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House Passes Appropriations Bill That Would License Tens of Thousands of New “Kitchen-Table” Gun Dealers, Undermine Gun Dealer Oversight
For Release: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed appropriations legislation for the Commerce, Justice, and State Departments containing a National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed amendment sponsored by…
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Eleventh-Hour NRA Amendment to Justice Department Appropriations Bill Would License Tens of Thousands of New “Kitchen-Table” Gun Dealers
For Release: Monday, July 21, 2003 Amendment Would Also Severely Weaken Gun Dealer Oversight By ATF WASHINGTON, DC—A National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed amendment inserted by Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) at the last minute into fiscal…
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Federal Judge Dismisses NAACP Lawsuit Against Gun Industry, But in 176-Page Decision Finds That Industry Practices Contribute to Gun Violence in New York
For Release: Monday, July 21, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – A federal judge today dismissed a case filed by the NAACP against the firearms industry based on the fact that the organization had not proven a…
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Majority Leader DeLay’s Promise to Let Assault Weapons Ban Expire Will Keep Cop-Killer Guns on U.S. Streets
For Release: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 VPC Study, “Officer Down” Assault Weapons and the War on Law Enforcement, Reveals That One in Five Law Enforcement Officers Slain in the Line of Duty Is Killed with an…
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VPC Offers Strong Support for McCarthy-Conyers Assault Weapons Ban
For Release: Thursday, May 8, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC The Violence Policy Center (VPC) announced its strong support for the “Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003,” legislation introduced today by Representatives Carolyn…
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One in Five Law Enforcement Officers Slain in the Line of Duty Is Killed with an Assault Weapon, New VPC Study Reveals
For Release: Thursday, May 8, 2003 “Officer Down”—Assault Weapons and the War on Law Enforcement Demonstrates the Need for Strengthening and Renewing Assault Weapons Ban WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released “Officer Down”—Assault Weapons and…
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Pennsylvania School Shooting Deaths of Student and Principal Focus Attention on Tragedy of Murder-Suicide
For Release: Thursday, April 24, 2003 Second School Shooting in as Many Weeks Firearm Murder-Suicide Claimed 37 Lives in Pennsylvania in First Half of 2001, Violence Policy Center Report, American Roulette, Reveals WASHINGTON, DC – Today’s…
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VPC Welcomes President Bush’s Reaffirmation of Campaign Pledge to Support Reauthorization of Federal Assault Weapons Ban
WASHINGTON, DC – On the eve of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, President Bush has kept his 2000 campaign promise and reaffirmed his support for the federal ban on assault weapons, Knight Ridder news…
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House Passes Bill to Protect Reckless, Negligent Gun Manufacturers and “Bad Apple” Gun Dealers
For Release: Wednesday, April 9, 2003 Bill Would Force Dismissal of Current NAACP Suit Against Gun Industry WASHINGTON, DC -Today, in a lead-up to the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, the U.S. House of Representatives passed…
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Attorney General John Ashcroft Reverses Bush Administration Position on Renewing Federal Ban on Assault Weapons
For Release: Wednesday, March 5, 2003 Ban Will End in September 2004 Without Congressional Action Washington, DC – Attorney General John Ashcroft, in testimony before Congress yesterday, for the first time refused to offer support for re-authorizing…
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50 Caliber Sniper Rifles That Can Destroy Aircraft Easier to Buy Than Handguns
For Release: Friday, January 31, 2003 Bush Administration Ignores Danger in “War on Terrorism” VPC Releases “Just Like Bird Hunting” The Threat to Civil Aviation from 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence…
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In Unanimous Ruling, U.S. Supreme Court Shuts Door on NRA-Backed Federal Guns-for-Felons Program
For Release: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 Program Was Defunded by Congress in 1992 in Response to Violence Policy Center Study Washington, DC – In an opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas, the U.S. Supreme Court today…
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Federal Court Upholds California Assault Weapons Ban, Strongly Rebuts Ashcroft Justice Department View That Second Amendment Guarantees an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms
For Release: Thursday, December 5, 2002 Washington, DC – In response to today’s 72-page decision in Silveira v. Lockyer by the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals unanimously upholding California’s strict assault weapons ban and strongly rebutting the position…
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Statement of Violence Policy Center in Response To Florida Jury Verdict Against Gun Distributor
For Release: Fiday, November 15, 2002 On Thursday, November 14, 2002, a jury in Florida found Valor Corporation, a gun wholesaler, liable to the tune of $1.2 million for distributing into the marketplace a Saturday…
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Gun Used by Washington, DC-Area Sniper Illustrates Need to Strengthen and Renew Federal Assault Weapons Ban
For Release: Monday, October 28, 2002 Incidents Also Show Need for Strict Regulation of Gun Dealers WASHINGTON, DC – The Bushmaster XM15 M4 A3 assault rifle used by the Washington, DC-area sniper provides a clear…
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VPC Assails Gun Industry Pandering to Sniper Subculture, Calls For Condemnation, Investigation, And Legislation to Stop Deadly Trade
For Release: Thursday, October 10, 2002 Statement of Tom Diaz, Senior Policy Analyst, Violence Policy Center: More than three years ago, the Violence Policy Center warned in its report One Shot, One Kill (May 1999) about a…