The Impact of Right-to-Carry Concealed Firearm Laws on Mass Public Shootings

Homicide Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-296

  Duwe, Grant ^a   Kovandzic, Tomislav ^b   Moody, Carlisle E ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 84992830829     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108876702237341     Document Type: Article

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