@article{ref1,
title="More guns, less crime? A dynamical systems approach",
journal="Applied mathematics and computation",
year="2020",
author="Monteiro, L. H. A.",
volume="369",
number="",
pages="e124804-e124804",
abstract="The laws regulating the ownership and use of firearms by civilians have been debated in several countries. The debate arises because the relations among firearm accessibility, right to self-defense, firearm-related mortality, and violent crime statistics can suggest divergent strategies to combat criminality. Here, a model written in terms of differential equations is proposed to answer the question: do more legal guns mean less crime committed by illegal guns? From this model, the impact of distinct gun-control policies on the rate of gun-related crimes is investigated. It is analytically shown that strong gun-control leads to the minimum number of illegal guns; however, this policy does not assure a crime-free society. Weak gun-control can lead to a crime-free society; however, this policy requires the maximum number of legal guns in the hands of the civil society.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-3003",
doi="10.1016/j.amc.2019.124804",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2019.124804"
}