Guns and Crime Some u.S. states have enacted laws that alLow citizens to carry concealed weapons.
economics
Description
1. Guns and Crime Some u.S. states have enacted laws that alLow citizens to carry concealed weapons. These laws are known as sliall-issue” laws because they instruct local authorities to issue a concealed weapons permit to alL applicants who are citizens. mentaily competent, and have not been convicted of a felony (soiiie states have some additional restrictions). Iii “may issue” states, such as New York. applicants must demonstrate a reason for carrying a concealed weapon (dangerous line of work, history of threats, etc.).
Proponents argue that. if more people carry coneeale(l weapons. crime will decline because crini mais are deterred. Opponents argue that crime will increase because of a.ecideutal or spontaneous use of the weapon. Iii this exercise, you will analyze the effect of concealed weapons laws on three different categories of crimes: violent crimes: robberies (such as the robbery of a convenience store); and murder (ixiany of which are spontaneous acts of passion).
In order to access the data we will use the AER package. In order to acce the data we will need to install the package first (this only needs to be done once). Once installed the dataO and ? commands can access and describe the dataset. The commands below summarize how to do this:
