An look who's recommending it:
. Lott has done us all a service by his thorough, thoughtful scholarly approach to a
highly controversial issue."--Milton Friedman
I read the interview, and as I thought, it looks like a rat-choice/deterrence twaddle. Concealed weapons work, we are told, because criminals rationally calculate their expected benefit/risk ratios (using sophisticated econometric models pioneered by Professor Friedman, to be sure) and come to the conclusion that the chance risks outweigh any expected benfits of their action.
No wonder that senile troll Friedman recommends that drivel. To me, the very existence of that warlock is the best reason for every citizen of this country to buy and carry a fire arm. That would increase chances of him being shot.
Wojtek