States with Weak Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Lead Nation in Gun Deaths, New Data for 2020 Confirms
For Release: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 More than 45,000 Americans Killed by Gunfire in 2020, the Highest Gun Death Toll on Record Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, Alaska, Missouri, and Alabama Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation; Hawaii, Massachusetts, New…
When Men Murder Women
An Analysis of 2020 Homicide Data Understanding the Statistics This analysis of female homicide victims in the United States is limited to cases involving one female victim and one male offender. Supplemental data on age and race of victim, the…
When Men Murder Women
An Analysis of 2020 Homicide Data Introduction Intimate partner violence against women is all too common and takes many forms. The most serious is homicide by an intimate partner. Guns can easily turn domestic violence into domestic homicide. One federal…
Gun Industry Targets Asian Americans as First-Time Gun Owners and Future Pro-Gun Advocates, New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals
For Release: Thursday, September 16, 2021 Gun Marketing Exploits Rise in Hate Crimes during Pandemic WASHINGTON, DC – Exploiting the increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the gun industry is targeting the Asian American community…
How the Firearms Industry Markets Guns to Asian Americans
Conclusion The gun industry resembles all other manufacturers in that it needs a constant flow of customers to survive. And, like all other industries, it must eventually attempt to adjust to demographic and cultural changes. To this end, the industry…
How the Firearms Industry Markets Guns to Asian Americans
Exploiting COVID Violence Against Asian Americans Since the “ground-swell shift” felt at its 2015 Atlanta meeting, NSSF, its gun industry members, and the National Rifle Association have focused primarily on Blacks and Latinos in their marketing efforts.17 In addition to…
How the Firearms Industry Markets Guns to Asian Americans
Chris Cheng: “Diversity is the next area of success for our industry” The birthplace of the long-term, organized, and coordinated campaign targeting non-white potential gun owners was the 2015 Industry Summit held by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the…
How the Firearms Industry Markets Guns to Asian Americans
Introduction Since the mid-1960s, self-defense has been the foundational argument used by the gun industry to sell firearms, primarily handguns, in the United States. In this effort, gunmakers have been aided by the gun lobby, most notably the National Rifle…
More Than 85 Percent of Black Homicide Victims Killed With Guns, Study Finds
For Release: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Missouri has the Highest Black Homicide Victimization Rate in the Nation for the Fifth Year in a Row Washington, DC — Guns are by far the most common weapon used to kill Black homicide…
Many Newly Purchased Guns Have Design Flaws and Manufacturing Defects
For Release: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 New VPC Study Describes Safety Threat to Gun Owners and the General Public Washington, DC — As gun sales have increased over the past 12 months, few new gun buyers are aware that the…