About the Violence Policy Center
The Violence Policy Center (VPC) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt national educational organization that works to stop gun death and injury through research, education, advocacy, and collaboration. The VPC has a long and proven record of policy successes on the federal, state, and local levels, leading the National Rifle Association to acknowledge us as “the most effective…anti-gun rabble rouser in Washington.”
New Report Finds Black Illinoisans 26 Times More Likely to Die by Gun Homicide Than White Residents
Every year, thousands of Illinois families lose someone to gun violence. A new report by the VPC and One Aim Illinois shows that gun violence doesn’t affect every Illinois community equally.
New Violence Policy Center Study Reveals Hidden Gun Manufacturers Across Pennsylvania
Hundreds of Pennsylvania residents possess a federal license to manufacture firearms, yet relatively few actually produce any guns according to Pennsylvania’s Hidden Gun Manufacturers, a new study from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) as part of its ongoing Campaign for Gun Industry Accountability.
Most Murder-Suicides Involve Guns, Are Committed by Men, and Target Intimate Partners, New VPC Study Shows
More than 1,000 people died in murder-suicides in America in 2025, 92 percent of the killers were male, 87 percent of the killers used a gun, and 65 percent involved an intimate partner according to the ninth edition of the VPC study “American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States.”
States with Weaker Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Have Highest Gun Death Rates, New 2024 Data Confirm
Just-released data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that states with the highest rates of overall gun death in the nation are those with weaker gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership according to a new Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis.
Gun Deaths Surpass Motor Vehicle Deaths in 34 States and the District of Columbia
Gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 34 states and the District of Columbia in 2023, the most recent year for which data are available, a new analysis from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) reveals. The analysis calls the numbers “shocking,” recognizing the average American’s exposure to motor vehicles as…
Guns are the only consumer product manufactured in the United States that are not subject to federal health and safety regulation. This unique exemption has allowed the firearms industry to innovate for lethality rather than safety. We deserve, and demand, gun industry accountability.