"I don’t know of a single academic study by anyone that’s found an increase in accidental shootings," John Lott, Economist, author of "More Guns, Less Crime."

Lott formerly taught at Rice University and now lives in the Washington DC area.

Lott said his views changed after he conducted an exhaustive study of Texas and other states with concealed handgun licenses. Lott contends not only is there no significant increase in accidental shootings, he said he found violent crime actually goes down.

According to Lott, homicide was reduced by 8 percent and rapes by 5 percent in states after they began issuing CHLs.

Lott said it happens because criminals are afraid of getting shot.

"Criminals know there is some risk now to attack somebody and they don’t know who is risky to go and attack," Lott said.

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