Violence Policy Center Issues Statement on Expiration of Federal Assault Weapons Ban
For Release: Monday, September 13, 2004 Reacting to the expiration of the federal assault weapons ban, the Violence Policy Center released the following statement today from Legislative Director Kristen Rand: Soon after its passage in 1994, the gun industry made…
Violence Policy Center Urges Washington Redskins to Withdraw From Shooting Fundraiser With National Rifle Association as NRA Lobbies on Capitol Hill to Overturn D.C.’s Gun Laws
For Release: Monday, October 11, 2005 Redskins/NRA Event Announced Same Month that NRA’s Magazine Attacks D.C. Mayor Williams and Police Chief Ramsey Washington, D.C. – The Violence Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based national non-profit organization working to reduce gun death…
New NRA Post-Katrina Fundraising Campaign Targeting Mayors and Police Signals Return to Organization’s Days of “Jack Booted Government Thugs” Extremist Rhetoric
For Release: Thursday, May 18, 2006 Campaign Validates and Incites Anti-Police Faction of Pro-Gun Movement Pro-Gun Group That Joined NRA in Lawsuit Against New Orleans Owns Web Site That Regularly Attacks Police “This will probably mint money for us,” Says…
Violence Policy Center Statement on White House Conference on School Safety: “The Bush Administration is in Denial Regarding the Role Guns Play in School Shootings”
For Release: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Regarding today’s Conference on School Safety convened by the White House in response to unrelenting firearms violence in America’s schools, Violence Policy Center Legislative Director Kristen Rand released the following statement: “The fact…
Gun Distributor Warns That Brooklyn Gun Manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms Company May Have Shipped Rifles For Sale Loaded With Ammunition
For Release: Thursday, April 3, 2008 Suspected Rifles May Include ‘Youth’ Rifles for Children Washington, DC—According to an “Urgent Notice” for gun dealers issued by firearms distributor Sports South, Inc., Brooklyn rifle manufacturer Henry Repeating Arms may have shipped rifles for…
New Study Shows Need for Improved Data on Youth Gang Violence and Guns in California
For Release: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Includes Statewide Survey of Local Law Enforcement Agencies on Guns and Gang Violence Data Collection Washington, DC—”The issue of youth gang violence and firearms is defined far more by what is not known, than what…
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…
Ashcroft Decision Cloaked in Secrecy – VPC Files Freedom of Information Act Request on Ashcroft Second Amendment Letter
For Release: Thursday, August 2, 2001 WASHINGTON, DC – The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for all documents related to the Department’s 180-degree shift in its position…
Violence Policy Center Endorses Schumer Proposal to Protect Brady Law From Being Gutted by Ashcroft Justice Department
For Release: Friday, June 29, 2001 Legislation Needed to Enable Law Enforcement to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Criminals WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Violence Policy Center (VPC) endorsed a proposal by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to require the…