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  • Statement of Violence Policy Center on Supreme Court Ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller Overturning DC Handgun Ban

    For Release: Thursday, June 26, 2008 Supreme Court Ruling Overturning DC Handgun Ban Should Allow Ban on Semiautomatic Handguns to Stand Washington, DC–Following today’s 5-4 Supreme Court opinion authored by 2007 Sport Shooting Ambassador Award winner…

  • “Pro-Gun” States Lead the Nation in Per Capita Firearm Death Rates

    For Release: Thursday, April 24, 2008 Violence Policy Center Analysis of New Data Reveals: Louisiana, Alaska, Montana, Tennessee, and Alabama Top List of Deadliest States in the Nation Blind Allegiance to the Second Amendment Takes Deadly…

  • More Than 1,100 Murder-Suicide Deaths—From the Virginia Tech Massacre to Domestic Disputes—Occurred in 2007, New Study Estimates

    For Release:  Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Third Edition of Violence Policy Center Study “American Roulette” Estimates That Nine Murder-Suicides Occur Each Week in U.S., Vast Majority with Guns WASHINGTON, DC–At least 554 Americans died in…

  • Gun Distributor Warns That Brooklyn Gun Manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms Company May Have Shipped Rifles For Sale Loaded With Ammunition 

    For Release: Thursday, April 3, 2008 Suspected Rifles May Include ‘Youth’ Rifles for Children Washington, DC—According to an “Urgent Notice” for gun dealers issued by firearms distributor Sports South, Inc., Brooklyn rifle manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms…

  • Supreme Court Prepares to Hear DC Gun Case as National Support for Banning Handguns Hits 59 Percent

    For Release:  Monday, March 17, 2008 District’s Law Necessary to Protect DC Residents, First Responders Violence Policy Center Warns  Washington, DC—Just two days after a new Washington Post national poll found that 59 percent of the American…

  • Statement of National Gun Violence Prevention Organizations in Wake of Northern Illinois University Shooting 

    For Release:  Friday, February 15, 2008 Washington, DC–Following yesterday’s mass shooting at Northern Illinois University which left six dead, including the shooter, and 16 wounded, America’s leading national gun violence prevention organizations, the Brady Campaign…

  • Missouri Leads Nation in Per Capita Rate Of Black Homicide Victimization

    For Release:  Tuesday, January 29, 2008 State’s Black Homicide Rate of 32.79 Per 100,000 is Six Times National Overall Homicide Rate of 5.10 Per 100,000 Washington, DC–Missouri leads the nation in the rate of black homicide…

  • Gun Lobby Hijacks Bill Intended to Improve Gun Buyer Background Checks 

    For Release:  Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Legislation Passed by Congress Would Revive Failed Multi-Million-Dollar Program to Restore Gun Privileges of Persons Currently Ineligible to Possess Firearms Because of Mental Health Disability  WASHINGTON, DC–Leading national gun violence…

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

    For Release:   Tuesday, September 18, 2007 WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2005 Homicide Data. This annual report details national and state-by-state information on female homicides…

  • 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:  Tuesday, September 18, 2007 WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2005 Homicide Data. This annual report details national and state-by-state information on female…

  • Number of Gun Dealers in U.S. Drops Almost 80 Percent Since 1994 – From 245,628 to 50,630 – New Violence Policy Center (VPC) Report Reveals

    For Release:  Wednesday, August 15, 2007 California Leads Nation in Decrease (-89%), Followed by Hawaii, (-88%) Massachusetts (-88%), Florida (-87%), and Connecticut (-87%)  America Once Had More Gun Dealers Than Gas Stations, Now Only Five…

  • First-Ever National State-by-State Study of Drive-By Shootings Reveals Data on Victims, Time, Location

    For Release:  Monday, July 30, 2007 Washington, D.C.–The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released Drive-By America, a first-of-its kind national analysis of drive-by shootings. The study tallied news stories from the 50 states and the District…

  • National Gun Violence Prevention Groups Voice Concern About Dangerous Components of Bill to Improve Gun Background Check System 

    For Release:   Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Joint Release From Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Violence Policy Center, and Legal Community Against Violence Washington, D.C. – Leading gun violence prevention organizations today expressed their strong…

  • Threat of Handgun Ban Repeal Puts Lives of DC Residents in Supreme Court Balance 

    For Release:  Monday, July 16, 2007 Washington, DC–Following today’s announcement by DC Mayor Adrian Fenty that the District of Columbia would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court the decision in Parker, et al v. the…

  • U.S. House Appropriations Committee Rejects Amendments to Help Prevent Illegal Gun Trafficking

    WASHINGTON, DC–Today the House Appropriations Committee rejected amendments offered by Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Moran (D-VA) that would help law enforcement stop illegal gun trafficking. Instead, the Committee voted to keep intact the so-called Tiahrt…

  • U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Votes to Keep Comprehensive Crime Gun Trace Data Secret Under “Tiahrt Amendment”

    For Release:  Thursday, June 28, 2007 WASHINGTON, DC–Today the Senate Appropriations Committee agreed to an amendment sponsored by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) to the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill that funds the Bureau of Alcohol,…

  • Alleged Fort Dix Terrorists Reportedly Trained With Yugoslavian SKS Assault Rifle Model Specifically Approved for Import by Bush Administration

    For Release:   Tuesday, May 8, 2007 Alleged Terrorists Also Trained with Next-Generation Assault Rifle, the Beretta Storm Washington, DC–A foreign-made SKS assault rifle specifically approved for import by the Bush Administration was one of…

  • Violence Policy Center Statement on Virginia Tech Shooting, Deadliest in U.S. History

    For Release:  Monday, April 16, 2007 In the wake of the mass shooting today at Virginia Tech, Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh Sugarmann issued the following statement:  “Mass shootings have come to define our…

  • Court Overturns DC Handgun Ban

    For Release:  Friday, March 9, 2007 Following today’s decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the case of Parker, et al v. the District of Columbia overturning the District…

  • Pennsylvania Leads Nation in Per Capita Rate of Black Homicide Victimization

    For Release: Monday, January 29, 2007 State’s Black Homicide Rate of 29.52 Per 100,000 is Six Times National Overall Homicide Rate of 4.86 per 100,000 Washington, DC—Pennsylvania leads the nation in the rate of black homicide…