Washington, DC — Following the mass shooting today at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which according to news reports left 14 children and one teacher dead before the shooter’s life was ended, Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh Sugarmann issued the following statement: “The cold horror of this attack should be unthinkable, but it […]
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States with Weak Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Lead Nation in Gun Deaths, New Data for 2020 Confirms
Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, Alaska, Missouri, and Alabama Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation; Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York Have Lowest Gun Death Rates in the Nation Washington, DC — New CDC WONDER data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that states with the highest rates of […]
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More Than 1,800 Women Murdered by Men in One Year, New Study Finds
Washington, DC September 18, 2018 – More than 1,800 women were murdered by men in 2016 and the most common weapon used was a gun, according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) study When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2016 Homicide Data. For the past 21 years, the VPC has released this annual […]
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States with Weak Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Lead Nation in Gun Suicides
Washington, DC May 30, 2018 – Data for 2016 reveals that states with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership have the highest gun suicide rates in the nation, according to a Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury […]
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Josh Sugarmann: Once again the nation mourns innocent children shot dead at school
May 18, 2018 – Following the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas which according to news reports resulted in at least eight deaths and an unknown number of injuries, Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh Sugarmann issued the following statement: Once again the nation mourns innocent children shot dead at […]
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Violence Policy Center: Arm Teachers? The Facts Argue Against It
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2018 – The Parkland high school shooting has prompted renewed debate regarding the idea of arming teachers or other school personnel to fend off attacks by armed intruders or students. Similar arguments were put forward by the gun lobby following the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado (this is […]
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Josh Sugarman: When will our nation take action to stop the next ‘worst mass shooting in U.S. history’?’
Oct. 2, 2017 – In response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, that left more than 50 victims dead and more than 400 injured, Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh Sugarmann issued the following statement: Little more than a year after our nation’s most deadly mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, […]