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  • Wisconsin Hunter Murders Show Need For Effective Assault Weapons Ban: Armed Hunters No Match For SKS Assault Rifle

    For Release:   Monday, November 22, 2004 President Has Power to Fully Ban Import of All Foreign-Made Assault Rifles Such as SKSs And AK-47s Washington, DC – SKS assault rifles like the one reported to have…

  • Violence Policy Center Applauds Introduction of Federal Legislation to Permanently Eliminate NRA-Backed Federal Guns-for-Felons Program

    For Release:  Friday, October 8, 2004 New Jersey Senators Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg Sponsor Bill to End Program that Rearmed Thousands of Felons at Taxpayer Expense Washington, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC)…

  • Violence Policy Center Statement on U.S. House Vote to Repeal DC Gun Laws

    For Release:  Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Bill Would Repeal DC Handgun Ban, Allow Semiautomatic 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles and Assault Rifles to be Carried Throughout City Following today’s House vote to repeal the District of…

  • Violence Policy Center Releases Annual Report When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002 Homicide Data

    For Release:  Tuesday, September 28, 2004 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…

  • Congress Poised to Vote on National Rifle Association-Backed Bill to Repeal DC Gun Laws

    For Release:  Monday, September 20, 2004 Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill sponsored by Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) to overturn all of the District of Columbia’s…

  • California Leads Nation in War on Terror Becomes First State in Nation to Ban 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles

    For Release:  Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Law Comes Less Than Three Years After Violence Policy Center First Identified Threat Posed by These Readily Available Tools of Terror  Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Bill That Bans Rifles That…

  • Violence Policy Center Issues Statement on Expiration of Federal Assault Weapons Ban 

    For Release:  Monday, September 13, 2004 Reacting to the expiration of the federal assault weapons ban, the Violence Policy Center released the following statement today from Legislative Director Kristen Rand: Soon after its passage in…

  • Arizona, Nevada, and Utah Comprise the “UZI Triangle” of Copycat Assault Weapon Manufacturers, According to Violence Policy Center 

    For Release:  Wednesday, August 25, 2004 Three-State Region Has Largest Number of “Copycat” Assault Weapon Manufacturers in the United States, With Gunmakers Currently Marketing UZIs, AK-47s, AR-15s, Galils, and Other Assault Weapons Despite 1994 Federal…

  • Violence Policy Center (VPC) Joins Rep. Carolyn Maloney in Calling For Federal Ban on 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles

    For Release:   Wednesday, August 18, 2004 New VPC Analysis Warns of Terror Threat Posed by 50 Caliber Rifles to Helicopters, VPC Also Warns of Threat to Armor-Plated Vehicles New York, NY – The Violence Policy Center…

  • More Than 50 Members of Entertainment Community Sign Letter Calling on President Bush, U.S. Congress, to Strengthen and Renew Federal Assault Weapons Ban

    For Release:  Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Signatories Include Kevin Bacon, Patricia Heaton, Dustin Hoffman, Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Christine Lahti, William H. Macy, Robert Redford, Rob Reiner, Brooke Shields, and Barbra Streisand  Ban Set to…

  • New Study Reveals More Than 40 Gunmakers Currently Marketing Assault Weapons: Including UZIs, AK-47s, AR-15s, MAC-10s, Galils, MP5s, and Others. Despite 1994 Federal Ban

    For Release:  Tuesday, July 20, 2004 Latest Proof of Gun Industry’s Evasion of Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Scheduled to Expire on September 13, 2004 and Need for Law to be Strengthened  More Than One Million Assault…

  • Violence Policy Center Applauds Introduction of Federal Legislation to Permanently Eliminate NRA-backed Federal Guns-for-Felons Program

    For Release:  Thursday, July 1, 2004 New Jersey Senator Jon Corzine Sponsors Bill to End Program that Rearmed Thousands of Felons at Taxpayer Expense Washington, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today hailed the…

  • U.S. House Appropriations Committee Inserts Pro-Gun Language in Spending Bill in Effort to Torpedo New York City Lawsuit Against Firearms Industry

    For Release:  Wednesday, June 23, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – The House Appropriations Committee today adopted an amendment by Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) to the Commerce, Justice, and State Departments’ funding bill for Fiscal Year 2005…

  • Violence Policy Center Offers Strong Support For New York State Legislation to Ban 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles

    For Release:  Tuesday, June 15, 2004 New York State Legislators Warn of Public Safety Threat Posed by Rifles That Can Penetrate Armor Plating and Destroy Aircraft Albany, NY – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today…

  • Violence Policy Center Warns Nation’s Law Enforcement Officers of New Handgun Threat to Police Body Armor

    For Release:  Wednesday, June 2, 2004 New VPC Study, Vest Buster: The .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum: The Gun Industry’s Latest Challenge to Law Enforcement Body Armor, Documents That the “Most Powerful Handgun In the World” Has…

  • New Assault Weapon Manufacturer Vulcan Armament Brags “The Guns of the Special Forces Are Now on Sale in America!”

    For Release:  Wednesday, May 19, 2004 Minnesota Gunmaker Offers Widest Range of “Copycat” Assault Weapons including AK-47s, AR-15s, MAC-10s, Galils, and MP5s of any Manufacturer in America, Illustrates Need to Strengthen Federal Assault Weapons Ban …

  • VPC Offers Strong Support for Federal Legislation to Ban 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles

    For Release:  Monday, May 3, 2004 Representative Jim Moran (D-VA), Delegate Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), and DC and Virginia Law Enforcement Officials Warn of Public Safety Threat Posed by Rifles That Can Penetrate Armor Plating and Destroy…

  • Revelation That Romanian AK-47s Seized by Italian Authorities Are Legal Proves Need to Strengthen, Not Just Renew, Federal Assault Weapons Ban

    For Release:  Thursday, April 29, 2004 Current Law Allows the Import and Sale of Supposedly Banned Assault Weapons Washington, DC – Yesterday’s admission by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that the…

  • Five Years After Columbine Shooting, Assault Weapons Continue to Threaten Public Safety, Illustrating Need to Strengthen and Renew Federal Assault Weapons Ban

    For Release:  Monday, April 19, 2004 Washington, DC – Five years after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher with an arsenal that included a Hi-Point Carbine assault rifle and a…

  • Federal District Court Strongly Rejects CATO Institute-Backed Challenge to Washington, DC Handgun Ban

    For Release:  Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Ruling Squashes Latest Attempt to Overturn 28-Year-Old DC Gun Ban  WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan today dismissed a CATO Institute-backed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality on…