Violence Policy Center http://www.vpc.org The Violence Policy Center is a national tax-exempt educational organization working for a safer America through research, investigation, analysis, and advocacy. en-us VPC Executive Director on The Huffington Post - The Collapse of the AR-15 Assault Weapon Market http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/the-collapse-of-the-ar-15_b_485957.html March 4, 2010—One of the greatest talents of the National Rifle Association and the gun industry has been their ability exploit high-profile events to pump up gun sales: Bill Clinton, the Brady Bill, the federal assault weapons "ban," Y2K, September 11th, and now, of course, Barack Obama. Regardless of the event, the solution remains the same: buy a gun, preferably--if industry and gun fan mags are any indication--an AR-15 assault rifle. VPC Executive Director on The Huffington Post - Gun Industry "Ambassador" Antonin Scalia to Hear Gun Law Case http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/gun-industry-ambassador-a_b_481182.html March 1 , 2010—Tomorrow "Sport Shooting Ambassador Award" winner Antonin Scalia will hear oral arguments in McDonald v. Chicago, a case that will decide whether the opinion penned by the gun industry "Ambassador" in District of Columbia v. Heller will be applied across the nation. Police Are Involved in More Than One Out of Four Assault Weapons Incidents, Violence Policy Center Study Shows http://www.vpc.org/press/1002aw.htm February 24, 2010—More than one out of four assault weapons incidents involve police, according to “Target: Law Enforcement—Assault Weapons in the News” (http://www.vpc.org/studies/targetle.pdf) a new study released today by the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The study, based on reports in the news of assault weapons incidents over a two-year span, is a snapshot of the effect of America’s laissez-faire policy toward these deadly military-style weapons. VPC in the News http://www.vpc.org/inthenews.htm "Epidemic of poverty, violence," Omaha World-Herald, February 21, 2010 VPC Executive Director on The Huffington Post - Killings by Concealed Handgun Licensees Hit 139 Since May 2007 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/killings-by-concealed-han_b_471765.html February 22, 2010—The number of killings by concealed handgun permit holders since since May 2007 has hit 139 according to the February update to the Violence Policy Center's Concealed Carry Killers web site. Included in the killings are nine dead law enforcement officers, 13 mass shootings, and 11 murder-suicides.