 “Big Boomers”—Handguns With Rifle Power Capable of Penetrating Body Armor—Are Growing Threat to Lives of Law Enforcement Officers, According to New VPC Study December
17, 2008—Powerful new handguns called “big boomers” by the gun
industry are a growing threat to the nation’s law enforcement
officers, a new 36-page study released today by the Violence Policy
Center (VPC) reveals.
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Nevada Ranks #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men for Second Year in a Row September
25, 2008—For the second year in a row, Nevada, with a rate of
3.27 per 100,000, ranked first in the nation in the rate of women
killed by men according to the VPC report When
Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2006 Homicide Data. The
annual VPC report details national and state-by-state information
on female homicides involving one female murder victim and one
male offender. |
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How Guns Were Really Used in the Aftermath of Katrina December
19, 2008—While
the NRA continues to portray gun rights and guns themselves
as the true victims of Hurricane Katrina, a new investigation
by The
Nation reveals that in the wake of Katrina white vigilantes
used stockpiled firearms to terrorize and even kill African
American residents of New Orleans. |
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