Supreme Court Decision In Brady Case First Volley in Coming Battle Over National Waiting Period and Background Check for Handgun Buyers
For Release: Friday, June 27, 1997 Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court that 1993’s Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act violates the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution foreshadows an inevitable debate in Congress over the value of the national…
Landmark Legislation To Set Safety Standards For American-Made Handguns Introduced By Senator Barbara Boxer
For Release: Thursday, January 9, 1997 The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today hailed Senator Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) introduction of legislation to set minimum federal safety standards for domestically manufactured handguns. Senator Boxer announced the legislation at a press conference today at…
Product Liability Bill To Be Voted On In Senate Offers Special Protection To Unscrupulous Gun Dealers And Manufacturers Of Defective Firearms
For Release: March 18, 1996 Bill Would Protect Gun Dealers Who Knowingly Sell to Criminals and Minors Bill Would Cut Off Manufacturer’s Liability for Notoriously Defective Handgun If the U.S. Senate votes tomorrow to pass the grossly misnamed “Common Sense…
National Rifle Association Opens 125th Annual Meeting On First Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing
For Release: Thursday, April 18, 1996 Organization Continues To Use Anti-Government, Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric On Friday, April 19th, 1996 the first anniversary of the Oklahoma bombing the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) will open its 125th annual meeting. In defending…
NEW VPC Study Debunks National Rifle Association Claim To Represent “Family Values”
For Release: Thursday, June 20, 1996 Extremism, Racism, Legal Woes, and Gun Industry Ties Are Rampant on NRA Board of Directors Study is Excerpted in NRA Expose Contained in July/August Mother Jones Magazine A new study released today by the Violence Policy…
Gun Shows Have Become “Tupperware® Parties For Criminals” New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals
For Release: Wednesday, July 17, 1996 Federal Gun De-Control Law Passed 10 Years Ago Has Allowed Gun Shows to Proliferate Gun shows have become “Tupperware® Parties for Criminals,” according to a new 72-page study that will be released on Wednesday, July…
Washington Post Report Of Racist Views Of National Rifle Association Researcher Not Surprising According To Recent VPC Study
For Release: Thursday, July 25, 1996 The revelation contained in today’s Washington Post that Paul Blackman, research coordinator for the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Institute for Legislative Action, believes that race plays a “significant” role in murder is unfortunately not surprising, the Violence…
Oklahoma Bombing Inevitable Result Of Growing Extremism Of American Gun Lobby
For Release: Friday, April 21, 1995 The Oklahoma bombing is an inevitable result of an inflammatory two-year campaign waged by America’s gun lobby attacking the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the Clinton Administration in the wake of…
National Rifle Association Accusations Of Race And Sex Discrimination At Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco, And Firearms “Lesson In Hypocrisy”
For Release: Wednesday, May 17, 1995 Charges this week by the National Rifle Association (NRA) voiced on national television and in full-page ads placed in major newspapers of race and sex discrimination at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms…
National Rifle Association Direct Mail Renews Attacks On Federal Law Enforcement
For Release: Tuesday, May 23, 1995 Says President Clinton Wants Legislation to Create Police State The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) has sent a mailing renewing its attacks on federal law enforcement officers of the Bureau of Alcohol,…