Gun Violence Prevention Groups Condemn Launch of AR-15 Assault Rifles Designed Specifically for Children
For Release: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Manufacturer Says Its JR-15 Child-Sized Assault Rifle “looks, feels, and operates just like Mom and Dad’s gun” Washington, DC — An Illinois-based gun manufacturer is marketing AR-15 assault rifles designed specifically for children. Manufactured…
Violence Policy Center (VPC) Statement on New York Attorney General’s Call for Dissolution of National Rifle Association
For Release: Thursday, August 6, 2020 Washington, DC — Following today’s announcement that the New York Attorney General is seeking the dissolution of the National Rifle Association (NRA) as the result of numerous violations of its charity status, VPC Executive Director…
Diverse Array of More than 100 Organizations Call on Congress to Reject Trump Administration Proposal to Weaken Controls on Firearms Exports
For Release: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Administration’s Proposed Rule Could Result in Proliferation of 3D-Printed Firearms WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today a diverse group of more than a hundred organizations sent a letter to Congress in opposition to a Trump Administration…
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 growing sniper subculture in the…
More Than 50 Members of Entertainment Community Sign Letter Calling on President Bush, U.S. Congress, to Strengthen and Renew Federal Assault Weapons Ban
For Release: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Signatories Include Kevin Bacon, Patricia Heaton, Dustin Hoffman, Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Christine Lahti, William H. Macy, Robert Redford, Rob Reiner, Brooke Shields, and Barbra Streisand Ban Set to Expire on September 13, 2004 …
Violence Policy Center (VPC) Joins Rep. Carolyn Maloney in Calling For Federal Ban on 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles
For Release: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 New VPC Analysis Warns of Terror Threat Posed by 50 Caliber Rifles to Helicopters, VPC Also Warns of Threat to Armor-Plated Vehicles New York, NY – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today joined Rep. Carolyn…
SKS Assault Rifle Reported as Weapon Used in Ambush Attack on Police in Ceres, CA, Leaving One Officer Dead And One Critically Wounded
For Release: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 SKS Assault Rifles Claimed Lives of at Least Six Police Officers in 2004 President Can Ban Import of All Foreign-Made Assault Rifles Such as SKSs and AK-47s Washington, DC – SKS assault rifles like…
VPC Joins Representatives Moran, Kennedy, McCarthy, and Waxman in Calling for Federal Ban on 50 Caliber Anti-armor Sniper Rifles
For Release: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 Washington, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today joined Representatives Jim Moran (D-VA), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), and Henry Waxman (D-CA) at a Capitol Hill press conference in support of federal…
National Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Call for Effective Federal Assault Weapons Ban in Wake of Alabama Rampage Shooting Leaving 11 Dead, Including Shooter
For Release: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Washington, DC–Following yesterday’s assault weapon rampage shooting in Alabama leaving 11 dead including the shooter, America’s leading national gun violence prevention organizations–Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance,…
National Gun Violence Prevention Groups Express Outrage That in Wake of Shootings, U.S. Senate is Poised to Consider Legislation to Dramatically Weaken State Concealed Handgun Laws
For Release: Monday, July 13, 2009 Washington, DC–America’s major gun violence prevention organizations–Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, Legal Community Against Violence, States United to Prevent Gun Violence, and Violence Policy Center–today issued…