ohio State University, History); Professor Thomas Velk (McGill University, Eco- nomics and Chairman of the North American Studies Program); Professor Robert Weisberg (Stanford Law School); and John Whitley (University of Adelaide, Eco- nomics). Any merits of this paper reflect their advice and contributions; errors are entirely ours.

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