Press Releases

For Release: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Organized Corporate Solicitation Program Disproves Longstanding NRA Claim That It’s Independent of Gun Industry Washington, DC–The National Rifle Association (NRA) receives millions of dollars directly from domestic and foreign gun…

For Release: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Illinois Concealed Carry Proponents Ignore Bloody Record of Police Deaths, Mass Shootings, and Attempted Political Assassination Washington, DC–While Illinois concealed carry proponents promise that proposed legislation allowing the carrying of…

For Release: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 At Least 11 Law Enforcement Officers Have Been Shot and Killed by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Since May 2007 Washington, DC–The sniper attack Sunday on Virginia sheriff’s deputies–resulting in the…

For Release: Friday, February 11, 2011 Washington, DC–The attack last month in Tucson that left six dead and 13 injured, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), is the most recent mass shooting allegedly committed by a private…

For Release: Monday, January 31, 2011 Study Compares Rates of Homicide Victimization for Californians Ages 10 to 24 by County, Race, Ethnicity, Weapon Used, Circumstance, and Location WASHINGTON, DC – Monterey County’s young people suffer a…

For Release: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 State’s Black Homicide Victimization Rate of 39.90 Per 100,000 is Eight Times National Overall Homicide Rate of 4.93 per 100,000 Washington, DC–Missouri leads the nation in the rate of black…

For Release: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC — The Violence Policy Center (VPC), a national educational organization working to stop gun death and injury, today hailed Representative Carolyn McCarthy’s (D-NY) proposal to ban high-capacity ammunition…

For Release: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C.–Board members of the National Rifle Association and its affiliated organization the NRA Foundation, as well as the NRA’s lobbying division, have a financial interest in allowing the continued…

For Release: Thursday, January 13, 2011 Increasingly Militarized Civilian Gun Industry on Display January 18 to 21 in Las Vegas  Vendors Include Glock, Maker of Handgun Used in Arizona and Virginia Tech Mass Shootings  Increased Lethality,…

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…

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 —…

For Release:  Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Washington, DC–The conviction of a Massachusetts concealed handgun permit holder who executed his wife in the driveway of their home, a domestic violence offender who sued to get his…

For Release: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 At Least 57 Michigan CCW Holders Have Killed Themselves Since July 2007  Washington, DC–Michigan concealed handgun license holders commit suicide at a rate higher than the general Michigan population…

For Release:  Friday, October 29, 2010 Washington, DC–Connecticut beer truck driver Omar Thornton, who in August shot to death eight co-workers before taking his own life, was a concealed handgun permit holder according to new…

For Release:  Thursday, September 30, 2010 Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least 202 individuals since May 2007 with 34 percent of the killings involving family violence according to the September update of Concealed…

For Release:  Wednesday, September 15, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC–Nevada, with a rate of 2.96 per 100,000, ranked first in the nation in the rate of women killed by men according to the new Violence Policy Center…

For Release:  Monday, August 30, 2010 Washington, DC–Two Florida concealed handgun permit holders who got into a confrontation and shot and killed each other on a neighborhood street are among the additions and updates to Concealed…

For Release: Friday, August 6, 2010 Manufactured by CT-Based Sturm, Ruger, Pistol Designed for Concealed Carry Exemplifies How Gun Industry Innovates for Lethality  WASHINGTON–The Sturm, Ruger SR9 pistol used by Omar Thornton earlier this week in…

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…

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…