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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…

  • Snipers: Predictable Consequence of Gun Industry Marketing

    For Release:  Tuesday, October 8, 2002 According to Tom Diaz, Senior Policy Analyst at the Violence Policy Center and author of several studies examining sniper culture and their weapons, including One Shot, One Kill: Civilian Sales…

  • Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2000 Homicide Data

    For Release:   Tuesday, October 2, 2002 Mississippi Ranks #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men WASHINGTON, DC—The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2000 Homicide Data. This annual…

  • VPC Releases New Study – No Deal: The Drop in Federally Licensed Firearms Dealers in America

    For Release:  Wednesday, September 25, 2002 California Leads Nation With Decrease of 16,905 a Drop of 84%  Number of Gun Dealers Reduced by Nearly 75%; Dramatic Drops Seen in All 50 States WASHINGTON, DC –…

  • H.R. 2037 Gives Special Protection to the Unregulated Gun Industry

    For Release:  Wednesday, September 25, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) strongly opposes H.R. 2037, a bill designed to shield the firearms industry from accountability for their products. The bill is scheduled…

  • Los Angeles First City in Nation to Vote to Ban 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles

    For Release:  Tuesday, September 24, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today applauded the Los Angeles City Council for passing a ban on the sale and possession of 50 caliber sniper rifles. This…

  • Violence Policy Center And Greenpeace Hold Joint Briefing Detailing The Threat of 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Terrorist Attacks on Chemical Targets

    For Release:   Tuesday, August 27, 2002 New VPC Report Sitting Ducks Detailing 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Terrorist Threat to Refinery and Hazardous-Chemical Facilities Released at Briefing Potential Devastating and Deadly Effects WASHINGTON – Since the terrorist attacks…

  • CIA Letter Raises Further Doubts About Barrett Story on Sale of 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles to Bin Laden

    For Release:  Tuesday, August 6, 2002 Agency That Ran Secret Afghan Aid Program Flatly Denies Role in Transfer of 25 Barrett Sniper Rifles to bin Laden Organization Letter Confirms Earlier VPC Report Based On Interviews…

  • Fort Bragg Tragedies Focus Attention on National Plague of Murder-Suicide

    For Release:  Monday, August 5, 2002 VPC Study Documents Six Months of Murder-Suicides Across Nation, Finds Guns Used in 95 Percent of All Murder-Suicides, Estimates That at Least 1,300 Lives Lost Each Year to Murder-Suicide …

  • Attorney General Ashcroft Misled Congress and the American People on Legality of Checking Terrorist Gun Purchase Records

    For Release:   Wednesday, July 24, 2002 Washington, DC – Attorney General John Ashcroft misled Congress and the American public when he repeatedly stated that the Justice Department was legally prohibited from checking gun purchase records…

  • VPC Denounces Passage of “Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act”

    For Release:  Thursday, July 11, 2002 Urges Senate Not To Make the Same Mistake WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) strongly denounced yesterday’s passage of the “Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act” (H.R. 4635).…

  • VPC Statement Opposing “Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act”

    For Release:  Wednesday, July 10, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) released the following statement today by Legislative Director Kristen Rand, in opposition to Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act (H.R. 4635). The…

  • Fact Sheet on the Los Angeles International Airport Shooting and Statistics on Firearms Violence in California

    Date: July 4, 2002 Location: El Al Airlines ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport Alleged Shooter: Heshem Mohamed Ali Hadayet People Killed: 3 (shooter killed by El Al security) People Injured: Four Firearm(s): 45…

  • Statement of Violence Policy Center in Response to GAO Report: “Less Time Means More Domestic Gun Crime”

    For Release:  Wednesday, June 26, 2002 Today’s Washington Post story, “Domestic Abusers Bought Guns,” unequivocally demonstrates that law enforcement officials need more time, not less time, to ensure that domestic abusers are prevented from purchasing firearms in…

  • VPC Releases License to Kill IV: More Guns, More Crime

    For Release:  Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Texas Concealed Handgun License Holder Offenses Include: Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Weapon Crimes, Crimes Against Children, and Domestic Violence WASHINGTON – A new study released today by the Violence Policy…

  • Statement of Violence Policy Center in Response to Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Second Amendment Cases

    For Release:  Monday, June 10, 2002 Today the Supreme Court denied review in two cases in which criminal defendants had asked the high court to strike down federal gun laws on Second Amendment grounds. In…

  • Statement of Violence Policy Center in Response to D.C. Gun Crime Defendants Using U.S. Department of Justice Second Amendment Policy Shift to Strike Down Gun Laws

    For Release:   Thursday, May 30, 2002 The Washington Post reported May 30, 2002, that criminal defendants in Washington, D.C. are seeking to have the District’s gun laws declared unconstitutional on Second Amendment grounds. The defendants are relying…

  • Ashcroft and NRA Provide Second Amendment Gun Defense for Accused American Taliban Terrorist John Walker Lindh

    For Release:  Thursday, May 16, 2002 Washington, DC – One week after the Ashcroft Justice Department formally adopted the National Rifle Association (NRA) view that the Second Amendment guarantees a broad individual right to keep…

  • U.S. Gun Industry Targets Europe For Sale of 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles

    For Release:  Wednesday, May 1, 2002 U.S. State Department Waffles on Export Licenses For Civilian Sale of “Superguns”  European Civilians May Soon Buy U.S. Made 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles Like Those Used to Assassinate British…

  • VPC Releases Most Comprehensive State-by-State Study Ever Conducted on National Tragedy of Murder-Suicide

    For Release:  Wednesday, April 17, 2002 Study Documents Six Months of Murder-Suicides Across Nation, Finds That Guns Used in 95 Percent of All Murder-Suicides, Estimates That at Least 1,300 Lives Lost Each Year to Murder-Suicide…