More than 5,700 Hispanics Killed by Guns in the United States in 2023, VPC Study Reveals
More than 5,700 Hispanics died by gunfire in the United States in 2023 according to the latest edition of Hispanic Victims of Lethal Firearms Violence in the United States, an annual study from the VPC. That year (the most recent for which national is data available) guns claimed 5,747 Hispanic lives. Of these, 3,284 (57 percent) were gun homicides. An additional 2,198 Hispanic lives were lost in gun suicides that year. More>>
Annual Report "Gun Death in Illinois" Released by One Aim Illinois and Violence Policy Center
Guns claimed the lives of nearly 1,700 Illinois residents in 2023 according to Gun Death in Illinois, an annual report from One Aim Illinois, the state’s leading gun violence prevention organization, and the Violence Policy Center (VPC), a national research and advocacy organization working to stop gun death and injury. More>>
New VPC Study Reveals Public Safety Threat Posed by Firearm Silencers
The VPC released Silencers: A Threat to Public Safety, a new study detailing the public safety threat posed by firearm silencers. The study was released as part of the VPC’s ongoing Campaign for Gun Industry Accountability. The study’s release comes as the firearms industry and gun lobby are pushing legislation on Capitol Hill to de-regulate silencers. 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>>
