Gun Control and the Self-Defense Argument.1
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A key issue in the debate over gun control is how it will affect the relative incentives of criminals and law-abiding citizens to acquire guns. We propose a simple model of interaction of criminals and lawabiding citizens as a contest where the parties arm themselves in order to improve their chances of having an upper hand in an encounter. We study the effect of various gun control policies on crime and the total demand for guns taking into account the strategic interdependence between the demand for guns between criminals and law-abiding citizens.
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