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Article: Concealed Handgun Permit Holders Kill 7 Police, 44 Private Citizens Over Two-Year Period
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 20, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Mandy Wimmer, Communications Associate of the Violence
Policy Center, +1-202-822-8200 ext. 110, mwimmer@vpc.org
31 Incidents Result in Criminal Charges or Suicide of Concealed
Handgun Permit Holder
WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concealed handgun
permit holders killed at least seven police officers and 44 private
citizens in 31 incidents during the period May 2007 through April
2009 according to a new study (http://www.vpc.org/studies/
ccw2009.pdf) released today by the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The
release of the study comes as the U.S. Senate is expected to take up
today -- Monday, July 20 -- an amendment to the defense
authorization bill ...