| R2 values using county-level 1977-2000 (Corresponds to Lott's corrected Table 3a) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime | Murder | Rape | Aggrvtd Assault | Rbbry | Prprty Crimes | Auto Theft | Brglry | Lrcny | |
| R2 without any shall-issue variable | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.80 |
| R2 (Single dummy variable model) | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.80 |
| R2 (Spline model) | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.80 |
| R2 (Hybrid model) | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.80 |
| Values that have increased when the shall-issue variable is added are in bold. | |||||||||
My thanks to David Powell for computing these values.
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