House Appropriations Committee Stops Effort to Re-Fund Program That Put Guns and Explosives Back Into the Hands of Violent Criminals
For Release: Tuesday, July 11, 1995 The House Appropriations Committee today stopped a Republican-led, National Rifle Association-backed effort to re-fund a federal program at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) that put guns and explosives back into the hands…
“Stop Arming Felons Act” Would Close Loopholes That Put Guns And Explosives Back Into The Hands Of Violent Criminals
For Release: Monday, July 24, 1995 Senator Paul Simon (D-IL) and Congressman Richard Durbin (D-IL) today will introduce the “Stop Arming Felons Act.” The bill would permanently close loopholes in federal law that have allowed convicted, violent felons access to…
Violence Policy Center Study Spurs Legislation To End Federal Program To Rearm Convicted, Violent Felons
For Release: Thursday, February 27, 1992 As the result of a fall 1991 Violence Policy Center study documenting a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) program that allows convicted felons to regain their gun-owning privileges, Rep. Larry Smith…
New Study–More Gun Dealers Than Gas Stations–Documents Criminal Abuse of Federal Gun Dealer Licenses and Regulatory Failures of Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)
For Release: Friday, December 11, 1992 New Study–More Gun Dealers Than Gas Stations–Documents Criminal Abuse of Federal Gun Dealer Licenses and Regulatory Failures of Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) Hundreds of thousands of Americans – including an untold…
New VPC Study Details How Lax Concealed Carry Laws Are Designed to Boost Gun Sales
For Release: Monday, April 2, 2012 Study Contains Gun Industry, NRA Quotes; Examples of Gun Industry Ads Including Kel-Tec Pistol Used In Trayvon Martin Shooting Washington, DC–The lethal shooting of unarmed, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by concealed handgun permit holder George Zimmerman…
New VPC Report Details Marketing and Production History of Assault Rifle Used in Aurora, CO, the Smith & Wesson M&P15, Describes How It and Other Assault Rifles Differ from Sporting Semiautomatic Rifles
For Release: Thursday, July 26, 2012 Washington, DC–Colorado mass shooter James Holmes’ alleged use of a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semiautomatic AR-15-style assault rifle “demonstrates the clear and present danger of a gun designed for war and ruthlessly marketed for profit…
Gun Deaths Outpace Motor Vehicle Deaths in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)
For Release: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC–A new Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis (vpc.org/studies/dmv.pdf) of just-released federal firearm and motor vehicle deaths data reveals that gun deaths outpace motor vehicle deaths in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia).…
Violence Policy Center Statement on NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Press Conference Today
For Release: Friday, December 21, 2012 Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center, and native of Newtown, Connecticut, issued the following statement today in response to the NRA’s call for more armed guards as the sole solution to school…
New Violence Policy Center Study Warns of “Next Wave” of Assault Pistols for Sale in the United States
For Release: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 AK-47 and AR-15 Assault Pistols that Combine the Power of an Assault Rifle with the Concealability of a Handgun Lead the Way WASHINGTON, DC–Not since the late 1980s and early 1990s has there been such…
Violence Policy Center (VPC) Endorses Bi-Partisan Bill to Crack Down on Gun Trafficking
For Release: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Washington, DC–The Violence Policy Center (VPC) strongly endorses the “Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013,” a bi-partisan initiative introduced today by Representatives Patrick Meehan (R-Pennsylvania), Carolyn Maloney (D-New York), Scott Rigell (R-Virginia), and Elijah Cummings…