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Youth Gang Violence and Guns: Data Collection in California
This study comprehensively reviews California databases containing gang and/or gun information. It examines the types of information being maintained; how it is collected; inconsistencies that may exist; and whether information currently available can help answer…
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“Big Boomers”—Rifle Power Designed Into Handguns
This study warns that the gun industry is aggressively marketing a growing number of new handguns designed to fire bullets with rifle power. The rounds these guns fire can penetrate all but the most resistant…
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Backgrounder on Pistols Used in Virginia Tech Shooting
The two handguns used in the Virginia Tech shooting—a 9mm Glock 19 pistol, and a 22 caliber Walther P22 pistol—stand as stark examples of the trend toward increased lethality that defines today’s gun industry.
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Judge Samuel Alito’s Views Would Endanger Federal Gun Laws
This backgrounder warns that if Judge Samuel Alito’s views on firearms and public safety became the law of the land, all Americans would be at greater risk from virtually uncontrollable firearms proliferation. The federal government…
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Clear and Present Danger: National Security Experts Warn About the Danger of Unrestricted Sales of 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles to Civilians
This study reveals the details of a report, previously classified as “Secret,” written by a senior U.S. Secret Service official warning that large caliber sniper rifles present a threat to the President, other senior government…
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Safe at Home: How D.C.’s Gun Laws Save Children’s Lives
This study reveals that children and youth in DC are far less likely than their peers in the 50 states to be victims of firearm suicide. The study finds that NO District youths 16 years…
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The Threat Posed to Helicopters By 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles
This study warns of terror threat posed by 50 caliber rifles to helicopters, and warms that they can penetrate armor plating, pierce rail cars carrying toxic chemicals, and destroy aircraft.
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United States of Assault Weapons: Gunmakers Evading the Federal Assault Weapons Ban
This study reveals that more than 40 gunmakers in 22 states are currently marketing “post-ban” assault weapons including UZIs, AK-47s, AR-15s, MAC-10s, Galils, MP5s, Tommy Guns, Stens, and others.
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Vest Buster: The .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum—The Gun Industry’s Latest Challenge to Law Enforcement Body Armor
This study warns that standard ammunition fired by the recently introduced .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver, promoted as “the most powerful handgun in the world,” can penetrate the highest level of body armor worn…
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A Further Examination of Data Contained in the Study “On Target” Regarding Effects of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban
This study argues that to be effective, the federal assault weapons ban must not only be renewed, but more importantly strengthened, to address the gun industry’s almost absolute success in evading the original ban.
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Really Big Guns, Even Bigger Lies
This study rebuts a series of distortions and misstatements made by the Fifty Caliber Institute (FCI) in FCI’s specious defense of the civilian sale of 50 caliber anti-armor sniper rifles.
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Illinois: Land of Post-Ban Assault Weapons
This study shows that Illinois has more “post-ban” assault weapon manufacturers than any other state. Although the federal assault weapons ban was passed in 1994, the gun industry has willfully circumvented federal law and created…