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107 and Counting: Killings by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement Killings, Concealed Weapons Permits, National Rifle Association, Right to Carry, Ccw, Violence Policy Center, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, Murder-Suicide, Concealed-Handgun-License, Vpc, Concealed Weapons, Mass Shootings, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Those who bluster on about the "public service" provided by concealed handgun permit holders are the first to turn tail and run in the face of demands for detailed information from government agencies on permit holders.

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Pittsburgh Attack: Sixth Mass Shooting by a Concealed Handgun Licensee in Just Over Two Years

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Rifle Association, Concealed Handgun Permit, Ccw, Violence Policy Center, George Sodini, George Sodini Pittsburgh, Gun Lobby, Mass Shooting, LA Fitness, Concealed Handgun, Nra, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Concealed handgun permit holders want what they want. Period. And there's no number of mass shootings, dead policeman, or innocent victims that will ever change their minds.

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Senate Vote at Noon on Nationalizing Concealed Handgun Laws

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Defense Authorization Bill, Police Shootings, Violence Policy Center, National Rifle Association, John-Lott, Concealed Carry, Vpc, John Thune, Nra, Concealed Handguns, Charles Schumer, Mass Shootings, Ccw, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

After more than two decades, at noon today the gun lobby's efforts to enact a national concealed handgun law will have its first chance at success when the U.S. Senate votes.

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Senate Set to Nationalize Concealed Handgun Laws That Have Killed 7 Cops, 44 Private Citizens

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Concealed Handgun License, Defense Authorization Bill, National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, Tanya Metaksa, Violence Policy Center, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, Handgun Violence, Law Enforcement Shootings, Vpc, John Thune, Concealed Handguns, Nra, Charles Schumer, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

For over two decades a top priority of the gun lobby has been establishing and expanding state laws that allow the carrying of concealed handguns by private citizens. This effort may culminate as early as today.

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90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Come From U.S., Says GAO

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Border Violence, National Rifle Association, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Violence Policy Center, Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border, Gun Trafficking, Gao, Calderon, Vpc, Mexico Violence, BORDER ISSUES, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Government Accountability Office, World News
Josh Sugarmann

So much for NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's oft-repeated claim that Mexican gun traffickers don't bother to "trifle with paperwork at U.S. gun stores."

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James von Brunn, Yet Another Guy With a Gun Making the Rules

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Violent Extremism, National Rifle Association, James Van Brunn, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Wayne LaPierre, Violence Policy Center, Holocaust Museum, Chip Berlet, James-Van-Brunn, Nra, Extremism, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Sometimes words are more than just words. Especially when those listening have their finger on the trigger of a gun.

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Congress Says Yes to Guns in National Parks

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Credit Card Bill, National Rifle Asssociation, Guns in Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Gun Control, Guns in National Parks, Nra, National Parks, Wayne LaPierre, Violence Policy Center, U.S. Congress, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ongoing efforts to open up every possible space in America to gun toting, the NRA succeeded in attaching to the credit card bill legislation allowing loaded guns in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

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The First 100 Days and Guns

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tiahrt Amendment, Assault Weapons Ban, Mexico, Gun Control, Assault Weapons, Nra, Eric Holder, National Rifle Association, Violence Policy Center, Tobacco, 100 Days, Gun Lobby, Obama Adminstration, Atf, Jimmy Carter, Import Ban, First Hundred Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

The recent incidents of gun violence are just discrete examples of the estimated 84 Americans who die on average each day in our nation from guns. Yet in the White House, the response remains muted.

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Mass Shooting Template -- Repeat as Necessary

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Gun Violence Prevention, Josh Sugarmann, Assault Weapons, Violence Policy Center, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Harry Reid, Vpc, Rampage Shootings, Nra, Mass Shootings, Columbine 10 Years Later, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

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NRA Members Spontaneously Combust

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, National Rifle Association, Gun Violence Prevention, Violence Policy Center, NRA Lobby, Assault Rifles, Handgun Violence, Gun Control, Assault Weapons, Spontaneous Combustion, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Vpc, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

According to National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, gun owners are uniting in "political spontaneous combustion." Ouch.

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Smith & Wesson Snubs Police with "Commemorative" Revolver

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Safety, Supreme Court, Law Enforcement, Violence Policy Center, Armor Piercing Bullets, Washington DC, Gun Control, Alan Gottlieb, Smith & Wesson, Second Amendment Foundation, Washington DC Handgun Ban, Heller Decision, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Smith & Wesson, which manufactures a revolver that can penetrate the body armor has issued a special "commemorative" revolver to celebrate the end of a law strongly supported by the police.

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DC Ban on Semiauto Handguns Stands

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Revolver, Supreme Court Second Amendent, Supreme Court Justices, 2nd Amendment, Semiauto, District of Columbia, Pistol, Antonin Scalia, Gun Control, Washington DC, Nra, Dc, Gun Violence, Second Amendment, Violence Policy Center, Handgun Ban, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Supreme Court Gun, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

In its ruling, the Court brushed away our nation's history of mass shootings, assassinations, and unparalleled gun violence and accepted an abstract academic argument with dangerous real-world results.

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