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  • Florida Teen Jordan Davis One of 499 Victims of “Concealed Carry Killers” Since May 2007

    For Release: Thursday, November 29, 2012 Washington, DC–The deadly shooting in Florida of Jordan Davis, 17, by Michael Dunn, 45, in a dispute over loud music at a Florida gas station on November 23rd is unfortunately…

  • Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Persons Legally Allowed to Carry Concealed Handguns Hit 484–VPC Concealed Carry Killers October Update

    For Release: Friday, November 9, 2012 Washington, DC–At least 484 people, including 14 law enforcement officers, have been killed since May 2007 in incidents not ruled self-defense involving private citizens legally allowed to carry concealed handguns…

  • Gun Deaths Outpace Motor Vehicle Deaths in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)

    For Release: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC–A new Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis (vpc.org/studies/dmv.pdf) of just-released federal firearm and motor vehicle deaths data reveals that gun deaths outpace motor vehicle deaths in the DMV (District…

  • Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Persons Legally Allowed to Carry Concealed Handguns Hit 471–VPC Concealed Carry Killers September Update

    For Release: Thursday, September 27, 2012 Washington, DC–At least 471 people, including 14 law enforcement officers, have been killed in incidents not ruled self-defense involving private citizens legally allowed to carry concealed handguns according to the…

  • Black Women Murdered by Men are Most Often Killed with a Gun, Almost Always by Someone They Know, According to New VPC Study Released Each Year for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    For Release: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC–Black females murdered by men are most often killed with a gun, almost always by someone they know, according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) report “When Men…

  • Nevada Ranks #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men for Third Year in a Row According to VPC Study Released Annually for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October

    For Release: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 State Has Held Top Spot for Five of the Last Six Years WASHINGTON, DC–Nevada, with a rate of 2.62 per 100,000, ranked first in the nation in the rate of…

  • Violence Policy Center Statement on Shooting Outside Empire State Building

    For Release: Friday, August 24, 2012 Washington, DC–Following the fourth high-profile shooting in little over a month, this time outside the Empire State Building in New York City and reportedly involving a 45 caliber handgun, the…

  • Violence Policy Center Statement on Shooting at Sikh Temple Leaving Six Dead, Others Critically Wounded

    For Release: Monday, August 6, 2012 Washington, DC–Following the second gun massacre in a little over two weeks, this time at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin leaving six victims dead and others critically wounded, the Violence…

  • New VPC Report Details Marketing and Production History of Assault Rifle Used in Aurora, CO, the Smith & Wesson M&P15, Describes How It and Other Assault Rifles Differ from Sporting Semiautomatic Rifles

    For Release: Thursday, July 26, 2012 Washington, DC–Colorado mass shooter James Holmes’ alleged use of a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semiautomatic AR-15-style assault rifle “demonstrates the clear and present danger of a gun designed for war…

  • National Rifle Association-Backed Law Made Possible Internet Ammunition Sales Reportedly Exploited by Colorado Shooter and Removed Recordkeeping Requirements, NRA Reaps Profits From Such Sales Today

    NRA Receives Millions of Dollars From Online Sales of Ammo, Other Accessories Through Leading Benefactor’s “Round-Up Program,” M&P15 Assault Rifle Manufacturer Smith & Wesson is NRA’s Latest Million-Dollar Donor For Release: Wednesday, July 23, 2012 Washington,…

  • New VPC On-Line Resource—Cross-Border Gun Trafficking—Uses Federal Court Documents to Detail Types of Firearms Favored, Methods Used, by Illegal Trans-Border Gun Traffickers

    For Release: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Washington, DC–The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today launched a new on-line resource, Cross-Border Gun Trafficking: An Ongoing Analysis of the Types of Firearms Illegally Trafficked from the United States to Mexico…

  • Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Persons Legally Allowed to Carry Concealed Handguns Hit 462–VPC Concealed Carry Killers June Update

    For Release: Friday, June 29, 2012 Washington, DC–At least 462 people, including 14 law enforcement officers, have been killed in incidents not ruled self-defense involving private citizens legally allowed to carry concealed handguns according to the…

  • Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Persons Legally Allowed to Carry Concealed Handguns Hit 447–VPC Concealed Carry Killers May Update

    For Release: Thursday, May 31, 2012 Washington, DC–At least 447 people, including 12 law enforcement officers, have been killed in incidents not ruled self-defense involving private citizens legally allowed to carry concealed handguns according to the…

  • Gun Deaths Outpace Motor Vehicle Deaths in 10 States in 2009 New Analysis Shows

    For Release: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Latest State Figures Show Injury Prevention Strategies Working to Reduce Motor Vehicle Deaths While Gun Deaths Mount WASHINGTON, DC–A new Violence Policy Center (VPC) state-by-state analysis of government data comparing…

  • More Than 1,300 Murder-Suicide Deaths Occurred in 2011, New Study Estimates

    For Release: Thursday, May 3, 2012 Fourth Edition of Violence Policy Center Study “American Roulette” Estimates 12 Murder-Suicides Occur Each Week in U.S., Vast Majority With Guns WASHINGTON, DC–At least 691 Americans died in 313 murder-suicides…

  • Michigan Reports 38 Deaths, Including the Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer–VPC Concealed Carry Killers April Update

    For Release: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Washington, DC–From July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, 38 lives were ended by Michigan concealed handgun permit holders in non-self defense deaths according to the April update of the…

  • Vast Majority of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S. New ATF Trace Data Reveals

    For Release: Thursday, April 26, 2012 Washington, D.C.–The vast majority of the firearms seized in Mexico between 2007 and 2011 and traced by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) came from the…

  • Massachusetts Has Lowest Gun Death Rate in Nation

    For Release: Monday, April 23, 2012 States with Strong Gun Laws and Low Rates of Gun Ownership Have Lowest Firearm Death Rates Washington, DC—States with low gun ownership rates and strong gun laws have the lowest…

  • NRA Annual Meeting This Weekend in St. Louis, MO–State Ranked #1 for Black Homicide Victimization

    For Release: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Vast Majority of Missouri Black Homicide Victims Killed with Guns, State’s Black Homicide Victimization Rate of 34.72 Per 100,000 is Seven Times National Overall Homicide Rate of 4.76 per 100,000…

  • New VPC Study Details How Lax Concealed Carry Laws Are Designed to Boost Gun Sales

    For Release: Monday, April 2, 2012 Study Contains Gun Industry, NRA Quotes; Examples of Gun Industry Ads Including Kel-Tec Pistol Used In Trayvon Martin Shooting Washington, DC–The lethal shooting of unarmed, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by concealed…