More Than 1,300 Murder-Suicide Deaths
Occurred in 2011, VPC Study Estimates May 3, 2012—At least 691 Americans
died in 313 murder-suicides during the first six months of 2011 with the vast
majority involving a firearm, according to the fourth edition of the VPC study
American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States. More>>
Michigan Reports 38 Deaths,
Including the Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer--Concealed Carry Killers April
Update May 1, 2012—From July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, 38 lives were ended
by Michigan concealed handgun permit holders in non-self defense deaths according
to the April update of Concealed Carry Killers. More>>
VPC
Interviewed on How Gun Industry is Using 'Bullet Buttons' to Undercut California’s
Assault Weapons Law
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Majority of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S. New ATF Trace Data Reveals April
26, 2012—The vast majority of the firearms seized in Mexico between 2007 and 2011
and traced by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(ATF) came from the United States according to new ATF trace data released today.
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Massachusetts Has Lowest Gun Death Rate in Nation April 23,
2012—States with low gun ownership rates and strong gun laws have the lowest rates
of gun death according to a new analysis by the VPC of 2009 national data (the
most recent available) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control. More>>
