Press Releases
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Nearly Nine out of 10 Women Murdered by Men are Killed by Someone They Know and Almost Two Thirds Die by Gunfire, New Violence Policy Center Study Finds
Nearly 2,400 females were killed by males in 2024 and of these, 86.9 percent knew their killer. Guns were used in 63.4 percent of the attacks according to the most recent edition of the annual…
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Black Women Murdered by Men Are Almost Always Killed by Someone They Know, Most Commonly With a Gun
Nine out of 10 Black females murdered by males are killed by someone they know, most often with a gun, according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) study ”When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of…
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States with Higher Gun Ownership and Weaker Gun Laws Have Highest Suicide Rates, New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals
States with higher rates of gun ownership and weaker gun violence prevention laws have the highest overall suicide rates in the nation according to a new VPC analysis of 2024 data (the most recent and…
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More Than 3,350 Non-Self Defense Deaths Involving Concealed Carry Killers Since 2007, Latest Violence Policy Center Research Shows
Concealed handgun permit holders are responsible for at least 3,365 documented deaths not involving self-defense since 2007, according to the VPC’s ongoing “Concealed Carry Killers” project, an online resource that provides examples of non-self defense…
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Black Americans Accounted for More Than Half of U.S. Homicide Victims Despite Comprising Only 13.7% of Population, New VPC Study Finds
New Violence Policy Center study presents latest data on Black homicide victimization in states and across the nation and finds that more than 84 percent of Black homicide victims were killed by guns.