We develop a model of crime and self-defense that provides a rationale both for the right to bear arms and for regulating this right. It also suggests that a severe punishment for gun crime might best guarantee both the security and freedom of potential victims.
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Paper provided by Department of Economics, Emory University (Atlanta) in its series Emory Economics with number
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