News outlets report that the gunman who murdered the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in downtown Manhattan used a handgun that was equipped with a firearm silencer. This 2019 Violence Policy Center report details the public safety threat posed by these firearm accessories that are aggressively marketed by the gun industry. More>>
Gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 35 states and the District of Columbia in 2022, the most recent year for which data are available, a new analysis from the VPC reveals. In just over a decade, the number of states plus the District of Columbia where gun deaths exceed motor vehicle deaths has increased from just 13 in 2010 to 36 in 2022 — a jump of 177 percent. More>>
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>>
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>>
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