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  • Soldier of Fortune Magazine Articles at McVeigh Trial Were Just Tip of Anti-Government Iceberg

    For Release: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 Gun Lobby Promoted “Final War” Against Federal Government National Rifle Association (NRA) Led Fight, Warning “Final War Has Begun” Soldier of Fortune Publisher Robert K. Brown Also Serves on NRA Board…

  • Representative Bob Barr (R-GA) to Offer Amendment to Put Guns Back Into the Hands of Wife Beaters and Child Abusers

    For Release: Monday, May 12, 1997 Measure That Would Gut 1996 Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban Expected to be Offered as Amendment to Fiscal 1997 Supplemental Appropriations Bill Barr Amendment Would Put Guns Back into the…

  • New Analysis of Florida’s Female Homicide Victims Reveals Most Women Killed by Someone They Know in a Non-Criminal Attack

    For Release: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 Victims Knew Their Attacker in 90 Percent of Cases Attack Was Not Crime Related in 94 Percent of Cases Two Thirds of Victims Killed with Guns A new analysis of…

  • National Rifle Association Has Been “Technically Insolvent For Several Years” New Internal Document Reveals

    For Release: Wednesday, March 19, 1997 NRA’s $50,000,000 Deficit Revealed, Power Struggle for Control of the Organization Expands and Goes Public Organization Sells “Crown Jewels” at “Fire Sale” The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been “technically…

  • Landmark Legislation To Set Safety Standards For American-Made Handguns Introduced By Senator Barbara Boxer

    For Release: Thursday, January 9, 1997 The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today hailed Senator Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) introduction of legislation to set minimum federal safety standards for domestically manufactured handguns. Senator Boxer announced the legislation at…

  • Washington Post Report Of Racist Views Of National Rifle Association Researcher Not Surprising According To Recent VPC Study

    For Release: Thursday, July 25, 1996 The revelation contained in today’s Washington Post that Paul Blackman, research coordinator for the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Institute for Legislative Action, believes that race plays a “significant” role in murder is…

  • Gun Shows Have Become “Tupperware® Parties For Criminals” New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals

    For Release: Wednesday, July 17, 1996 Federal Gun De-Control Law Passed 10 Years Ago Has Allowed Gun Shows to Proliferate Gun shows have become “Tupperware® Parties for Criminals,” according to a new 72-page study that will…

  • NEW VPC Study Debunks National Rifle Association Claim To Represent “Family Values”

    For Release: Thursday, June 20, 1996 Extremism, Racism, Legal Woes, and Gun Industry Ties Are Rampant on NRA Board of Directors Study is Excerpted in NRA Expose Contained in July/August Mother Jones Magazine A new study released…

  • National Rifle Association Opens 125th Annual Meeting On First Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing

    For Release: Thursday, April 18, 1996 Organization Continues To Use Anti-Government, Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric On Friday, April 19th, 1996 the first anniversary of the Oklahoma bombing the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) will open its…

  • Product Liability Bill To Be Voted On In Senate Offers Special Protection To Unscrupulous Gun Dealers And Manufacturers Of Defective Firearms

    For Release: March 18, 1996 Bill Would Protect Gun Dealers Who Knowingly Sell to Criminals and Minors Bill Would Cut Off Manufacturer’s Liability for Notoriously Defective Handgun If the U.S. Senate votes tomorrow to pass…

  • Speaker’s Promise To National Rifle Association To Repeal Assault Weapons Ban Ignores Threat To Police

    For Release: Monday, December 11, 1995 September 1995 VPC Study Reveals That at Least One in 10 Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty Will Be Felled by Assault Weapons A study released by…

  • New Study Shows Florida’s “Model” Concealed Carry Law Puts Guns Into the Hands of Criminals

    For Release: Wednesday, November 1, 1995 Law has Licensed Hundreds of Criminals to Carry Concealed Weapons On Wednesday, November 1, 1995 the Violence Policy Center (VPC) will release a comprehensive analysis of Florida’s law that allows…

  • Assault Weapons Are “COP-KILLERS” According To New Violence Policy Center Study

    For Release: Tuesday, September 12th, 1995 This is the press release for the September 1995 VPC study Cop Killers: Assault Weapon Attacks on America’s Police. For a copy of the complete study, please send a check…

  • “Stop Arming Felons Act” Would Close Loopholes That Put Guns And Explosives Back Into The Hands Of Violent Criminals

    For Release: Monday, July 24, 1995 Senator Paul Simon (D-IL) and Congressman Richard Durbin (D-IL) today will introduce the “Stop Arming Felons Act.” The bill would permanently close loopholes in federal law that have allowed…

  • House Appropriations Committee Stops Effort to Re-Fund Program That Put Guns and Explosives Back Into the Hands of Violent Criminals

    For Release: Tuesday, July 11, 1995 The House Appropriations Committee today stopped a Republican-led, National Rifle Association-backed effort to re-fund a federal program at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) that put guns and…

  • National Rifle Association Direct Mail Renews Attacks On Federal Law Enforcement

    For Release: Tuesday, May 23, 1995 Says President Clinton Wants Legislation to Create Police State The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) has sent a mailing renewing its attacks on federal law enforcement officers…

  • National Rifle Association Accusations Of Race And Sex Discrimination At Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco, And Firearms “Lesson In Hypocrisy”

     For Release: Wednesday, May 17, 1995 Charges this week by the National Rifle Association (NRA) voiced on national television and in full-page ads placed in major newspapers of race and sex discrimination at the federal Bureau…

  • Oklahoma Bombing Inevitable Result Of Growing Extremism Of American Gun Lobby

    For Release: Friday, April 21, 1995 The Oklahoma bombing is an inevitable result of an inflammatory two-year campaign waged by America’s gun lobby attacking the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the Clinton…

  • Historic Morton Grove, Illinois Handgun Ban May Be Overturned as Result of National Rifle Association-Backed Gun Law Preemption Campaign

    For Release: Wednesday, March 22, 1995 The historic Morton Grove ban on handgun sale and possession — the first of its kind in the nation — may soon be overturned as the result a campaign being…

  • Gun Industry, Pro Gun Lobbying Organizations Meet At Las Vegas S.H.O.T. Show To Preview New Products And Hone Marketing And Press Strategies

    For Release: Friday, January 20, 1995 Firearm manufacturers and pro-gun organizations will meet this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada for the S.H.O.T. (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show, the annual trade show for America’s gun industry. The…