““There is a clear consensus among economists about self-defense, gun-free zones, firearms and suicide, and concealed handgun laws. Among North American economists: •Eighty-eight percent say that guns are more frequently “used in self-defense than they are used in the commission of crime.” •Ninety-one percent believe that gun-free zones are “more likely to attract criminals than they are to deter them.” •Seventy-two percent do not agree that “a gun in the home causes an increase in the risk of suicide.” •Ninety-one percent say that “concealed handgun permit holders are much more law-abiding than the typical American.” •Eighty-one percent say that permitted concealed handguns lower the murder rate.””
