 The "Price of Freedom" August
27, 2008—During
the 1980s, NRA Executive Vice President Harlon Carter wrote a
monthly column for the NRA's magazines titled "The Price
of Freedom." According to Carter, the "price of freedom,"
measured in gun death and injury, could never be high enough to
justify restrictions on the NRA's self-perceived "right"
to buy and use all types of firearms.
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"Pro-Gun" States Lead the Nation in Per Capita Firearm Death Rates States
with weak gun laws and high rates of gun ownership lead the nation
in overall firearm death rates according to an analysis by the
VPC of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
The analysis reveals that the five states with the highest per
capita gun death rates were Louisiana, Alaska, Montana, Tennessee
and Alabama.
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Statement of VPC on Supreme Court Ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller Overturning DC Handgun Ban Ruling Should Allow Ban on Semiautomatic Handguns to Stand June
26, 2008—Following
today’s 5-4 Supreme Court opinion authored
by 2007 Sport Shooting Ambassador Award winner Antonin Scalia
overturning Washington, DC’s handgun ban, but apparently allowing
for the retention of the law’s ban on most semiautomatic weapons,
including semiautomatic handguns, Violence Policy Center (VPC)
Legislative Director Kristen Rand states: Comparing Amici in the Heller Case Organizations
filing amici briefs in support of Washington, DC, represent
a wide range of mainstream American institutions (including
national public health organizations, mayors of major metropolitan
cities, law enforcement, religious groups, and leading academics)
while a significant number of amici opposing the ban
have more narrow, gun-related interests. |
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