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  • Tally of Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Concealed Carry Killers Continues to Grow, Latest VPC Research Shows

    For Release: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 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…

  • En sólo un año más de 1,600 mujeres han sido asesinadas por hombres, de acuerdo con un nuevo estudio

    Para divulgación inmediata: martes, 20 de septiembre de 2016 Contacto: Violence Policy Center Press Office, 202-822-8200 x104, press@vpc.org Un estudio clasifica a las entidades federativas del país por sus respectivas tasas de mujeres asesinadas por…

  • Study Finds Black Women Murdered by Men Are Nearly Always Killed by Someone They Know, Most Commonly With a Gun

    For Release: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Additional Contact: Julia Wyman States United to Prevent Gun Violence julia@ceasefireusa.org 401-644-9040 Study released in advance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October Washington, DC — Nine out of…

  • More than 1,600 Women Murdered by Men in One Year, New Study Finds

    For Release: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Additional Contact: Julia Wyman States United to Prevent Gun Violence julia@ceasefireusa.org 401-644-9040 Study ranks the states on the rate of women murdered by men in advance of Domestic Violence…

  • Concealed Handguns in Public Places Make Us Less Safe, Latest VPC Research Shows

    For Release: Friday, August 12, 2016 Washington, DC — The latest research from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) confirms that state laws allowing concealed handguns in public are putting our safety at risk. Concealed handgun…

  • Statement of Violence Policy Center on Lethal Mass Shooting of Law Enforcement in Dallas

    For release: Friday, July 8, 2016 Washington, DC—In the wake of the sniper attack last night at a peaceful protest rally in Dallas that left five law enforcement officers dead and nine injured, as well…

  • Statement of Violence Policy Center on California Banning Bullet-Button Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines

    For Release: Friday, July 1, 2016 Washington, DC —Today California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a series of gun violence prevention initiatives, including a ban on bullet-button assault weapons and a ban on the…

  • Más de 50,000 hispanos han sido asesinados con armas de fuego desde 1999, señala un estudio

    Para divulgación inmediata: viernes, 24 de junio de 2016 Cada año en promedio más de 3,100 hispanos mueren asesinados por armas de fuego y de éstos las dos terceras partes son por homicidios. Para la…

  • More than 50,000 Hispanics Killed With Guns in U.S. Since 1999, Study Finds

    For Release: Friday, June 24, 2016 Each year on average more than 3,100 Hispanics are killed with guns, two-thirds of Hispanic gun deaths are homicides Para la versión en español haga “click” aquí. Washington, DC…

  • Violence Policy Center Statement on Today’s Vote in the U.S. Senate

    For Release: Monday, June 20, 2016 Washington, DC–Today the U.S Senate defeated two proposals that would have made America safer from gun violence. The Senate failed to pass Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) proposal to keep…

  • Violence Policy Center Backgrounder on Sig Sauer MCX Assault Rifle Used in the Orlando Mass Shooting

    For Release: Thursday, June 16, 2016 Washington, DC–The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released a new 13- page report on the Sig Sauer MCX assault rifle used in the mass shooting in Orlando on Sunday.…

  • VPC Statement on Orlando Mass Shooting

    For Release: Monday, June 13, 2016 In response to the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 victims dead and 53 injured, Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh Sugarmann issued the following statement: The…

  • At NRA Annual Meeting in Louisville, Gun Industry and NRA Work Hand-in-Glove to Target Children as Young as Grade School Age

    For Release: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Kentucky Site of 2013 Shooting Where 5-Year-Old Unintentionally Killed his 2-Year Old Sister with His Own Gun Washington, DC — The gun industry’s latest marketing push, targeting children as…

  • New Data Shows One in Five Law Enforcement Officers Slain in the Line of Duty Felled by an Assault Weapon

    For Release: Monday, May 16, 2016 Washington, DC–As National Police Week begins in Washington, DC, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released new research showing that in 2014, the most recent year for which information…

  • Self-Defense Gun Use is Rare, New VPC Study Confirms

    For release: April 21, 2016 Washington, DC — New research from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) confirms that contrary to what the firearms industry and gun lobby claim, private citizens rarely use guns to kill…

  • Latest Concealed Carry Tragedies Include Workplace Shooting, Six-Year-Old Unintentionally Killing Father

    For Release: April 15, 2016 Washington, DC — Concealed handgun permit holders are responsible for at least 873 deaths not involving self defense since 2007, including 29 mass shootings that killed 139 people, ongoing VPC…

  • Concealed Handguns in Public Places Make Us Less Safe, Latest VPC Research Shows

    For Release: March 8, 2016 Washington, DC — The latest research from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) confirms that state laws allowing concealed handguns in public are putting our safety at risk. Concealed handgun permit…

  • Nearly 85 Percent of Black Homicide Victims Killed With Guns, Study Finds

    For Release: Thursday, March 3, 2016 Violence Policy Center study lists black homicide victimization rates by state Washington, DC — A gun is by far the most common weapon used to kill black victims of…

  • Violence Policy Center Statement on Mass Shooting in Hesston, Kansas

    For Release: Friday, February 26, 2016 Washington, DC — On Thursday, Cedric Larry Ford killed three people and injured 14 others in several locations including his workplace, Excel Industries, in Hesston, Kansas. The shooter was…

  • Gun Industry and NRA Target Young Children as Next Generation of Customers and Pro-Gun Advocates, New VPC Study Finds

    For Release: Thursday, February 18, 2016 “Start Them Young” documents how the firearms industry and gun lobby market guns to children Washington, DC–The firearms industry and gun lobby are targeting children as young as grade-school…