TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - More guns, less crime? A dynamical systems approach
JO  - Applied mathematics and computation
A1  - Monteiro, L. H. A.
SP  - e124804
EP  - e124804
VL  - 369
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-3003
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2019.124804
ID  - ref1
ER  -