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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…

  • 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…

  • Violence Policy Center Urges Washington Redskins to Withdraw From Shooting Fundraiser With National Rifle Association as NRA Lobbies on Capitol Hill to Overturn D.C.’s Gun Laws

    For Release:  Monday, October 11, 2005 Redskins/NRA Event Announced Same Month that NRA’s Magazine Attacks D.C. Mayor Williams and Police Chief Ramsey Washington, D.C. – The Violence Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based national non-profit organization…

  • Violence Policy Center Issues Annual Report When Men Murder Women

    For Release: Monday, September 26, 2005 Study, Released for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, Ranks Alaska #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women:…

  • U.S. House Passes Measure to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Sex Offenders

    For Release:  September 14, 2005 Washington, DC – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed on a voice vote an amendment offered by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to prohibit gun possession by individuals convicted of…

  • U.S. House Passes Measure to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Sex Offenders

    For Release:   September 14, 2005 Washington, DC – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed on a voice vote an amendment offered by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to prohibit gun possession by individuals convicted of…

  • Violence Policy Center (VPC) Response to National Rifle Association Charges That VPC Misrepresented Beretta as a Foreign Gunmaker 

    For Release:  Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Washington, DC–On Monday, July 25, the Violence Policy Center issued a new report, A Foreign Affair: Contracting for U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Firearms, revealing that, contrary to Senate Majority…

  • Senate Majority Leader Frist Says American Gun Companies at Risk if Congress Doesn’t Pass Bill to Shield the Gun Industry from Lawsuits–But Cites Italian Gunmaker Beretta as Example

    For Release:   Monday, July 25, 2005 Facts Expose Frist’s Red Herring: Bulk of Government Contracts Already Go to Foreign Gunmakers Senator Frist, Meet the Berettas: Ugo, Franco, and Pietro WASHINGTON–Last week Senate Majority Leader…

  • National Security Experts Confirm Terror Threat Posed by 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles

    For Release:   Tuesday, July 19, 2005 New Violence Policy Center Study Includes Previously Classified U.S. Secret Service Report Warning of Danger to President and Civil Aviation from Easily Obtained Sniper Rifles Washington, DC – The…

  • Columbus, Ohio, Assault Weapons Ban Greater Tragedy to NRA Than Columbine Massacre, NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Reveals

    For Release:  Monday, July 18, 2005 Washington, DC – Following today’s announcement by National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre that in reaction to Columbus, Ohio’s recent City Council vote to ban assault…

  • House Judiciary Committee Rejects Amendments to Patriot Act to Keep Guns–Including 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles–Out of the Hands of Terrorists

    For Release:  Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Measures Fail Despite Growing Evidence that Terrorists, Including Al Qaeda, Buy Firearms in America WASHINGTON–Despite increasing evidence that a variety of terrorist organizations are buying the most lethal categories…

  • New Study Shows District of Columbia’s Tough Gun Laws Work to Prevent Youth Suicide–No Child 16 Years of Age or Younger in DC Was the Victim of Firearm Suicide According to Most Recent Federal Data

    For Release: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Study’s Findings Discredit Congressional Efforts to Repeal DC’s Gun Laws Washington, D.C.–Children and youth in the District of Columbia are far less likely than their peers in the 50…

  • Congress Should Reject Dangerous Legislation (H.R. 1288) Repealing the District of Columbia’s Longstanding Laws Banning Assault Weapons and Handguns

    For Release:  Tuesday, June 28, 2005 Washington, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today urged lawmakers to reject H.R. 1288, reckless legislation that would repeal the District of Columbia’s stringent restrictions on the sale…

  • Self-Defense Gun Use is Rare, Study Finds

    For Release:  Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Additional Contact:  Cathie Whittenburg States United to Prevent Gun Violence 207-318-0771 cathie@ceasefireusa.org Federal data shows guns are rarely used to kill criminals or stop crimes; 13 states reported no…

  • Violence Policy Center Launches Web Site to Aid Citywide Effort to Stop Congressional Repeal of DC Handgun Ban

    For Release: Thursday, June 16, 2005 Web Site Asks “If The U.S. Capitol Can be Handgun Free, Why Can’t DC?”  Washington, DC–The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today launched a new web site to aid citywide efforts…

  • Violence Policy Center Hails New York State Assembly’s Passage of 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Ban

    For Release:   Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Washington, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today applauded the New York State Assembly for voting last night to ban 50 caliber sniper rifles. The measure must now…

  • Riverside Mass Shooting Fits Tragic Pattern Identified by Violence Policy Center in Largest Study of Murder-Suicide Ever Conducted

    For Release:  Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Washington, DC–The murder of five family members and subsequent suicide by a Riverside County, California, investigator for the District Attorney’s office fits the tragic pattern of most of the…

  • Despite Mass Shooting in Wisconsin Leaving Eight Dead and Four Injured, Congressional Panel Plans Hearing Tomorrow on Bill to Shield Gun Industry from Civil Liability

     For Release:  Monday, March 14, 2005 Shooting Occurred in District of Judiciary Committee Chair, James Sensenbrenner Washington, DC–Despite a mass shooting in Brookfield, Wisconsin, on Saturday in which a gunman killed seven people, wounded four more,…

  • House-Passed Class Action Bill (S.5) Protects Gun Industry, Leaves Gun Consumers And Victims of Gun Violence in Legal Limbo

    For Release:   Thursday, February 17, 2005 Bill is Priority for National Rifle Association, Legislation to Protect Gun Industry from Other Types of Civil Suits Will Soon Follow  WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Violence Policy Center (VPC), a national…

  • Senate Class Action Bill (S. 5) Protects Gun Industry And Leaves Gun Consumers And Victims of Gun Violence in Legal Limbo

    For Release:  Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Defeat of Bingaman-Feinstein Amendment is Win for Gun Industry, Bill is Priority for National Rifle Association  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Violence Policy Center (VPC), a national gun violence prevention…