Statement of Violence Policy Center in Response to GAO Report: “Less Time Means More Domestic Gun Crime”
For Release: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 Today’s Washington Post story, “Domestic Abusers Bought Guns,” unequivocally demonstrates that law enforcement officials need more time, not less time, to ensure that domestic abusers are prevented from purchasing firearms in connection with background checks required…
Violence Policy Center Releases Annual Report When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2001 Homicide Data
For Release: Thursday, September 25, 2003 Study, Released for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, Ranks South Carolina #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis…
Provisions Tucked Into Omnibus Spending Conference Report Would Arm Criminals And Protect Corrupt Gun Dealers, Violence Policy Center Charges
For Release: Tuesday, December 9, 2003 Washington, DC – The fiscal year 2004 omnibus spending bill (H.R. 2673) now pending in the U.S. Senate contains provisions that are pro-criminal and anti-public safety, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) charged today. “The…
VPC Applauds U.S. Senate’s Rejection of Omnibus Spending Conference Report Loaded with Provisions That Would Arm Criminals, Protect Corrupt Gun Dealers
For Release: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Washington, DC – Following today’s failed cloture vote on the omnibus spending bill (H.R. 2673), VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand released the following statement: The gun lobby loaded up the omnibus spending bill with provisions…
Violence Policy Center Releases Annual Report When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002 Homicide Data
For Release: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Study, Released for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, Ranks Alaska #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002…
SKS Assault Rifle Reported as Weapon Used in Ambush Attack on Police in Ceres, CA, Leaving One Officer Dead And One Critically Wounded
For Release: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 SKS Assault Rifles Claimed Lives of at Least Six Police Officers in 2004 President Can Ban Import of All Foreign-Made Assault Rifles Such as SKSs and AK-47s Washington, DC – SKS assault rifles like…
Violence Policy Center Issues Annual Report When Men Murder Women
For Release: Monday, September 26, 2005 Study, Released for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, Ranks Alaska #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2003 Homicide…
Number of Gun Dealers in U.S. Drops Almost 80 Percent – From 245,628 to 54,902 – Since 1994, New Violence Policy Center (VPC) Report Reveals
For Release: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 America Once Had More Gun Dealers Than Gas Stations, Now Only Five States Do: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Wyoming WASHINGTON, DC – The number of gun dealers in America has dropped by…
Report Urges President to Use Existing Law to Cut Off Flow of Military-Style Guns to Mexico
For Release: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Study of Gun-Trafficking Problem Concludes President Obama and Attorney General Holder Could Use 1968 Law to Immediately Stop Import into U.S. of AK-47s and Other Assault Weapons Smuggled to Mexico Washington, D.C.—The Violence Policy Center…
Over 90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S., New GAO Report Finds
For Release: Thursday, June 18, 2009 Traced Guns Have Become “Increasingly More Powerful and Lethal in Recent Years” Washington, D.C.–More than 90 percent of the firearms seized in Mexico and traced by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives…