VPC Releases New Handgun Ban Study, Unsafe in Any Hands: Why America Needs to Ban Handguns
For Release: Wednesday, March 1, 2000 The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released Unsafe in Any Hands: Why America Needs to Ban Handguns. The nine-page study details the overwhelming role handguns play in gun death and injury in the United States and…
Joe Camel with Feathers – Endnotes
1) National Center for Health Statistics Compressed Mortality File, accessed through the CDC Wonder system, http://wonder.cdc.gov/ (12 Feb. 1997), and Robert N. Anderson, PhD et al, “Report of Final Mortality Statistics, 1995,” Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 45, No. 11, Supplement 2, June 12, 1997,…
Joe Camel with Feathers – Appendix Three: The Controversial Views of NRA Research Coordinator Paul Blackman on Kids and Guns
The National Rifle Association argues that guns and their inherent lethality are not the issue, but rather the behavior of children (or their parents) when they are around firearms—essentially guns don’t kill, kids do. Eddie Eagle materials present firearms as an…
Joe Camel with Feathers – Appendix Two: False Claims of Endorsement Made by the NRA
The National Rifle Association recognizes the level of distrust surrounding any program related to it involving children and guns. As a result, it has attempted to use the credibility of other organizations in its promotional efforts. Both the NRA and…
Joe Camel with Feathers – Appendix One: The History of Eddie Eagle
NRA President Marion Hammer launched the Eddie Eagle program in her home state of Florida in 1988 in an effort to kill child access prevention (CAP) legislation being considered by the state assembly that year. The impetus for the CAP…
Joe Camel with Feathers – Section Two: “New Blood Really Helps”
The NRA denies charges that the Eddie Eagle program is a thinly-disguised marketing tool for itself and the gun industry. The brochure “The Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program” attempts to assuage any fears that the program’s mascot is merely Joe…
Joe Camel with Feathers – Section One: “An Old-Fashioned Wrestling Match for the Hearts and Minds of our Children”
The National Rifle Association recognizes that its future and that of the firearms industry depends on the recruitment of new shooters. As a result, throughout its history the NRA has beckoned to America’s youth. Two consistent themes have been present…
Murder, Suicide, and More Convictions: VPC Concealed Carry Killers December Update
For Release: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Washington, DC–The conviction of a Massachusetts concealed handgun permit holder who executed his wife in the driveway of their home, a domestic violence offender who sued to get his concealed carry permit reissued and…
Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Fatally Shoot Each Other During Argument: VPC Concealed Carry Killers August Update
For Release: Monday, August 30, 2010 Washington, DC–Two Florida concealed handgun permit holders who got into a confrontation and shot and killed each other on a neighborhood street are among the additions and updates to Concealed Carry Killers, a Violence Policy…
Pistol Used in Manchester Mass Shooting Part of “Handgun of the Year” Award Winning SR9 Product Line
For Release: Friday, August 6, 2010 Manufactured by CT-Based Sturm, Ruger, Pistol Designed for Concealed Carry Exemplifies How Gun Industry Innovates for Lethality WASHINGTON–The Sturm, Ruger SR9 pistol used by Omar Thornton earlier this week in the mass murder of eight…