- The Impact of Gun Violence
- Regulating the Gun Industry
- 3D-Printed Firearms
- 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles
- Assault Weapons
- Bump-Fires and Similar Devices
- Campaign For Gun Industry Accountability
- Ghost Guns
- Gun Deaths Compared to Motor Vehicle Deaths
- Gun Product Safety Notices
- Gun Trafficking
- Marketing Guns to Children
- Marketing Guns to Communities of Color
- Militarization
- Pistol Braces That Evade Federal Restrictions on Short-Barreled Rifles
- Regulate Firearms Like Other Consumer Products
- Silencers
- “Smart” Guns
- Investigating the Gun Lobby
- Publications
- Press Room
Violence Policy Center Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold New York’s Concealed Handgun Law to Safeguard Public Safety
In an amicus brief drawn largely from its ongoing Concealed Carry Killers project, the VPC argues that the statute prevents lethal gun violence by concealed handgun permit holders, including mass shootings and the killing of law-enforcement personnel. More>>
Gun Industry Targets Asian Americans as First-Time Gun Owners and Future Pro-Gun Advocates, New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals
Exploiting the increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the gun industry is targeting the Asian American community as potential new gun buyers and future pro-gun advocates, according to a new study from the VPC. More>>
States with Lower Gun Ownership and Stronger Gun Laws Have Lowest Suicide Rates
States with lower rates of gun ownership and stronger gun violence prevention laws have the lowest overall suicide rates in the nation according to a new VPC analysis released for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month of 2019 federal data (the most recent year available). Conversely, states with the highest suicide rates have higher gun ownership rates and weaker gun violence prevention laws. More>>
Nearly 70,000 Hispanics Have Died by Gunfire in U.S. Since 1999, Nearly Two-Thirds of the Deaths are Homicides, Study Finds
Nearly 70,000 Hispanics were killed with guns in the United States from 1999 through 2019, an average of more than 3,300 gun deaths per year, according to a new VPC study. In 2019, 74 percent of Hispanic homicide victims died by gunfire. Looking at type of firearm, 66 percent of Hispanic gun homicide victims were killed with a handgun — the highest percentage of any racial/ethnic group in the United States. More>>
