 Over 90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S., New GAO Report Finds June
18, 2009—More than 90 percent of the firearms seized in Mexico
and traced by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF) over the last three years came from the United
States, according to a new report
released today by the U.S. Government Accountability Office
(GAO).
VPC Executive Director in The Huffington Post So
much for NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's oft-repeated claim that Mexican
gun traffickers don't bother to "trifle with paperwork at U.S.
gun stores."
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States with Higher Gun Ownership and Weak Gun Laws Lead Nation in Gun Death May
6, 2009—States with higher gun ownership rates and weak gun laws
have the highest rates of gun death according to a new analysis
by the Violence Policy Center (VPC) of just-released 2006 national
data (the most recent available) from the federal Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control. |
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VPC Executive Director in The Huffington Post Gunmakers Now Last Unregulated Industry June
22 , 2009—President Obama's signing of a bill granting the federal
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over
the tobacco industry now leaves the gun industry as the last
American industry not regulated for health and safety. |
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