22 Caliber Assault Rifles and Assault Shotguns Recovered From Crime Scenes
Lack of access to comprehensive firearm trace and recovery data makes it difficult to obtain information on how often specific makes, models, and calibers of firearms are recovered by law enforcement in connection with a crime. The following examples of…
New VPC Study Analyzes 25 Years of Data from When Men Murder Women for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October
For Release: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Eight states ranked in the top 10 in more than half of the past 25 years in the rate of females killed by males: Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and…
New Violence Policy Center Project, Assault on DC, Documents Prevalence of Assault Weapons Recovered by Law Enforcement in the District of Columbia
For Release: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Washington, DC –The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today launched Assault on DC, a new online research project offering examples of assault weapons routinely recovered by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in the District of…
Assault on DC
Assault Weapons Recovered in the District of Columbia A common misconception is that assault weapons are used almost solely in mass shootings and that regulating or banning these military-bred guns only affects firearm death and injury in that context. In…
Manufacturer of AR-15 Assault Rifles Designed for Children Returns with New Sales Campaign
For Release: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 After Going Underground for a Year, WEE1 Tactical Returns with a Kinder, Gentler Marketing Campaign for its “JR-15” Child Assault Rifle Washington, DC — Roughly one year after provoking outrage and condemnation nationwide after…
Violence Policy Center Statement on U.S. House Passage of Ban on Assault Weapons and Large-Capacity Ammunition Magazines
For Release: Friday, July 29, 2022 Washington, DC – Following today’s passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of legislation to ban assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, Violence Policy Center (VPC) Government Affairs Director Kristen Rand issued the following…
VPC Backgrounder on Daniel Defense
On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old shooter armed with a Daniel Defense semiautomatic assault rifle and at least seven 30-round ammunition magazines killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Located in Black Creek, Georgia…
VPC Resources on Uvalde, Texas Mass Shooting
VPC Backgrounder on Daniel Defense This backgrounder contains information on Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the assault rifle used in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022. This backgrounder contains rifle production information, prior mass shootings…
Black Homicide Victimization in the United States
National Data According to CDC mortality data, in 2022 there were 13,446 Black homicide victims in the United States (Table 1). The homicide rate among Black victims in the United States was 29.0 per 100,000. For that year, the national…
Gun Deaths Surpass Motor Vehicle Deaths in 34 States and the District of Columbia
For Release: Thursday, April 28, 2022 Washington, DC — Gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 34 states and the District of Columbia in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, a new analysis from the Violence…