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Violence Policy Center Warns Nation's Law Enforcement Officers of New Handgun Threat to Police Body Armor (06/02/2004)

Federal District Court Strongly Rejects CATO Institute-Backed Challenge to Washington, DC Handgun Ban (03/31/2004)

National Rifle Association-Backed Amendment to Gun Industry Immunity Bill Would Repeal 28-Year-Old District of Columbia Handgun Ban (03/01/2004)

Federal District Court Strongly Rejects National Rifle Association Second Amendment Challenge to Washington, DC Handgun Ban (01/15/2004)

U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Dismisses Terror Threat of Pistol Disguised as Pen (11/17/2003)

Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Allows Sale of Handgun Disguised as a Pen Despite Law Enforcement Warning (10/28/2003)

Violence Policy Center Condemns Bush Administration Decision to Arm Pilots (09/05/2002)

VPC Denounces Passage of "Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act"—Urges Senate Not To Make the Same Mistake (07/11/2002)

VPC Statement Opposing "Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act" (07/10/2002)

Fact Sheet on the Los Angeles International Airport Shooting and Statistics on Firearms Violence in California (07/08/2002)

Statement of Violence Policy Center in Response to GAO Report: "Less Time Means More Domestic Gun Crime" (06/26/2002)

VPC Releases License to Kill IV: More Guns, More Crime (06/12/2002)

VPC Backgrounder on Guns and France in Wake of Mass Handgun Shooting in Nanterre, France (03/28/2002)

VPC Launches New Web Site, www.banhandgunsnow.org, in Conjunction With Release of Paperback Edition of Latest Book, Every Handgun Is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns (03/28/2002)

New Harvard University Study Shows Direct Link Between Gun Availability And Gun Death Among Children (02/21/2002)

Indiana Factory Shooting Highlights Need For Improved Oversight of Kitchen-Table Gun Dealers (12/07/2001)

Nearly One Third of Kids Murdered With Handguns Are Shot And Killed by Other Kids, VPC Study Finds (11/28/2001)

Pro-Gun Experts Prove Handguns Are Ineffective Self-Defense Tools, New VPC Study Reveals (11/19/2001)

Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data; African-American Women Three Times More Likely to be Murdered Than White Women (10/30/2001)

Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data; Hispanic Women Suffer From a Higher Female Homicide Rate Than the National Average (10/30/2001)

Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data (10/17/2001)

Even The Safest City in America Cannot Escape Handgun Violence (09/06/2001)

Backgrounder on the Manufacturer of the Gun Reportedly Used in the Alleged Shooting by Nathaniel Brazill at Lake Worth Middle School in Lake Worth, Florida (05/10/2001)

VPC Releases New Study, Hispanics and Firearms Violence (05/08/2001)

Centro para Política sobre la Violencia emite nuevo estudio, Los hispanos y la violencia con armas de fuego

Study Documents How Shooting Ranges Poison Children; One of the Nation's Top Lead Polluters (05/01/2001)

VPC Releases Where'd They Get Their Guns? An Analysis of the Firearms Used in High-Profile Shootings, 1963 to 2001 (04/18/2001)

VPC Releases Latest Edition of Firearms Production in America (04/10/2001)

California Gun Laws and Firearm Violence Statistics for California (03/22/2001)

Santana High School Shooting Latest Proof of Need For Handgun Ban (03/05/2001)

White House Shooting Latest Proof of Need For Handgun Ban (02/07/2001)

For Every Time a Women Uses a Handgun to Kill in Self-Defense, 101 Women Die in Handgun Murders, New VPC Report Finds (01/31/2001)

U.S. Representative Markey Joins Violence Policy Center for Release of New VPC Report From Gun Games to Gun Stores: Why the Firearms Industry Wants Their Video Games on Your Child's Wish List (12/14/2000)

Violence Policy Center Releases Firearms Production In America, 1975-1997—A State-by-State Breakdown (12/06/2000)

Violence Policy Center Releases When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1998 Homicide Data (10/26/2000)

VPC Releases License to Kill III: The Texas Concealed Handgun Law's Legacy of Crime and Violence (08/09/2000)

New VPC Study Pocket Rockets: The Gun Industry's Sale of Increased Killing Power Released Today at Chicago News Conference (07/17/2000)

Shooting at National Zoo Latest Proof of Need for Handgun Ban (04/25/2000)

Fact Sheet on Firearms Violence Among Black Children and Youth (04/25/2000)

Smith & Wesson "Clarification" of Agreement Between Government and Gunmaker Exposes "Landmark" Settlement to be a Sham (04/12/2000)

VPC Releases New Study—Guns for Felons: How the NRA Works to Rearm Criminals (03/21/2000)

Fact Sheet on Smith & Wesson (03/17/2000)

New Survey Reveals More Americans Favor Handgun Ban Than Own Handguns (03/15/2000)

VPC Releases New Handgun Ban Study, Unsafe in Any Hands: Why America Needs to Ban Handguns (03/01/2000)

Fact Sheet on the Manufacturer of the Gun Reportedly Used in the Shooting at Theo J. Buell Elementary in Flint, Michigan (03/01/2000)

Fact Sheet on Taurus International Manufacturing Company And its "Wonder-Nine" High-Capacity Semiautomatic Pistols (12/07/99)

New VPC Report Details How Firearms Industry Exploits Y2K Fears to Sell More Guns (12/07/99)

Fact Sheet on Oklahoma Gun Laws and Statistics on Gun Violence in Oklahoma (12/06/99)

Fact Sheet on Washington Gun Laws and Statistics on Gun Violence in Washington (11/03/99)

Fact Sheet on Hawaii Gun Laws and Statistics on Gun Violence in Hawaii (11/02/99)

Fact Sheet on Texas Gun Laws and Statistics on Gun Violence in Texas (09/16/99)

"Pocket Rocket" in LA Postal Killing Shows Gun Industry Excess in Police Sales (08/13/99)

Fact Sheet on California Gun Laws and Firearm Statistics on Teenagers and Young Adults in California (08/10/99)

Fact Sheet on Georgia Gun Laws and Statistics on Gun Violence in Georgia (07/30/99)

Olympic Officials Blast Combat Shooting (07/23/99)

Combat Shooting Sets Its Sights On 2004 Olympic Games (07/22/99)

Fact Sheet on Georgia Gun Laws and Statistics on Teenagers and Guns in Georgia (05/20/99)

Guns Reportedly Used in Littleton Had Combat-Style Designs (04/23/99)

New Report Documents NRA And Gun Industry Efforts to Woo Kids (04/22/99)

Colorado Gun Laws and Statistics on Teenagers and Guns in Colorado (04/20/99)

Missouri Defeat Another Nail in The Gun Lobby's Coffin (04/07/99)

New Study: Texas Hidden Handgun Licensees Arrested for Nearly Two Crimes a Day Since Law Passed (03/19/99)

VPC Analyst's New Book Shows How Gun Industry Uses Lethality As Marketing Tool (01/20/99)

New Study Shows Murders of Women Typically Involve Domestic Violence and Guns - Press Release (09/30/98)

Second Amendment Rooted in Southern States' Control of Slavery, Academic Experts Say (05/14/98)

Arkansas School Shooting Focuses New Attention on Youth Gun Culture (03/26/98)

Texas Concealed Carry Permit is "License to Kill" New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals (01/13/98)

New Violence Policy Center (VPC) Study Labels NRA's Eddie Eagle "Gun Safety" Program "Joe Camel With Feathers" (11/19/97)

Miami Postal Clerk Who Shot Ex-Wife, Her Friend, and Then Killed Himself Had Florida Concealed Carry License (09/03/97)

New Semi-Annual VPC Report Who Dies Details Latest Trends in Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the U.S. (08/21/97)

New Analysis of Florida's Female Homicide Victims Reveals Most Women Killed by Someone They Know in a Non-Criminal Attack (04/30/97)

New Report By Violence Policy Center Details Incidents Of "Kids Shooting Kids" (03/04/97)

Landmark Legislation To Set Safety Standards For American-Made Handguns Introduced By Senator Barbara Boxer (01/09/97)

Gun Shows Have Become "Tupperware® Parties For Criminals" New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals (07/17/96)

New Study Shows Florida's "Model" Concealed Carry Law Puts Guns Into The Hands Of Criminals (11/01/95)

Historic Morton Grove, Illinois Handgun Ban May Be Overturned As Result Of National Rifle Association-Backed Gun Law Preemption Campaign (03/22/95)

Gun Industry, Pro Gun Lobbying Organizations Meet At Las Vegas S.H.O.T. Show To Preview New Products And Hone Marketing And Press Strategies (01/20/95)

New VPC Study Exposes Gun Industry's Marketing Tactics While Exploding Key Myths Concerning Women and Firearms Violence (12/01/94)

Federal Tax Dollars Used To Fund School-Based Gun Industry Marketing Effort, New VPC Study Reveals (12/13/94)

In Historic First, Saturday Night Special Manufacturer Tops U.S. Domestic Pistol Manufacturers (09/14/93)

New Technology--Caseless "Phantom" Ammo--Could Devastate Police Investigations (07/06/93)

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) (12/11/92)

Violence Policy Center Study Spurs Legislation To End Federal Program To Rearm Convicted, Violent Felons (02/27/92)

 

 

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