Gun Violence Prevention, Youth, and Community Groups Urge Washington Redskins to Cancel October 17 Shooting Fundraiser With National Rifle Association (NRA)
For Release: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Event Comes as NRA Continues Efforts to Overturn D.C.’s Gun Laws Washington, D.C. — National and local Washington, D.C., area gun violence prevention, youth, and community organizations delivered a letter today to Washington Redskins owner Daniel…
National Rifle Association Suffers Self-Proclaimed “Biggest Election Disaster in Nearly 15 Years”
For Release: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Gun Lobby Sees Shift in Control of U.S. House as Devastating to its Agenda NRA-Endorsed Candidates Lose in Key Senate Races Washington, DC–In the wake of the Republican party losing control of the U.S.…
Statement of National Gun Violence Prevention Organizations in Wake of Northern Illinois University Shooting
For Release: Friday, February 15, 2008 Washington, DC–Following yesterday’s mass shooting at Northern Illinois University which left six dead, including the shooter, and 16 wounded, America’s leading national gun violence prevention organizations, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the…
Statement of Violence Policy Center on Supreme Court Ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller Overturning DC Handgun Ban
For Release: Thursday, June 26, 2008 Supreme Court Ruling Overturning DC Handgun Ban Should Allow Ban on Semiautomatic Handguns to Stand Washington, DC–Following today’s 5-4 Supreme Court opinion authored by 2007 Sport Shooting Ambassador Award winner Antonin Scalia (see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/sport-shooting-ambassador_b_109367.html for…
“Big Boomers”—Handguns With Rifle Power Capable of Penetrating Body Armor—Are Growing Threat to Lives of Law Enforcement Officers, According to New VPC Study
For Release: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Drug Traffickers Are Already Using These “Vest-Busters” to Kill Police in Mexico Washington, DC—Powerful new handguns called “big boomers” by the gun industry are a growing threat to the nation’s law enforcement officers, a new…
New Study Shows Need for Improved Data on Youth Gang Violence and Guns in California
For Release: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Includes Statewide Survey of Local Law Enforcement Agencies on Guns and Gang Violence Data Collection Washington, DC—”The issue of youth gang violence and firearms is defined far more by what is not known, than what…
U.S. Gun Industry Feeds Gun Violence on U.S./Mexico Border, Violence Policy Center Analyst Tells Congress
For Release: Thursday, March 12, 2009 Weak Regulation, Proliferation of Military-Style Guns “Fit Like Gloves on the Bloody Hands of Drug Lords” Washington, D.C.–Weak regulation of the U.S. civilian gun market and the gun industry’s focus on increasingly lethal military-style firearms…
U.S. House Appropriations Committee Rejects Amendments to Help Prevent Illegal Gun Trafficking
WASHINGTON, DC–Today the House Appropriations Committee rejected amendments offered by Representatives Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Moran (D-VA) that would help law enforcement stop illegal gun trafficking. Instead, the Committee voted to keep intact the so-called Tiahrt Amendment that restricts law enforcement…
National Gun Violence Prevention Groups Voice Concern About Dangerous Components of Bill to Improve Gun Background Check System
For Release: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Joint Release From Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Violence Policy Center, and Legal Community Against Violence Washington, D.C. – Leading gun violence prevention organizations today expressed their strong concerns about little-noted additions to…
Gun Lobby Hijacks Bill Intended to Improve Gun Buyer Background Checks
For Release: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Legislation Passed by Congress Would Revive Failed Multi-Million-Dollar Program to Restore Gun Privileges of Persons Currently Ineligible to Possess Firearms Because of Mental Health Disability WASHINGTON, DC–Leading national gun violence prevention organizations the Coalition to…