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 firearms laws in the United…
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 That Handguns Are a Dangerous…
VPC Submits Comments on Ashcroft Background Check Proposal – Urges FBI to Reject Ashcroft’s Dangerous Proposed Rule
For Release: Wednesday, September 5, 2001 WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Violence Policy Center (VPC), a national non-profit educational organization working to stop gun death and injury in America, joined by Legal Community Against Violence and Physicians for Social Responsibility, submitted…
No Recess for Ashcroft Hypocrisy – DOJ Continues to Undermine its Own Case in Emerson
For Release: Thursday, August 9, 2001 DOJ Remains Silent on Introduction of Ashcroft NRA Letter in Case – Opposes Introduction of VPC Analysis of Ashcroft NRA Letter WASHINGTON, DC -The Violence Policy Center (VPC) learned this week that the U.S. Department…
NRA Life Member John Ashcroft Announces Plan to Destroy National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Records
For Release: Thursday, June 28, 2001 AG Chooses NRA Over FBI NRA Wish-List Item Is Death Certificate For Brady Law Washington, DC – The call today by Attorney General and National Rifle Association Life Member John Ashcroft for the virtually immediate…
Bush After-The-Fact, NRA-Backed Prosecution Strategy Does Nothing to Prevent Gun Death and Injury
For Release: Monday, May 14, 2001 Last year, the NRA promised that if George W. Bush won the election, they’d be operating out of the White House. Today’s announcement is just the latest proof that this brazen statement was not…
Violence Policy Center Opposes McCain-Lieberman Gun Show Bill
For Release: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 Bill Undermines and Weakens Federal Brady Law Washington, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released the following statement by Public Policy Director Joe Sudbay in opposition to the McCain-Lieberman Gun Show Loophole…
Statement of M. Kristen Rand, Legislative Director, Violence Policy Center
For Release: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 The Violence Policy Center (VPC) strongly supports Senator Reed’s legislation to close the gun show loophole. The VPC first uncovered the threat posed by gun show sales in its 1996 study Gun Shows in America: Tupperware…
Bush Budget Provides More Guns, Less Prevention
For Release: Monday, April 9, 2001 President George W. Bush’s budget for the 2002 Fiscal Year does almost nothing to prevent gun violence even as America approaches the second anniversary of the April 20th Columbine High School massacre, the Violence…
IN WAKE OF LATEST SCHOOL SHOOTING, BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION, DENY REALITY OF GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA
For Release: Friday, March 23, 2001 WASHINGTON The most recent school shooting-this time at Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, CA-is the latest bloody testament to our nation’s gun violence crisis the Violence Policy Center (VPC) stated today. The…