For Release: Tuesday, June 8, 1999 House Amendment Would Fix Problem, Add Quality Standards The Violence Policy Center demonstrated at a press conference today how the lack of quality standards undermines a Senate-passed bill mandating safety devices for handguns. The VPC…
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VPC Demonstrates How Weak Senate Gun Bill Allows “Junk Locks”
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…
NRA’s Long-Running Opposition to Regulation of Common Explosives Threatens Public Safety While Benefiting Its Gun Industry “Corporate Partners” New VPC Report Reveals
For Release: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Washington, DC–Since the 1970s, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has worked to block federal regulation–including background checks on transfers–of black and smokeless powder. The NRA’s decades-long campaign against regulating these two common explosives today benefits…
Gun Trafficking to Mexico
Military-style weapons are smuggled in huge numbers from the United States civilian market to criminal organizations in Mexico and other Latin American countries. These weapons enable transnational organizations to wage brutal wars for the control of lucrative criminal trade through…
