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The following
links will take you to the Violence Policy Center web site.
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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