Information on State Policy Issues

Press Releases

• Ten Murder-Suicides Occur Each Week in America New VPC Study Reveals, Almost All Perpetrated With Guns (05/02/2006)
  
  
• "Pro-Gun" States Lead Nation in Per Capita Firearm Death Rates New Violence Policy Center Analysis Reveals (02/07/2006)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Backgrounder on Gun Crime, Gun Possession, and Gun Exposure in Tennessee (11/09/2005)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Hails Passage of San Francisco Handgun Ban (11/09/2005)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Urges Washington Redskins to Withdraw From Shooting Fundraiser With National Rifle Association as NRA Lobbies on Capitol Hill to Overturn D.C.'s Gun Laws (10/11/2005)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Issues Annual Report When Men Murder Women (09/26/2005)
  
  
• New Study Shows District of Columbia's Tough Gun Laws Work to Prevent Youth Suicide--No Child 16 Years of Age or Younger in DC Was the Victim of Firearm Suicide According to Most Recent Federal Data (07/12/2005)
  
  
• Congress Should Reject Dangerous Legislation (H.R. 1288) Repealing the District of Columbia's Longstanding Laws Banning Assault Weapons and Handguns (06/28/2005)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Launches Web Site to Aid Citywide Effort to Stop Congressional Repeal of DC Handgun Ban (06/16/2005)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Hails New York State Assembly's Passage of 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Ban (05/25/2005)
  
  
• VPC Statement on U.S. House Vote to Repeal DC Gun Laws (09/29/2004)
  
  
• VPC Releases Annual Report When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002 Homicide Data (09/28/2004)
  
  
• Congress Poised to Vote on National Rifle Association-Backed Bill to Repeal DC Gun Laws (09/20/2004)
  
  
• California Leads Nation in War on Terror—Becomes First State in Nation to Ban 50 Caliber Anti-Armor Sniper Rifles (09/14/2004)
  
  
• Arizona, Nevada, and Utah Comprise the "UZI Triangle" of Copycat Assault Weapon Manufacturers, According to Violence Policy Center (08/25/2004)
  
  
• Federal District Court Strongly Rejects CATO Institute-Backed Challenge to Washington, DC Handgun Ban (03/31/2004)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Hails Contra Costa, CA, Board of Supervisors' 4-0 Vote to Ban 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles (03/24/2004)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Hails New York State Assembly's Passage of 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Ban (03/16/2004)
  
  
• Illinois Has More Assault Weapon Manufacturers Than Any Other State, New Study Shows (03/03/2004)
  
  
• 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)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Releases Annual Report When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2001 Homicide Data (09/25/2003)
  
  
• In Unanimous Vote, Contra Costa, CA, Board of Supervisors Backs Ban on 50 Caliber Sniper Rifles (08/13/2003)
  
  
• Federal Judge Dismisses NAACP Lawsuit Against Gun Industry, But in 176-Page Decision Finds That Industry Practices Contribute to Gun Violence in New York (07/21/2003)
  
  
• Pennsylvania School Shooting Deaths of Student and Principal Focus Attention on Tragedy of Murder-Suicide (04/24/2003)
  
  
• VPC Releases License to Kill IV: More Guns, More Crime (06/12/2002)
  
  
• Statement of Violence Policy Center in Response to D.C. Gun Crime Defendants Using U.S. Department of Justice Second Amendment Policy Shift to Strike Down Gun Laws (05/30/2002)
  
  
• Study Documents How Shooting Ranges Poison Children; One of the Nation's Top Lead Polluters(05/01/2001)
  
  
• Violence Policy Center Releases Firearms Production In America, 1975-1997—A State-by-State Breakdown (12/06/2000)
  
  
• VPC Continues The Fight to Require Background Checks at "Tupperware® Parties For Criminals"— U.S. Senator Jack Reed to Take Over Gun Show Loophole Legislation (12/05/2000)

• VPC Releases License to Kill III: The Texas Concealed Handgun Law's Legacy of Crime and Violence (08/09/2000)

• Violence Policy Center Releases GUNLAND USA: A State-by-State Ranking of Gun Shows, Gun Retailers, Machine Guns, and Gun Manufacturers (06/28/2000)

• Gun Industry Loses In Court Again (06/30/99)

• New Report Documents NRA And Gun Industry Efforts to Woo Kids (04/22/99)

• 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)

• VPC Hails Clinton's Call to Regulate Gun Shows (11/09/98)

• New Rule Would Create Loophole in Brady Law, Undermine Instant Background Check (05/20/98)

• Arkansas School Shooting Focuses New Attention on Youth Gun Culture (03/26/98)

• VPC Releases Target America: Can the Flood of Foreign Assault Weapons be Stopped? (03-17-98)

• 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)

• Supreme Court Decision in Brady Case First Volley In Coming Battle Over National Waiting Period and Background Check for Handgun Buyers (06/27/97)

• New Analysis of Florida's Female Homicide Victims Reveals Most Women Killed by Someone They Know in a Non-Criminal Attack (04/30/97)

• 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 Asociation-Backed Gun Law Preemption Campaign (03/22/95)

• Federal Tax Dollars Used To Fund School-Based Gun Industry Marketing Effort, New VPC Study Reveals (12/13/94)

• 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)