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Pittsburgh Fitness Center Attack Only Most Recent Mass Shooting Committed by Concealed Handgun Permit Holder
For Release: Thursday, August 6, 2009 At Least 26 People Have Been Killed in Recent Mass Shootings Committed by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Washington, DC–George Sodini, the man who opened fire on Tuesday at a Pittsburgh…
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Violence Policy Center Statement on Defeat of Thune Amendment Creating National Concealed Handgun System
For Release: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Washington, DC–Following today’s Senate vote defeating the Thune Amendment, which would have created a nationalized concealed handgun permitting system, the Violence Policy Center issued the following statement by VPC Legislative…
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Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Kill 7 Police, 44 Private Citizens Over Two-Year Period
For Release: Monday, July 20, 2009 31 Incidents Result in Criminal Charges or Suicide of Concealed Handgun Permit Holder Washington, DC–Concealed handgun permit holders killed at least seven police officers and 44 private citizens in 31…
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National Gun Violence Prevention Groups Express Outrage That in Wake of Shootings, U.S. Senate is Poised to Consider Legislation to Dramatically Weaken State Concealed Handgun Laws
For Release: Monday, July 13, 2009 Washington, DC–America’s major gun violence prevention organizations–Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, Legal Community Against Violence, States United to Prevent Gun Violence,…
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Over 90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S., New GAO Report Finds
For Release: Thursday, June 18, 2009 Traced Guns Have Become “Increasingly More Powerful and Lethal in Recent Years” Washington, D.C.–More than 90 percent of the firearms seized in Mexico and traced by the federal Bureau of…
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NRA Holds Annual Meeting in State Ranked #6 in Overall Gun Death, in City Where Gun Dealers Help Feed U.S.-Mexico Border Violence
For Release: Friday, May 15, 2009 Washington, D.C.–By holding its annual convention in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend, the National Rifle Association (NRA) meets in a state that ranks sixth in the nation for overall gun death…
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States with Higher Gun Ownership and Weak Gun Laws Lead Nation in Gun Death
For Release: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Mississippi, and Nevada Have Highest Gun Death Rates Washington, DC–States with higher gun ownership rates and weak gun laws have the highest rates of gun death according…
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Mexican Gun Traffickers Easily Obtain Military-Style Weapons from U.S. Civilian Gun Market, New Analysis of Federal Criminal Court Records Confirms
For Release: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Nearly Two-Thirds of Guns Obtained by Traffickers in Cases Studied Were Semiautomatic Assault Weapons, Armor-Piercing Handguns, or 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles Washington, D.C.–U.S. court records from southwestern states clearly show…
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Report Urges President to Use Existing Law to Cut Off Flow of Military-Style Guns to Mexico
For Release: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Study of Gun-Trafficking Problem Concludes President Obama and Attorney General Holder Could Use 1968 Law to Immediately Stop Import into U.S. of AK-47s and Other Assault Weapons Smuggled to Mexico…
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U.S. Can Act Immediately to Halt Import of AK-47 Assault Rifles Fueling Gun Violence on U.S./Mexico Border, VPC Tells Congress
For Release: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Bush Administration Abandoned Enforcement of Existing Law that Could Help Stop the Proliferation and Smuggling of Military-Style Guns Favored by Mexican Drug Cartels Washington, D.C.—The Obama Administration could act immediately…
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U.S. Gun Industry Feeds Gun Violence on U.S./Mexico Border, Violence Policy Center Analyst Tells Congress
For Release: Thursday, March 12, 2009 Weak Regulation, Proliferation of Military-Style Guns “Fit Like Gloves on the Bloody Hands of Drug Lords” Washington, D.C.–Weak regulation of the U.S. civilian gun market and the gun industry’s focus…
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National Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Call for Effective Federal Assault Weapons Ban in Wake of Alabama Rampage Shooting Leaving 11 Dead, Including Shooter
For Release: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Washington, DC–Following yesterday’s assault weapon rampage shooting in Alabama leaving 11 dead including the shooter, America’s leading national gun violence prevention organizations–Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop…
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New Study Shows Need for Improved Data on Youth Gang Violence and Guns in California
For Release: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Includes Statewide Survey of Local Law Enforcement Agencies on Guns and Gang Violence Data Collection Washington, DC—”The issue of youth gang violence and firearms is defined far more by what…
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Pennsylvania Leads Nation in Per Capita Rate of Black Homicide Victimization
For Release: Monday, January 26, 2009 State’s Black Homicide Rate of 36.86 Per 100,000 is Nearly Seven Times National Overall Homicide Rate of 5.38 per 100,000 Washington, DC—Pennsylvania leads the nation in the rate of black…
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Pennsylvania Leads Nation in Per Capita Rate of Black Homicide Victimization
For Release: Tuesday, January 26, 2009 State’s Black Homicide Victimization Rate of 36.36 Per 100,000 is Nearly Seven Times National Overall Homicide Rate of 5.30 per 100,000 Washington, DC–Pennsylvania leads the nation in the rate…
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“Big Boomers”—Handguns With Rifle Power Capable of Penetrating Body Armor—Are Growing Threat to Lives of Law Enforcement Officers, According to New VPC Study
For Release: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Drug Traffickers Are Already Using These “Vest-Busters” to Kill Police in Mexico Washington, DC—Powerful new handguns called “big boomers” by the gun industry are a growing threat to the nation’s…
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Nevada Ranks #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men for Second Year in a Row According to VPC Study Released Annually for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October
For Release: Thursday, September 25, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC–For the second year in a row, Nevada, with a rate of 3.27 per 100,000, ranked first in the nation in the rate of women killed by men according…
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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: Thursday, September 25, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC–Black women murdered by men are most often killed with a gun, almost always by someone they know, according to new the Violence Policy Center (VPC) report When Men…
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House of Representatives Votes to Repeal District of Columbia’s Gun Laws
For Release: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Washington, DC—The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a National Rifle Association-backed bill sponsored by Representative Travis Childers (D-MS) that would virtually wipe out any regulation of guns by the…
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House of Representatives Scheduled to Vote on Bill to Repeal District of Columbia’s Gun Laws
For Release: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Washington, DC—The U.S. House of Representatives is expected today to consider legislation that will govern how the District of Columbia implements its gun laws. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has…