 Nevada Ranks #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men for Second Year in a Row For
the second year in a row, Nevada, with a rate of 3.27 per 100,000,
ranked first in the nation in the rate of women killed by men
according to the VPC report When
Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2006 Homicide Data. The
annual VPC report details national and state-by-state information
on female homicides involving one female murder victim and one
male offender. The study uses the most recent data available from
the FBI's unpublished Supplementary Homicide Report and is released
each year to coincide with Domestic Violence Awareness Month in
October.
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House-Passed Bill Would Create Security Nightmare in DC Mass
shooters, cop-killers, assassins, and terrorists would be free
to amass arsenals of assault weapons and anti-armor sniper rifles
in the nation’s capital if a bill recently passed by the House
of Representatives becomes law. |
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VPC Executive Director on the Huffington Post Gunmaker's "Inaugural Special" Sometimes
context is everything. Yesterday Connecticut gunmaker Sturm,
Ruger & Co. announced an "Inaugural Special" for high-capacity
ammunition magazines for its Mini-14 rifles, a weapon nicknamed
the "poor man's assault rifle." |
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