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. The report finds that Black Illinoisans continue to be disproportionately impacted by lethal gun violence. While Black residents make up 13.9% of the state’s population, they account for 68.7% of firearm homicide victims. More>>
New VPC 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 VPC as part of its ongoing Campaign for Gun Industry Accountability. Federal gun manufacturing licenses can be used to evade gun laws, buy guns in quantity at wholesale prices, and undercut restrictions on the private possession of new fully automatic machine guns. More>>
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 VPC analysis. More>>
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 Violence Policy Center (VPC) study American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States. More>>
