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  • Terminate Federal Guns-for-Felons Program, Violence Policy Center Tells U.S. Supreme Court

    For Release:  Tuesday, April 9, 2002 VPC Research Led to End of Funding For Program That Armed Terrorist, Murderer, Rapists, And Child Molesters  WASHINGTON, DC – In a friend-of-the-court brief filed last night in the…

  • VPC Launches New Web Site, www.banhandgunsnow.org, in Conjunction With Release of Paperback Edition of Latest Book, Every Handgun Is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns

    For Release:  Thursday, March 28, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC – `In conjunction with release of the paperback edition of its most recent book, Every Handgun is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns (The New Press, 2001), the…

  • VPC Backgrounder on Guns and France in Wake of Mass Handgun Shooting in Nanterre, France

    For Release:  Thursday, March 28, 2002 Eight people were killed and 19 wounded yesterday in a mass handgun shooting in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France. The alleged shooter in the French massacre, Richard Durn,…

  • New Harvard University Study Shows Direct Link Between Gun Availability And Gun Death Among Children

    For Release:  Thursday, February 21, 2002 Most Comprehensive Study Ever Conducted on Impact of Gun Availability Sends Simple Message: IT’S THE GUNS, STUPID  Louisiana Among Top Five in Nation in Gun Ownership – Louisiana Children…

  • New VPC Report Debunks Gun Industry Claim That Bin Laden’s 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles Were Obtained Through CIA Aid Program

    For Release:  Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Rebuts Attempt to Shift Blame to CIA  Interviews with Former CIA Officials, Corroborating Documents, Give Lie to Industry Red Herring Washington, DC The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released a…

  • Violence Policy Center Response to Justice Department Proposal to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Prohibited Aliens

    For Release:  Wednesday, February 13, 2002 In response to Attorney General John Ashcroft’s proposal to keep guns out of the hands of prohibited aliens announced today, the Violence Policy Center released the following statement by…

  • VPC Releases The State of the Gun Industry in Response to Nation’s Largest Gun Trade Show Being Held in Las Vegas February 2-5, 2002 

    For Release:  Thursday, January 31, 2002 Report Exposes Gun Industry’s Most Dangerous Trends WASHINGTON, DC – A new report from the Violence Policy Center (VPC), The State of the Gun Industry, released for the SHOT (Shooting,…

  • VPC Releases John Ashcroft: Year One

    For Release:   Thursday, January 31, 2002 Study Details Attorney General’s Attacks on Brady Law, Refusal to Allow Law Enforcement Access to Gun Sale Records for the War on Terror, and Promotion of An Individual Right…

  • U.S. Supreme Court Decides Today to Hear Case That Could Terminate Federal Guns-for-Felons Program

    For Release:  Tuesday, January 22, 2002 VPC Research Led to End of Funding For Program That Armed Terrorist, Murderer, Rapists, And Child Molesters WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today hailed the U.S.…

  • Gunmakers Urge That Children as Young as Four Years Old Get “A .22 For Christmas,” New VPC Report Reveals 

    For Release:  Tuesday, December 18, 2001 Washington, DC – The gun industry has unleashed a new wave of smaller, lighter versions of adult firearms and is marketing them as youth models for use by children…

  • Indiana Factory Shooting Highlights Need For Improved Oversight of Kitchen-Table Gun Dealers 

    For Release:  Friday, December 7, 2001 WASHINGTON, DC – The tragic shooting yesterday allegedly perpetrated by Indiana kitchen-table gun dealer Robert Wissman at the Nu-Wood Decorative Millwork factory in Goshen, Indiana, highlights the need for improved oversight…

  • Ashcroft Justice Department Protects Terrorist “Gun Rights” While Putting Americans at Risk 

    For Release:  Thursday, December 6, 2001 Ashcroft’s Actions Fly in Face of President Bush’s September 20 Promise that “We will direct every resource at our command – every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence,…

  • Nearly One Third of Kids Murdered With Handguns Are Shot And Killed by Other Kids, VPC Study Reveals 

    For Release:   Wednesday, November 28, 2001 Washington, DC – Children and youth are murdered with handguns more often than with all other weapons combined, according to a new 27-page study released today by the…

  • Jihad Trainees Urged to Use Lax U.S. Gun Laws to Wage Holy War 

    For Release:  Wednesday, November 21, 2001 Most-Wanted Al Qaeda Fugitive Said Bahaji Utilized Jihad Web Site That Urged Sniper and Assault Weapon Training in United States Washington, DC – Muslim holy warriors should use lax…

  • Pro-Gun Experts Prove Handguns Are Ineffective Self-Defense Tools, New VPC Study Reveals 

     For Release:   Monday, November 19, 2001 WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the reported spike in handgun sales since the September 11th attacks, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released Unintended Consequences: Pro-Handgun Experts Prove…

  • Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data

    For Release:  Tuesday, October 30, 2001 African-American Women Three Times More Likely To Be Murdered Than White Women WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) has released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data,…

  • Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data

    For Release:   Tuesday, October 30, 2001 Hispanic Women Suffer from a Higher Female Homicide Rate than the National Average WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) has released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide…

  • Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data 

    For Release:  Wednesday, October 17, 2001 Nevada 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 1999 Homicide Data, an annual…

  • Violence Policy Center Applauds Emerson Decision, Court Upholds Protective Order Gun Ban

    For Release:  Tuesday, October 16, 2001 NRA-Endorsed Suit Would Have Allowed Domestic Abusers To Keep Their Guns  WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today applauded the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

  • U.S. Gun Industry Armed Osama bin Laden’s Terror Network: Al Qaeda Bought 25 Barrett 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles

    For Release:  Sunday, October 7, 2001 “Super Guns” Can Down Helicopters, Defeat Armored Limousines, Destroy Aircraft at Terminals, Ignite Fuel Tanks, All From 1,800 yards  Violence Policy Center Report Documents Sale, Details Terror Potential  WASHINGTON,…