For Release: Thursday, May 16, 2024 Holders of a Federal Gun Manufacturing License Can Use It to Undercut Federal Gun Laws, Buy Guns in Quantity and at Wholesale Prices New VPC Online Tool Allows Users to Answer the Question, “Is…
For Release: Thursday, May 16, 2024 Holders of a Federal Gun Manufacturing License Can Use It to Undercut Federal Gun Laws, Buy Guns in Quantity and at Wholesale Prices New VPC Online Tool Allows Users to Answer the Question, “Is…
For Release: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, and Missouri Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, and New York Have Lowest Gun Death Rates in the Nation Washington, DC…
Rank State Death rate per 100,000 population* 1 Mississippi 29.6 2 Louisiana 28.2 3 New Mexico 27.3 4 Alabama 25.5 5 Missouri 24.2 6 Montana 23.9 7 Alaska 22.4 8 Arkansas 21.9 9 South Carolina 20.8 10 Tennessee 20.5 11…
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For Release: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 New Website is Part of VPC’s Ongoing Campaign for Gun Industry Accountability Washington, DC – Today the Violence Policy Center (VPC) launched a new online resource center for its ongoing Campaign for Gun Industry…
Let’s end gun violence… together. Your gift in any amount helps the Violence Policy Center educate the public and policymakers about the nation’s gun violence epidemic, expose the lethal activities of the firearms industry and gun lobby, and advocate for…
Let’s end gun violence… together. Your gift in any amount helps the Violence Policy Center educate the public and policymakers about the nation’s gun violence epidemic, expose the lethal activities of the firearms industry and gun lobby, and advocate for…
For Release: Thursday, February 1, 2024 Washington, DC — Innocent victims continue to die at the hands of private citizens with permits to carry concealed handguns, according to ongoing research from the Violence Policy Center (VPC). Concealed handgun permit holders…
For Release: Friday, January 5, 2024 Washington, DC — Following the resignation announcement today by National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC) and author of the 1992 book…