Aiming for Evidence - Based Gun Policy
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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 691–735 (2006) © 2006 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/pam.20202 Submissions to Policy Retrospectives should be sent to Douglas J. Besharov, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland/American Enterprise Institute, College Park, Maryland 20742; (301) 405-6341.
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