For Release: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 In 2019, for every justifiable homicide by a private citizen in the U.S. involving a gun, guns were used in 30 criminal homicides Washington, DC — Every time a gun is used by a…
For Release: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 In 2019, for every justifiable homicide by a private citizen in the U.S. involving a gun, guns were used in 30 criminal homicides Washington, DC — Every time a gun is used by a…
For Release: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Federal Logjam in New Congress Will Increase Importance of State-Based Action Washington, DC — Today, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) released 50 State Actions to Reduce Gun Violence, a 21-page report detailing a wide…
For Release: Thursday, March 19, 2020 In 2016, for every justifiable homicide in the United States involving a gun, guns were used in 37 criminal homicides Guns purchased today will place families and friends at risk for gun suicides, homicides,…
For Release: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Para la versión en español haga “click” aquí. Washington, DC – In order to address the disproportionate impact of gun violence on communities of color—especially within the Latino community—data collection needs to improve, according…
For Release: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Washington, DC – A new Violence Policy Center (VPC) report released today offers an overview of lethal gun violence in the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The study,…
For Release: Thursday, February 21, 2019 Comprehensive New Study Includes Recommendations to Improve Data Collection to Aid Violence Prevention Efforts Para la versión en español haga “click” aquí. Washington, DC — Nearly 17,000 Hispanics/Latinos were killed with guns in California…
For Release: Thursday, October 25, 2018 NRA Leadership and “Corporate Partners” Benefit Financially From Lack of Regulation Washington, DC–Numerous news sources report that at least some of the pipe bombs targeting political figures, the media, and others this week were…
For Release: Friday, December 4, 2015 “Bullet Button” Assault Rifles Are Latest Gun Industry Effort to Circumvent California’s Tough Assault Weapons Ban Washington, DC — According to news reports, the shooters who killed 14 people and wounded 21 more in…
When Men Murder Women offers both national and state-by-state statistics from FBI Supplementary Homicide Report data including charts listing the number and rate of female homicides by state and a chart ranking the states by rate. For the top 15 states,…
For Release: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Rebuts Attempt to Shift Blame to CIA Interviews with Former CIA Officials, Corroborating Documents, Give Lie to Industry Red Herring Washington, DC The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released a study rebutting gun industry claims…