How the Firearms Industry Markets Guns to Asian Americans
Exploiting COVID Violence Against Asian Americans Since the “ground-swell shift” felt at its 2015 Atlanta meeting, NSSF, its gun industry members, and the National Rifle Association have focused primarily on Blacks and Latinos in their marketing efforts.17 In addition to…
Misfire
The Insufficient Safety Regulation of Guns Available evidence shows that there are millions of defective guns in America. Exemption of guns from federal safety regulations that we apply to almost every other type of product in the United States has…
VPC in the News Archive
For stories from 2018 to the present, please see https://vpc.org/vpc-in-the-news/ “Domestic violence is far too prevalent in Lancaster County, and must be prevented,” Lancaster Online, December 22, 2017 “A portrait of Nina,” The Mountaineer, December 18, 2017 “What will it…
Poisonous Pastime – Endnotes
The Health Risks of Shooting Ranges and Lead to Children, Families, and the Environment Endnotes International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Proceedings of the First National Shooting Range Symposium (1990), p. 107. International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Proceedings of the…
Voting From the Rooftops – Section Two: The Threats
“It’s a fun toy, a nice collectible. This is not something a drug lord or a bank robber is going to want to use. It’s not easy to conceal.” —Ronnie G. Barrett, owner of Barrett Firearms Manufacturing72 Advocates for the…
Unintended Consequences – Endnotes
Data from U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division. Handguns accounted for 48 percent of all firearms available for sale on the civilian market in the…
Pocket Rockets – Appendix A: Selected Pocket Rockets on the American Market (1997-1999)
Appendix A: Selected Pocket Rockets on the American Market (1997-1999) Manufacturer Location Model Caliber Accu-Tek Accu-Tek4510 Carter Court Chino, CA 91710 BL-9XL-9 CP-9SS CP-40SS CP-45SS 9mm9mm 9mm .40 S&W .45 ACP AMT Arcadia Machine & Tool6226 Santos Diaz Street…
VPC Welcomes President Bush’s Reaffirmation of Campaign Pledge to Support Reauthorization of Federal Assault Weapons Ban
WASHINGTON, DC – On the eve of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, President Bush has kept his 2000 campaign promise and reaffirmed his support for the federal ban on assault weapons, Knight Ridder news service reported this past weekend.…
Arizona, Nevada, and Utah Comprise the “UZI Triangle” of Copycat Assault Weapon Manufacturers, According to Violence Policy Center
For Release: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 Three-State Region Has Largest Number of “Copycat” Assault Weapon Manufacturers in the United States, With Gunmakers Currently Marketing UZIs, AK-47s, AR-15s, Galils, and Other Assault Weapons Despite 1994 Federal Ban Washington, DC – The…
Gun Industry Loses in Court Again
For Release: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 Massachusetts Ruling Upholds Nation’s First Consumer Regulation of Guns The Violence Policy Center applauded today’s landmark ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which hands a major defeat to the gun industry and paves the…