New Study – "Gun Death in Texas" – Released by Texas Gun Sense and the Violence Policy Center

Guns claimed the lives of more than 4,500 Texas residents in 2022 in suicides, homicides, and unintentional deaths according to Gun Death in Texas, a new joint report by Texas Gun Sense and the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The study analyzes 2022 Texas data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). More>>

New Study Details Devastating Impact of U.S. 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles in Mexico

Today the VPC released Long Range Terror: How U.S. 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles Wreak Havoc in Mexico. The 31-page study documents the prevalence of U.S.-sourced 50 caliber sniper rifles illegally trafficked to Mexico and how these weapons are used by cartels to terrorize civilians and attack and undermine government authorities. (The study and press release are also available in Spanish). More>>

 

Trump Administration Reviving Federal Guns-for-Felons Program

The Trump Administration is reviving the federal “relief from disability” guns-for-felons program. Under this program, convicted felons could apply to ATF for “relief” from the “disability” of not being able to buy or possess a gun. From 1985 to 1991, thousands of felons received “relief,” at a taxpayer cost of more than $21 million. In 1992, after VPC research revealed details of the program (including crimes later committed by those granted “relief”), Congress defunded it. More>>