Study Reveals Disproportionate Impact of Lethal Gun Violence on American Indian/Alaska Native Community

Members of the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) community are disproportionately impacted by firearm violence according to a new study from the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The study, American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Lethal Firearm Violence in the United States, was released today during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. More>>

New Study – Gun Death in Wisconsin – Released by Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) Educational Fund and Violence Policy Center

Guns claimed the lives of 830 Wisconsin residents in 2022 according to Gun Death in Wisconsin, a new joint report by the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) Educational Fund, 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>>

Nearly Nine out of 10 Women Murdered by Men are Killed by Someone They Know and Two Thirds Die by Gunfire, New VPC Study Finds

More than 2,400 females were killed by males in 2022 and of these, 87.5 percent knew their killer. Guns were used in 66.0 percent of the attacks according to the most recent edition of the annual VPC study When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2022 Homicide Data. Each year the VPC releases this report for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. More>>