New VPC Study Reveals Public Safety Threat Posed by Firearm Silencers
The VPC today 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>>
New VPC Study Reveals Hundreds of "Hidden" Gun Manufacturers Across Michigan
Hundreds of Michigan residents possess a federal license to manufacture firearms, yet relatively few actually produce any guns according to Michigan’s Hidden Gun Manufacturers, a new study from the VPC's Campaign for Gun Industry Accountability. Instead, the license can be used to bypass sales requirements that apply to unlicensed individuals buying a gun and undercut the federal ban on civilian possession of new fully automatic machine guns. 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>>
