New Study – "Gun Death in Texas" – Released by Texas Gun Sense and the Violence Policy Center
Guns claimed the lives of more than 4,500 Texas residents in 2022 in suicides, homicides, and unintentional deaths according to Gun Death in Texas, a new joint report by Texas Gun Sense and the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The study analyzes 2022 Texas data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). More>>
New Study Details Devastating Impact of U.S. 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles in Mexico
Today the VPC released Long Range Terror: How U.S. 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles Wreak Havoc in Mexico. The 31-page study documents the prevalence of U.S.-sourced 50 caliber sniper rifles illegally trafficked to Mexico and how these weapons are used by cartels to terrorize civilians and attack and undermine government authorities. (The study and press release are also available in Spanish). 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>>
More Than 2,500 Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Concealed Carry Killers Since 2007, Latest Violence Policy Center Research Shows
Concealed handgun permit holders are responsible for at least 2,541 deaths not involving self-defense since 2007, according to the VPC's ongoing Concealed Carry Killers project, an online resource that provides examples of non-self defense killings involving private citizens with permits to carry concealed handguns in public. More>>
