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Another slanted VPC "study" -- on the "Plague of M
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Fort Bragg Tragedies Focus Attention on National Plague of Murder-Suicide
VPC Study Documents Six Months of Murder-Suicides Across Nation,
Finds Guns Used in 95 Percent of All Murder-Suicides, Estimates That
At Least 1,300 Lives Lost Each Year to Murder-Suicide
Study Finds That 73.7 Percent of All Murder-Suicides Involved an Intimate
Partner - Of These, 93.5 percent Were Females
Killed by Their Intimate Partners
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- At least 662 Americans died in murder-
suicides during the first half of 2001, and almost all (94.5 percent) were
killed with firearms, according to American Roulette: The Untold Story of
Murder-Suicide in the United States, a recent study by the Violence Policy
Center (VPC). Since June 11, 2002, two Fort Bragg soldiers have killed their
wives and themselves.
The VPC study, based on news clips collected nationwide, is one of the
largest and most comprehensive studies ever conducted on murder-suicide.
Using the VPC figures, more than 1,300 Americans die each year in murder-
suicides. During the six-month study period, 20 North Carolina residents were
killed in murder-suicides. The study notes that murder-suicides range from
high-profile mass shootings like the April 20, 1999, Columbine massacre to
familial shootings claiming the lives of spouses and offspring.
Josh Sugarmann, VPC executive director, states, "Guns are the catalytic
component in murder-suicide. Just as important, it must be understood that
the emotional factors that drive suicide can be all too easily turned outward
on friends, family, co-workers, and complete strangers because of the
unmatched lethality of firearms. Every major murder-suicide study ever
conducted has shown that a firearm -- with its unmatched combination of
lethality and availability -- is the weapon most often used to murder the
victims, with the offenders then turning the gun on themselves."
For the study, the VPC used a national clipping service to collect every
reported murder-suicide in the United States from January 1, 2001 to June 30,
2001. Currently there is no national tracking system for these incidents. As
a result, the VPC study provides the most accurate portrait of murder-suicide
in America possible.
Seven states had more than 10 murder-suicide incidents during the study
period: Florida (35), California (29) and Texas (29), Pennsylvania (17), New
York (14), Virginia (12), and Ohio (11). North Carolina had nine murder-
suicide incidents.
The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational
organization working to stop gun death and injury in America. To obtain a
copy of the report, visit the VPC's web site at http://www.vpc.org .
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2002/0001777664&EDATE=
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
VPC Study Documents Six Months of Murder-Suicides Across Nation,
Finds Guns Used in 95 Percent of All Murder-Suicides, Estimates That
At Least 1,300 Lives Lost Each Year to Murder-Suicide
Study Finds That 73.7 Percent of All Murder-Suicides Involved an Intimate
Partner - Of These, 93.5 percent Were Females
Killed by Their Intimate Partners
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- At least 662 Americans died in murder-
suicides during the first half of 2001, and almost all (94.5 percent) were
killed with firearms, according to American Roulette: The Untold Story of
Murder-Suicide in the United States, a recent study by the Violence Policy
Center (VPC). Since June 11, 2002, two Fort Bragg soldiers have killed their
wives and themselves.
The VPC study, based on news clips collected nationwide, is one of the
largest and most comprehensive studies ever conducted on murder-suicide.
Using the VPC figures, more than 1,300 Americans die each year in murder-
suicides. During the six-month study period, 20 North Carolina residents were
killed in murder-suicides. The study notes that murder-suicides range from
high-profile mass shootings like the April 20, 1999, Columbine massacre to
familial shootings claiming the lives of spouses and offspring.
Josh Sugarmann, VPC executive director, states, "Guns are the catalytic
component in murder-suicide. Just as important, it must be understood that
the emotional factors that drive suicide can be all too easily turned outward
on friends, family, co-workers, and complete strangers because of the
unmatched lethality of firearms. Every major murder-suicide study ever
conducted has shown that a firearm -- with its unmatched combination of
lethality and availability -- is the weapon most often used to murder the
victims, with the offenders then turning the gun on themselves."
For the study, the VPC used a national clipping service to collect every
reported murder-suicide in the United States from January 1, 2001 to June 30,
2001. Currently there is no national tracking system for these incidents. As
a result, the VPC study provides the most accurate portrait of murder-suicide
in America possible.
Seven states had more than 10 murder-suicide incidents during the study
period: Florida (35), California (29) and Texas (29), Pennsylvania (17), New
York (14), Virginia (12), and Ohio (11). North Carolina had nine murder-
suicide incidents.
The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational
organization working to stop gun death and injury in America. To obtain a
copy of the report, visit the VPC's web site at http://www.vpc.org .
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-05-2002/0001777664&EDATE=
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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