Chicago Law and Economics Working Paper reactions of two people with concealed handguns. (See Lott (1998b) for a more complete list of such cases. )Internationally, similar examples can be found. On March 13, 1997, a Jordanian soldier shot seven young Israeli girls to death while they were visiting Jordans so-called"Island of Peace "According to newspaper reports, the israelis had " complied with Jordanian requests to leave their weapons behind when they entered the border enclave. Otherwise, they might have been able to stop the shooting, several parents Referring to the July 1984 massacre at a San Ysidro, California, McDonalds restaurant, Israeli criminologist Abraham Tennenbaum wrote that: what occurred at a [crowded venue in Jerusalem some weeks before the California McDonalds massacre three terrorists who attempted to machine-gun the throng ged to kill only one victim before being shot down by handgun carrying Israelis. Presented to the press the next day, the surviving terrorist complained that hi group had not realized that Israeli civilians were armed The terrorists had planned to machine-gun a succession of crowd spots, thinking that they would be able to escape before the police or army could arrive to deal with them. g Obviously allowing Israeli citizens to carry concealed han has not eliminated terrorist attacks Indeed terrorists may well responded to the difficulty of successfully shooting civilians in places by substituting bombings, which allow potential victims little chance to respond Anecdotal evidence cannot resolve the question whether allowing persons to carry concealed handguns will save or cost lives In this study, we provide a systematic empirical analysis of the effects of different gun laws on multiple victim public shootings. We focus 7 Allison Thompson, Robber Gets Outgunned on Westside, "Florida Times Union( Jacksonville, FL), September 24, 1997, p. B1 8 Rebecca Trounson, "Anxiety, Anger Surround Return of Young Survivors, Las Angeles Times, March 14, 1997, p. Al 9 Baltimore Sun, Oct. 26, 1991. As referenced in an article by Don Kates and Dan Polsby. "Of Genocide and Disarmament "Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 86(Fall 1995): 252Chicago Law and Economics Working Paper 4 reactions of two people with concealed handguns.7 (See Lott (1998b) for a more complete list of such cases.) Internationally, similar examples can be found. On March 13, 1997, a Jordanian soldier shot seven young Israeli girls to death while they were visiting Jordan’s so-called “Island of Peace.” According to newspaper reports, the Israelis had “complied with Jordanian requests to leave their weapons behind when they entered the border enclave. Otherwise, they might have been able to stop the shooting, several parents said.”8 Referring to the July 1984 massacre at a San Ysidro, California, McDonald’s restaurant, Israeli criminologist Abraham Tennenbaum wrote that: what occurred at a [crowded venue in] Jerusalem some weeks before the California McDonald's massacre: three terrorists who attempted to machine-gun the throng managed to kill only one victim before being shot down by handgun carrying Israelis. Presented to the press the next day, the surviving terrorist complained that his group had not realized that Israeli civilians were armed. The terrorists had planned to machine-gun a succession of crowd spots, thinking that they would be able to escape before the police or army could arrive to deal with them.9 Obviously allowing Israeli citizens to carry concealed handguns has not eliminated terrorist attacks. Indeed, terrorists may well have responded to the difficulty of successfully shooting civilians in public places by substituting bombings, which allow potential victims little chance to respond. Anecdotal evidence cannot resolve the question whether allowing persons to carry concealed handguns will save or cost lives. In this study, we provide a systematic empirical analysis of the effects of different gun laws on multiple victim public shootings. We focus 7 Allison Thompson, Robber Gets Outgunned on Westside,” Florida Times￾Union ( Jacksonville, FL),September 24, 1997, p. B1. 8 Rebecca Trounson, “Anxiety, Anger Surround Return of Young Survivors,” Los Angeles Times, March 14, 1997, p. A1 9 Baltimore Sun, Oct. 26, 1991. As referenced in an article by Don Kates and Dan Polsby. “Of Genocide and Disarmament,” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 86 (Fall 1995): 252