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National Rifle Association Suffers Self-Proclaimed “Biggest Election Disaster in Nearly 15 Years”
For Release: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Gun Lobby Sees Shift in Control of U.S. House as Devastating to its Agenda NRA-Endorsed Candidates Lose in Key Senate Races Washington, DC–In the wake of the Republican party…
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Gun Violence Prevention, Youth, and Community Groups Urge Washington Redskins to Cancel October 17 Shooting Fundraiser With National Rifle Association (NRA)
For Release: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Event Comes as NRA Continues Efforts to Overturn D.C.’s Gun Laws Washington, D.C. — National and local Washington, D.C., area gun violence prevention, youth, and community organizations delivered a letter today…
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Violence Policy Center Statement on White House Conference on School Safety: “The Bush Administration is in Denial Regarding the Role Guns Play in School Shootings”
For Release: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Regarding today’s Conference on School Safety convened by the White House in response to unrelenting firearms violence in America’s schools, Violence Policy Center Legislative Director Kristen Rand released…
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Violence Policy Center Backgrounder on Facts Relevant to Pennsylvania Amish School Shooting
For Release: Tuesday, October 3, 2006 On October 2, 2006, Charles Carl Roberts, reportedly armed with a 9 millimeter handgun and two shotguns, killed five young Amish girls in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines,…
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Alaska 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: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2004 Homicide Data. This annual report details national and state-by-state information on female homicides involving…
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U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Rejects Amendment to Help Law Enforcement Stop Illegal Gun Trafficking
For Release: Thursday, July 13, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC–Today the Senate Appropriations Committee rejected an amendment to the fiscal year 2007 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations legislation that would have allowed state and local governments as well…
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U.S. House Vote to Stop Enforcement of Federal Child Safety Lock Law Panders to Gun Lobby, Ignores Grave Risk to Children
For Release: Thursday, June 29, 2006 Washington, DC — The vote yesterday by the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit the enforcement of a new federal law that requires gun manufacturers and dealers to provide…
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New NRA Post-Katrina Fundraising Campaign Targeting Mayors and Police Signals Return to Organization’s Days of “Jack Booted Government Thugs” Extremist Rhetoric
For Release: Thursday, May 18, 2006 Campaign Validates and Incites Anti-Police Faction of Pro-Gun Movement Pro-Gun Group That Joined NRA in Lawsuit Against New Orleans Owns Web Site That Regularly Attacks Police “This will probably…
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10 Murder-Suicides Occur Each Week in America New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals, Almost All Perpetrated With Guns
For Release: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 Washington, DC–More than 10 murder-suicides, almost all by gun, occur each week in the United States, according to American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States, a new study by the…
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Violence Policy Center Statement on Wal-Mart Decision to Stop Gun Sales: “No Surprise”
For Release: Friday, April 14, 2006 Washington, DC–Following today’s announcement by Wal-Mart that it was ending gun sales in approximately one third of its stores, Violence Policy Center (VPC) Executive Director Josh Sugarmann released the…
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Sex Offender Registry Bill Scheduled to be Considered by House Today Will Allow Misdemeanor Sex Offenders Continued Access to Guns Despite Ban Passed by House on Voice Vote on Similar Bill Last Year
For Release: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Wednesday, March 8, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a sex offender registration bill (H.R. 4472) that does not contain a provision that…
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Number of Gun Dealers in U.S. Drops Almost 80 Percent – From 245,628 to 54,902 – Since 1994, New Violence Policy Center (VPC) Report Reveals
For Release: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 America Once Had More Gun Dealers Than Gas Stations, Now Only Five States Do: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Wyoming WASHINGTON, DC – The number of gun dealers…
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Cheney Shooting Latest Addition to Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Injured and Killed by Guns During Bush Administration
For Release: Monday, February 13, 2006 Washington, DC – Saturday’s shooting of a fellow hunter by Vice President Dick Cheney was just one more addition to the more than quarter million Americans who have been injured…
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“Pro-Gun” States Lead Nation in Per Capita Firearm Death Rates New Violence Policy Center Analysis Reveals
For Release: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Louisiana, Alaska, Wyoming, New Mexico, Alabama, Nevada, Mississippi, Montana, Arizona, and Arkansas Top List of Most Deadly States in the Nation Washington, DC – Traditionally “pro-gun” states in the…
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Federal Indictment Confirms Again That the 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifle Is a Weapon of Choice Among Terrorists
For Release: Monday, February 6, 2006 Washington, DC–A recently unsealed indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Miami, Florida, adds a Colombian terrorist organization to the growing list of terror entities that have chosen…
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Goleta, California, Postal Shooting Latest Example of Unique Facilitating Role Guns Play in Murder-Suicide
For Release: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Role of Guns, Other Patterns of Murder-Suicide, Identified in VPC Study American Roulette, the Largest Study of Murder-Suicide in the U.S. Ever Conducted Washington, DC–The murder of six former…
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Violence Policy Center Hails Passage of San Francisco Handgun Ban
For Release: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 San Francisco Joins Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL, in Recognizing Link Between Handgun Availability and Increased Murder and Suicide Rates Washington, DC–The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today hailed the…
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Violence Policy Center Backgrounder on Gun Crime, Gun Possession, and Gun Exposure in Tennessee
For Release: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Washington, DC–In the wake of yesterday’s school shooting in Jacksboro, Tennessee, the Violence Policy Center issued the following brief backgrounder on firearm crime and gun possession in Tennessee: Tennessee…
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Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito’s Views Could Imperil Most Federal Gun, Ammo, and Explosives Laws, New Violence Policy Center Backgrounder Shows
For Release: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Washington, DC–The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released a backgrounder on Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito. Key aspects of the document include: Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito voted…
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Violence Policy Center (VPC) Statement on U.S. House Passage of Bill Protecting the Unregulated Gun Industry
For Release: Thursday, October 20, 2005 Legislation Makes Gun Industry the Most Pampered Industry in America WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s passage of legislation (S. 397) shielding the gun industry from certain types of civil…