For Release: Monday, July 26, 2010 Bill Would Only Increase Risk to Families and Children in Economic Strife Washington, DC–The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote tomorrow (Tuesday, July 27) on a bill that would protect guns from the…
For Release: Monday, July 26, 2010 Bill Would Only Increase Risk to Families and Children in Economic Strife Washington, DC–The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote tomorrow (Tuesday, July 27) on a bill that would protect guns from the…
For Release: Friday, July 23, 2010 Washington, DC–The conviction of a Tennessee concealed handgun permit holder who murdered another man during an argument over how close their SUVs were parked to one another, a “love triangle of sorts” that ended…
For Release: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least nine law enforcement officers in addition to 152 private citizens (including 15 shooters who killed themselves after an attack) since May 2007 according to the…
For Release: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least nine law enforcement officers in addition to 142 private citizens (including 15 shooters who killed themselves after an attack) since May 2007 according to the…
For Release: Monday, January 10, 2011 Violence Policy Center (VPC) Issues Backgrounder on Glock 19 Pistol, High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines Used in Arizona Shooting; VPC Calls on Congress to Ban High-Capacity Magazines, Save Lives WASHINGTON, DC — The same model handgun used…
For Release: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Violence Policy Center Details Use of High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines in 10 Prior Mass Shootings; VPC Calls on Congress to Ban High-Capacity Magazines, Save Lives WASHINGTON, DC — High-capacity ammunition magazines are the common thread that…
For Release: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Widespread Sale of Military-Style Weapons Drives Illicit Traffic to Mexico, Increases Armed Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement Officers, and Facilitates Mass Shootings Washington, DC–As the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform focuses on alleged…
For Release: Friday, July 15, 2011 Bill is Critical to Efforts to Prevent the Trafficking of Military-Style Firearms to Drug Organizations in Mexico Washington, D.C.–Today at a Capitol Hill press conference, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) strongly endorsed legislation introduced by…
For Release: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 Texas Concealed Handgun License Holders Arrested for Crimes That Include Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual Assault, Weapon, and Drug Charges Texas Concealed Handgun License Holders Arrested for Weapon Offenses at Rate More Than Twice That of State’s…
For Release: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 Study Analyzes Why ATF Has Failed to Stop Import of Assault Weapons and Raises Questions as to Whether Most Recent Effort Can Succeed Study Contains Criminal Tracing Data, Advertisements with Photographs of Imported Assault…